Professional Services Framework

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4 Nov 2026

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Lancashire County Council

Primary CPV: 71200000 *
Architectural and related services
Location: 🇬🇧 Lancashire, North West
Value: £5,000,000
Contract: 4 years Duration
01/02/2027 31/01/2031
Contract Types: 71 *Architectural, engineering & inspection...
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PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, PR1 0LD, United Kingdom · UKD4

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Quality (40%)
Price (50%)
Social Value (10%)

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Reference: LCC48772

A Professional Services Framework to assist officers in their work of providing a capital works and building maintenance service to schools. The framework is intended to provide a contingent professional advice service should funding should be available from e.g. the Department for Education for school capital works. The framework is to provide a top up capacity to the work of officers and so is optional expenditure. Suppliers will have to re- price every year in a competitive environment to keep prices sharp. The option of not procuring this framework does not exist as there is insufficient officer resource to deliver the entire programme in- house. Demand is too uncertain for the Council to commit to a long- term service contract. The client team anticipates that the capital programme will have a value of £100 million per year. It is anticipated that the in-house team would provide professional support to 75% of the programme. This would mean that external providers would support work to the value of £25 million per year or £100 million over the 4- year life of the framework. Lot 1 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages £1,000,000 and under Lot 2 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages over £1,000,000. Lot 3 Structural Engineering, working with in-house team Lot 4 CDM principal Designer, working with in-house team Lot 5 Quantity Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 6 Site supervisor, working with in-house team Lot 7 Building Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 8 Project Management of capital works reporting to a Council officer. Lot 9 Architect working with in- house team Lot 10 Landscape Architect Lot 11 Drainage Engineer

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71200000 — Architectural and related services (primary)

Notice details

Buyer type: Local authority
Competition: Open competition (any supplier can bid)
Contract type: Services
Lots: 11
Procurement method: Open procedure
Main category: Services
Above threshold: Yes
Legal basis: UKPGA 2023/54
Notice status: Active
Framework agreement: Yes
Framework details: Lots 1 and 2 will have 6 appointed suppliers to each. Work on these lots will be awarded solely through mini competition and the firms will have to propose a detailed supply chain in each mini competition return they make. Lots 3 to 11, it is proposed to appoint 6 Service Providers to each lot, with the most advantageous tender being the top ranked supplier in each lot. Officers would give the first offer of the work to the most advantageous tenderer for a particular lot, and should they be unable to take the work it would be offered to the second most advantageous tenderer and so on. On the anniversary date of the Framework, suppliers shall have the opportunity to re- price for the lots they have been appointed to. This will be a competitive scenario, and the rankings may change dependant on the pricing review.
Submission method: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/
Enquiries close: 30 Nov 2026
Award decision expected: 18 Jan 2027
Number of lots: 11
Language: EN
Published: 04 Nov 2026 09:17
Deadline: 07 Dec 2026 12:00
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051ffe
Notice ID: LCC48772

Lots (11)

Lot 1: Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages £1,000,000 and under £1,000,000

The Lead Consultant (Architect) shall be responsible for leading and coordinating a suitably qualified and insured design team for projects with a construction value of up to £1 million.