Further Education (FE) Colleges Integrated Consultant Team Framework 2026

Full CPV breakdown

• 71220000 — Architectural design services (primary)

Notice details

Buyer type

Central government

Competition

Restricted / competitive (suppliers are shortlisted first)

Contract type

Services

Lots

3

Procurement method

Competitive flexible procedure

Main category

Services

Above threshold

Yes

Legal basis

UKPGA 2023/54

Notice status

Active

Options

The Framework Agreement includes a Step-in rights Option whereby a Supplier appointed to one or more Lots of the Framework Agreement, may be asked to Step-in and deliver the works associated with another Lot, following a Secondary Competition. Refer to the Procurement Documents for more details.

Framework agreement

Yes

Framework details

A single Supplier will (subject to the below and terms of the Framework Agreement) be appointed to provide the Services exclusively to each Lot area. There is no restriction on the number of Lots that a Supplier can tender for. In order to provide resilience and to ensure that a greater number of Economic Operators have an opportunity to be appointed to the Framework Agreement, a single Supplier will (subject to the relaxation noted below) only be awarded a maximum of 1 of the 3 Lots. In the event that an insufficient number of Economic Operators are eligible to be awarded a Lot of the Framework Agreement and the Contracting Authorities are therefore unable to award each of the 3 Lots (either at the point at which the Framework Agreement is awarded or at any stage during the term of the Framework Agreement), then: a) the Contracting Authorities may relax the restriction on the number of Lots awarded to one Supplier from 1 Lot to 2 Lots; and b) In the event that, after applying the approach set out at (a) above, there is still an insufficient number of Suppliers eligible to be award a Lot of the Framework Agreement, then the Contracting Authorities may further relax the restriction on the number of Lots that can be awarded to one Supplier from 2 Lots to 3 Lots. The Contracting Authorities will award the Framework Lots in sequence, with the Lot 1 being awarded first, then Lot 2 and then Lot 3. For example, if a Supplier is awarded Lot 1 and it has the highest combined quality/social value/price score in Lot 2 and the highest quality/price score in Lot 3, it will not be eligible for Lot 2 or Lot 3 unless the Contracting Authorities determine that the relaxation set out at (a) and/or (b) above needs to be applied. Suppliers should also note that they will only be eligible for award of a Lot where they have submitted a tender for that particular Lot.

Submission method

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6538293

Enquiries close

7 Jul 2026

Award decision expected

21 Dec 2026

Covered by GPA

Yes

Number of lots

3

Language

EN

Published

29 Jun 2026 08:56

OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-06a2ed

Notice ID

ocds-h6vhtk-06a2ed

Organisations on this notice

Lots (3)