Prioritised Capital Improvements Programme - School Properties 2026-28

Buyer
Cumberland Council
Value
£1,500,000
Closes
16 November 2026
Where
Carlisle, the North West
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Cumberland Council is looking to appoint two professional design and engineering teams to plan and oversee its programme of upgrade work across its school buildings for 2027/28. The work covers architecture, building surveying, mechanical and electrical engineering, structural engineering and quantity surveying, with a combined maximum fee of £1.5 million over about 27 months from January 2027. This notice restarts an earlier tender process, so anyone who bid before must submit a fresh bid.

What the buyer wants

• Provide design, surveying, engineering and cost-planning services for the schools capital improvement programme, with each appointed firm taking on a share of the projects. • Plan and scope the work, including carrying out building work in school holidays and, where a school agrees, working in occupied school buildings. • Submit a replacement tender through The Chest portal, following the updated tender documents under project reference DN828549.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

The requirement to cover five professional disciplines with schools experience and high levels of professional indemnity insurance would rule out most small firms unless they bid as a consortium or with specialist subcontractors.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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