South East Wales Led Technical & Professional Services 2 Framework SEWTAPS2
- Buyer
- Cardiff Council
- Value
- £400,000,000
- Closes
- 23 November 2026
- Where
- Cardiff, Wales
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Cardiff Council is setting up a new framework, a pre-approved list of consultancy firms that public bodies across the UK can hire for construction-related technical and professional work. It replaces the current SEWTAPS arrangement, which expires in April 2027, and covers areas such as engineering, highways, transport planning and multi-disciplinary project management.
What the buyer wants
• Apply to join the framework by providing evidence of your expertise, capacity and track record in the lot(s) you choose to bid for • Be able to deliver consultancy across the relevant value bands, from small appointments up to above-threshold projects • Show how you will support social value, sustainability and continuous improvement in your work
Lots
- 1a Multi-Disciplinary Services - 0 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold
- 1b Multi-Disciplinary Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 2a Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Services - 0 to 50,000
- 2b Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 2c Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 3a Ground Investigation, Water and Geotechnical Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 3b Ground Investigation, Water and Geotechnical Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 3c Ground Investigation, Water and Geotechnical Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 4a Site Supervision Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 4b Site Supervision Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 4c Site Supervision Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 5a Master Planning and Architectural Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 5b Master Planning and Architectural Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 5c Master Planning and Architectural Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 6a Urban Design and Landscape Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 6b Urban Design and Landscape Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 6c Urban Design and Landscape Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 7 Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Services
- 8a Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 8b Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 8c Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 9a Project Management, Employer's Agent, Quantity Surveying and Cost Consultancy Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 9b Project Management, Employer's Agent, Quantity Surveying and Cost Consultancy Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold
- 9c Project Management, Employer's Agent, Quantity Surveying and Cost Consultancy Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 10a CDM Principal Designer, Building Regulations Principal Designer and Construction Safety Advisory Services - 0 to 50,000.
- 10b CDM Principal Designer, Building Regulations Principal Designer and Construction Safety Advisory Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 10c CDM Principal Designer, Building Regulations Principal Designer and Construction Safety Advisory Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 11a Building Surveying Services - 0 to 50,000
- 11b Building Surveying Services - 50,001 to the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
- 11c Building Surveying Services - Above the applicable Procurement Act threshold.
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The multi-disciplinary lots and the above-threshold bands (1b and 2c) would require a large, established firm with broad capacity, so a small business is more realistic in the lower value bands (0 to £50,000 and £50,001 up to the threshold).
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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