Live tenders / Cumberland Council
Prioritised Capital Maintenance - Corporate Properties Consultant Appointment 2026-2028
What the buyer is asking for
Cumberland Council's Programme Management Office is seeking to appoint a single professional services provider (the "Consultant") with suitable architectural, building surveying, mechanical and electrical engineering, structural engineering and quantity surveying capability to facilitate the development, design, procurement and delivery of the Corporate Prioritised Capital Maintenance (PCM) Programme for the duration of the contract. Please note that the appointed service provider will provide the full array of services, this may be through a full in-house team or through the use of trusted partners to supplement the core in-house team The programme will comprise a range of condition-led maintenance and improvement projects across the Council's corporate property portfolio. Whilst the timing of works will be determined on a project-by-project basis, the Consultant shall be required to consider the operational requirements of each property and, where necessary, develop delivery proposals that minimise disruption to building users and service delivery.
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- 60%qualityQuality
- 20%qualitySocial Value
- 20%pricePrice
- Buyer
- Cumberland Council
- Value
- £200,000
- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST (24 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- 02 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by
- 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- services
- Lots
- 1
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- CPV codes
- 71000000
- Legal basis
- 2023/54
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice published3 days ago18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
- Clarification questions byin 10 days2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 24 days16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 39 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
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Documents
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How to bid
Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference DN829364 in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. Cumberland Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumberland Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.
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