Notice Information
Notice Title
Cost Modelling Support
Notice Description
UKIFS seeks to ascertain cost modelling and programme costing support from June 2025 for an 18-month period. The cost estimation team for STEP are responsible for the production of the Whole Programme Cost Estimate for the project lifecycle of STEP, including management, engineering design, manufacture, assembly, commissioning and operation. This is calculated by the accumulation of lower-level estimates by system or sub-system. The fundamental goal being two-fold: -Supporting the production of business cases and spending reviews by estimating the most likely cost over the whole programme and associated tranches of work -Determining budgets to provide the financial baseline by which we report and measure progress at a project level. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/4XB963TE53 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4XB963TE53
Planning Information
Interested parties should complete and return the questionnaire attached to the Market Engagement Notice in Appendix 1.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050688
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016605-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
71244000 - Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2025 - 1 Jan 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- operationalprocurement.step@ukifs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABINGDON
- Postcode
- OX14 3DB
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016605-2025
23rd April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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