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KU Estates Building Consultancy Framework

Kingston University

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

19 Oct 2026 at 16:20

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

02 Apr 2026 at 19:25

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

04 Aug 2025 at 17:42

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Kingston University Higher Education Corporation established a building consultancy framework to support the development, tendering and construction of projects across its campuses in Kingston upon Thames. The programme covers teaching and learning spaces, staff offices, informal study and social areas, workshops, laboratories, performance and support spaces, and external areas. Services are divided by discipline: architecture, including principal designer and lead consultancy; building services engineering; project and cost management; structural and civil engineering; building surveying; and fire safety consultancy. The work supports the university’s Estates Programme, covering a varied portfolio of campus projects rather than a single building scheme. The procurement is for professional consultancy services, including building and construction consultancy (CPV 71315200).

The framework has been awarded and contracts have been signed. Kingston appointed four suppliers to each of the first five disciplines and two to fire safety: architecture—Boswell Mitchell & Johnston, Haworth Tompkins, Rock Townsend and Walters & Cohen; building services—Atelier Ten, Brinson Staniland Partnership, Drees & Sommer, and Troup Bywaters & Anders; project and cost management—Arcadis, Lavingtons, McBains, and W.T. Partnership; structural and civil engineering—Building Design Partnership, Harley Haddow, Price & Myers, and Stantec; building surveying—Faithorn Farrell Timms, Kendall Kingscott, The Fulker Consultancy, and TT Building Consultancy; fire safety—Bellrock and Stantec. Award date was 2 April 2026; contracts were signed on 24 September 2026 and run to 17 May 2030. Estimated values by discipline are £3m, £2.5m, £2m, £2m, £600,000 and £500,000 respectively, excluding VAT. The selective competitive flexible procedure assessed technical quality at 65%, price at 30% and contractual terms at 5%.

This framework demonstrates sustained demand from Kingston University for multidisciplinary estates consultancy across a varied campus project programme. The six discipline-specific routes show where specialist firms can compete: architectural design and lead consultancy, building services, project and cost management, structural and civil engineering, building surveying, or fire safety consultancy. The university marked every discipline as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and appointed a mix of smaller and larger consultancies; this indicates that credible specialist capability need not depend on being a large practice. Future competitors would need to demonstrate both technical quality and commercial value, since technical assessment carried the greatest evaluation weight, with pricing and contractual terms also scored. Relevant experience delivering design, development, tendering or construction support for university estate spaces would align with the stated programme, including teaching, laboratory, office, social and external environments. The framework allows call-offs by direct award or mini-competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

KU Estates Building Consultancy Framework

Notice Description

This consultancy framework has been set up to provide the management services necessary to develop, tender and construct projects from the Estates Programme. This is a programme of projects across the University's campuses that includes a range of requirements from formal teaching spaces, learning spaces, staff offices, breakout/informal study areas, workshops, laboratories, student social spaces, support spaces, performance spaces, and external areas. The Framework is divided into lots broken down into individual disciplines. Due to CDP system restrictions which only allows one date to be entered: The Date signed for each lot = the latest date on which the final contract across all lots was signed. The Contract start date for each lot = the latest date on which the final contract across all lots was signed. The lots, including the specific signed / start date of each contract, are listed below: LOT 1: Architectural Services (Architect, Principal Designer & Lead Consultancy Services) BMJ - Signed/Start date: 26/06/26 Haworth Tomkins - Signed/Start date: 26/06/26 Rock Townsend - Signed/Start date: 26/06/26 Walters & Cohen - Signed/Start date: 06/07/2026 LOT 2: Building Services Engineers Atelier Ten - Signed/Start date: 02/07/2026 BSP - Signed/Start date: 24/09/2026 Drees & Sommer - Signed/Start date: 14/07/2026 Troup Bywaters & Anders - Signed/Start date: 18/08/2026 LOT 3: Project & Cost Managers Arcadis - Signed/Start date: 28/08/2026 Lavingtons - Signed/Start date: 26/06/2026 McBains - Signed/Start date: 18/08/2026 WT Partnership - Signed/Start date: 04/06/2026 LOT 4: Structural & Civil Engineers BDP - Signed/Start date: 08/07/2026 Harley Haddow - Signed/Start date: 30/07/2026 Price & Myers - Signed/Start date: 26/06/2026 Stantec UK - Signed/Start date: 18/08/2026 LOT 5: Building Surveyors Faithhorn Farrell Timms - Signed/Start date: 30/07/2026 The Fulker Consultancy - Signed/Start date: 11/09/2026 Kendall Kingscott - Signed/Start date: 06/07/2026 TT Building Consultancy - Signed/Start date: 26/06/2026 LOT 6: Fire Safety Consultants Bellrock (Assets & Compliance) Consulting - Signed/Start date: 15/09/2026 Stantec UK - Signed/Start date: 18/08/2026 All contracts under each Lot are co-terminus and will expire on 17 May 2030 regardless of their individual start dates.

Lot Information

Architectural Services (Architect, Principal Designer & Lead Consultancy Services) Building Services Engineers Project & Cost Managers Structural & Civil Engineers Building surveyors Fire Safety Consultants

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0580bd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098646-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

71200000 - Architectural and related services

71220000 - Architectural design services

71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs

71244000 - Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs

71248000 - Supervision of project and documentation

71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services

71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services

71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services

71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services

71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services

71315200 - Building consultancy services

71320000 - Engineering design services

71321000 - Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings

71324000 - Quantity surveying services

71530000 - Construction consultancy services

71541000 - Construction project management services

75251110 - Fire-prevention services

79415200 - Design consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£9,600,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£8,600,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£8,600,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Apr 20266 months ago
Contract Period
24 Sep 2026 - 17 May 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
2029-08-04

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Kingston University
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Postcode
KT1 2EE
Postcode Area
Kingston upon Thames
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Kingston upon Thames
Electoral Ward
Kingston Town
Westminster Constituency
Kingston and Surbiton

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
21
Supplier Names

Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd

Haworth Tompkins

Rock Townsend Architects LLP

Walters & Cohen Architects

Atelier Ten

Brinson Staniland Partnership Ltd

Drees & Sommer UK Limited

Troup Bywaters + Anders

Arcadis LLP

LAVINGTONS LLP

McBains Ltd

WT Partnership

BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Harley Haddow Limited

Price & Myers LLP

Stantec UK Ltd

Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP

KENDALL KINGSCOTT LIMITED

The Fulker Consultancy Limited

TT BUILDING CONSULTANCY LIMITED

John Rowan and Partners LLP

Further Information

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