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Consultancy Framework - Lotted

Ipswich Borough Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Sep 2026 at 11:39

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

16 Mar 2026 at 16:49

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Sep 2025 at 14:58

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Ipswich Borough Council procured a consultancy framework for professional services supporting its property and development work. The scope covers property management, engineering, construction consultancy, technical testing and analysis, business and management advice, and environmental services. It is a services contract delivered for council-owned subsidiary companies in the Ipswich area and wider Suffolk context. The framework is intended to provide specialist consultancy across 15 lots, although this release identifies one lot covering the combined consultancy requirement. The buyer is Ipswich Borough Council, a sub-central public authority. Relevant suppliers include architectural practices, quantity surveyors, project managers, engineers, energy and compliance specialists, environmental consultants, property advisers and firms providing construction or technical consultancy.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through an open procedure as a framework agreement with reopening of competition. Forty-three suppliers were appointed to the lot, including 2035 Assessments Limited, AECOM, Airey Miller, Bidwells, Concertus Design & Property Consultants, Sweco UK, XCO2 Energy and Geosphere Environmental. The award was made on 16 March 2026 and the contract was signed on 1 April 2026. The awarded value is £2.5 million excluding VAT, or £3 million including VAT. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030. Call-off pricing is requested from applicable framework suppliers for each project through a quotation or proposal process. Evaluation was stated as 100% quality, and spend is not guaranteed.

This framework shows recurring demand from Ipswich Borough Council for broad, multidisciplinary built-environment and property consultancy. A credible future competitor would need a demonstrable capability in one or more of the covered disciplines: property management, engineering, construction advice, technical testing, business consultancy or environmental services. The appointed supplier group indicates that both specialist SMEs and larger multidisciplinary practices can be relevant, with particular value in combining technical expertise, project delivery and professional advice. Firms should be able to respond to individual project quotations or proposals and operate effectively within a multi-supplier framework. Local knowledge of Ipswich and Suffolk may be useful, but the appointed suppliers also include organisations based across England, so capability and quality are the central commercial signals.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Consultancy Framework - Lotted

Notice Description

Ipswich Borough Council are currently out to tender for the provision of various Consultants This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 10th November 2025 @ 11:00hours. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted The deadline for clarification questions is 31st October 2025 @ 14:00hours which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a427
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084306-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

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

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

70330000 - Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis

71300000 - Engineering services

71530000 - Construction consultancy services

71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

90700000 - Environmental services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
10 Nov 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Mar 20267 months ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ipswich Borough Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2DE
Postcode Area
Ipswich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
45
Supplier Names

2035 Assessments Limited

AECOM

Airey Miller Ltd

ALLMAN WOODCOCK LIMITED

Avanti Architects Ltd

Bidwells

Bruton Knowles

BUILDING ENERGY EXPERTS LTD

calfordseaden LLP

Castons Consulting Limited

Concertus Design & Property Consultants Ltd

Curtins Consulting Ltd

Daniel Connal Partnership

David Miles and Partners

DarntonB3 Limited

Energy & Compliance Technology Ltd

Xomni Limited

Firntec Ltd

Fraser Brown MacKenna Ltd

Greyfriars Project Management Ltd

HAT Projects

Haydn Evans Consulting Ltd

Hickton Consultants

Hyams QS Ltd

HYDROP ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

Ingleton Wood LLP

Johns Slater and Haward

KLH Architects Ltd

Lancaster Maloney Martin Ltd

LSI Architects (Design) Limited

Lucion Services Limited

Nicholas Jacobs Architects LLP

NORSE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

OANDER LIMITED

Purcell Architecture Limited

RAB Consultants

Ridge and Partners LLP

Rossi Long Consulting Ltd

SAFER SPHERE CHS LIMITED

Saanchi Solutions Limited

Superstructures (East Anglia) Ltd

Sweco UK Limited

The Woodley Coles LLP

XCO2 Energy Ltd

Geosphere Environmental Ltd

Further Information

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