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Civil and Structural Engineering Consultant for the New Wing at the National Gallery

The National Gallery

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Oct 2026 at 10:51

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

08 Jun 2026 at 14:58

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

03 Feb 2026 at 13:46

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The National Gallery appointed a civil and structural engineering consultancy for its new wing at Trafalgar Square, central London. The work covers leading and coordinating civil and structural design in line with the project brief and architectural design, and producing calculations, reports, drawings, models, schedules and specifications through the project stages. The consultant coordinates with the architect, building-services engineers, specialist designers, highways and utilities bodies, and the wider project team, including work around existing structures, foundations, below-ground constraints and the Gallery’s live operations. Services also include support for regulatory and technical approvals, planning and heritage submissions, contractor procurement, construction-stage queries and inspections, monitoring structural work, handover, defects and post-completion. This is a civil and structural engineering consultancy service.

The procurement is complete and a contract has been awarded to Buro Happold Limited. The award was made on 5 June 2026 for £1,602,005 excluding VAT (£1,922,406 including VAT). The signed contract runs from 22 June 2026 to 31 August 2033. The original planned contract period was 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2032. The National Gallery used a selective competitive flexible procedure: five suppliers were shortlisted after an initial assessment and invited to tender, with tender interviews. Five bids reached the final stage. Selection considered economic and technical criteria; the tender evaluation covered technical response, social value, resource schedule and fee schedule, with weightings to be set in the tender documents.

For the same requirement at the National Gallery, a credible competitor would need demonstrable civil and structural engineering design capability, capacity and relevant experience across a major cultural building project. The appointed consultant’s remit shows the importance of developing coordinated design through successive project stages, managing interfaces with architects, building-services engineers, specialist designers, statutory bodies and utilities, and working around existing structures and operational constraints. Experience supporting building-regulations approvals, temporary works, planning and heritage submissions would be relevant, alongside the ability to prepare tender information, assess contractor proposals and support construction through technical queries, inspections, structural-work monitoring, handover and defects resolution. Suppliers should also be able to present a robust resourcing plan and technical response, address social value, and compete on fees: these were the stated evaluation areas. The procurement attracted five final-stage bids, indicating competition for this consultancy work.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Civil and Structural Engineering Consultant for the New Wing at the National Gallery

Notice Description

The National Gallery is appointing a Civil and Structural (C&S) Engineering Consultant with the capability, capacity and relevant experience to design and support the delivery of C&S engineering services for a new wing to the Gallery, located on Trafalgar Square in central London. The role of the C&S Engineering Consultant will include, as a minimum: * Leading and coordinating C&S engineering design inputs in support of the project brief and architectural intent. * Developing civil and structural design information appropriate to each RIBA stage, including calculations, reports, drawings, models, schedules, specifications and performance requirements. * Coordinating interfaces with the Architect, MEP engineers, specialist designers, highways authorities, utilities providers and the wider project team, including interfaces with existing structures, foundations, below-ground constraints and live operational conditions. * Supporting statutory and technical approvals, including Building Regulations compliance, temporary works considerations, and providing technical input to planning, listed building and heritage submissions where required. * Supporting procurement activities, including preparation of tender information, responses to tender queries, evaluation of contractor proposals, and design development during contractor procurement. * Providing construction-stage support including responses to RFIs, attendance at coordination meetings, inspections as required, review of contractor design portions (where applicable), monitoring of structural works, and support to handover, defects resolution and post-completion activities

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-061561
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094587-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services

71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,602,005 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,602,005 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Oct 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Jun 20264 months ago
Contract Period
22 Jun 2026 - 31 Aug 2033 Over 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
The National Gallery
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC2N 5DN
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI32 Westminster
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Buro Happold Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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