Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Cold Water Services Design Consultancy

Natural History Museum

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

21 Aug 2026 at 13:48

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Jun 2026 at 14:49

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

19 Jun 2026 at 12:00

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Natural History Museum is procuring cold water services design consultancy for its site at South Kensington, London. The appointed consultant will survey, assess and review the existing cold water services systems and design their upgrade. The scope also includes acting as the Museum’s technical adviser during refurbishment works and the installation phase. This is a specialist building services, plumbing and water-supply consultancy requirement, with associated engineering consultancy. The work is classed as services and covers activity in the United Kingdom. The buying organisation is the Natural History Museum, a public authority. The requirement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and concerns one integrated scope rather than separate service packages.

The procurement is complete and an award has been made, subject to a standstill period. It used an open procedure, with electronic submission allowed in English. Frankham Consultancy Group Ltd was selected for the single lot, with an award value of £170,000 excluding VAT (£205,000 including VAT). The award date is 21 August 2026. The awarded contract is due to run from 8 September 2026 to 31 March 2027, with an extension option of up to two years, potentially lasting to 30 March 2029. The original tender closed on 31 July 2026 and the enquiry period ended on 17 July 2026. Ten bids were received, with eight reaching the final stage, including five from SMEs. Evaluation weighted relevant experience, design proposal, performance management, project completion, staff and sustainability at 50%, price at 40% and social value at 10%.

This award indicates demand from the Natural History Museum for consultants able to combine building-services and plumbing expertise with practical delivery advice. A credible future competitor would need to survey and assess existing cold water infrastructure, develop a technically sound upgrade design and support the client through refurbishment and installation. Evidence should cover relevant cold water or water-supply projects, design quality, project completion and performance management, backed by suitably experienced staff. Sustainability and the ability to address barriers to entry are material considerations, alongside competitive pricing. The requirement attracted substantial competition and included several SME final-stage bidders, suggesting that a focused specialist consultancy can compete without the scale of a major multidisciplinary contractor. Confidential project information may require appropriate non-disclosure arrangements.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Cold Water Services Design Consultancy

Notice Description

This opportunity is for Design Consultancy Services to survey, assess, review and design an upgrade of existing Cold Water Services systems at the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. The Design Consultant is also expected to act as the NHM's technical advisor during refurbishment works and installation phase. To gain access to the tender documentation, an NDA is required as confidential information will be shared. Please access the NDA using the link below and ensure this is completed by an appropriate member of your organisation. This will be counter signed by the NHM and returned to you via Delta e-Sourcing. Once this has been completed, the tenderer will be granted access to the tender documentation. https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/CJ325AF2C9

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Contract may be extended beyond the Initial Term for a period of up to 2 (two) years (the "Renewal Period") at NHM's sole discretion, by NHM giving the Consultant not less than 1 (one) months' notice prior to the expiry of the Initial Term or the Renewal Period (as applicable). Subject to funding availability, the programme of works may continue to 31 March 2029. Each extension will be issued under a new contract to the Contractor.

Planning Information

During the week commencing 15 June, the below companies were approached with a questionnaire to express their interest in tendering for the Cold Water Services Design Consultancy opportunity at the Natural History Museum. The questionnaire shared with the companies can be found at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vV5Krf8wqr. Those who wish to express their interest in the opportunity are encouraged to complete the questionnaire. The below ten companies have been approached directly: 1)WSP 2)Hoare Lea 3)Martin Thomas Associate 4)Baily Garner LLP 5)Buro Happold Limited 6)Concertus Design and Property Consultants Limited 7)Frankham Consultancy Group Limited 8)Pick Everard 9)Services Design Solution 10)calfordseaden LLP

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b8ec
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079940-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71315210 - Building services consultancy services

71321300 - Plumbing consultancy services

71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services

71800000 - Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
£170,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
31 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
24 Jun 2026Expired
Award Date
21 Aug 20266 days ago
Contract Period
8 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Natural History Museum
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW7 5BD
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Electoral Ward
Brompton & Hans Town
Westminster Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Frankham Consultancy Group Ltf

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

Loading OCDS record...