Planning

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

This public procurement record has 1 release in its history.

Planning

24 Aug 2026 at 12:54

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The City of London Corporation intends to procure a single works package for the Barbican Renewal Programme covering mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) strip-out and renewal. The scope is the removal of life-expired MEP infrastructure and installation of new plant, distribution systems and containment across basement plant levels and public floors. This is refurbishment of an existing building, not new-build construction. The venue is a large, live publicly operated arts centre incorporating a concert hall, cinemas, art galleries, conservatory, library, function rooms and car parks. Work will take place across the Barbican Centre in London, around retained plant and systems and continued public operation, with phased access, service shutdowns and complex logistics.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the buyer has announced an intention to procure and has not yet invited tenders. It is expected to use a two-stage competitive flexible procedure, with an Invitation to Participate followed by an invitation to tender. Four candidates are expected to be shortlisted. Indicative dates are an expression-of-interest deadline of 12 October 2026, enquiries by 9 October 2026, an award decision by 5 February 2027 and contract commencement on 22 February 2027. The planned contract runs to 21 September 2029, with a possible extension to 21 March 2030 and renewal for unforeseen programme overruns. The estimated value is £50 million excluding VAT (£60 million including VAT). Evaluation will include economic and technical conditions, scored experience questions, technical and commercial submissions, workshops, site visits and interviews.

The work will suit major mechanical and electrical contractors with strong building-services installation capability and experience renewing MEP systems in complex occupied buildings. Relevant suppliers will need the financial capacity, insurance, modern-slavery compliance and data-protection arrangements required by the participation conditions. Demonstrable experience will be important, with bidders expected to answer scored questions and explain how they would manage occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access, logistics, phased sequencing and interfaces with retained plant and systems. The package also involves isolation and shutdown of live services, coordination across multiple plant levels and public floors, and potential overlap with demolition and structural strip-out. Firms able to manage multidisciplinary coordination, detailed surveys, plant replacement and safe delivery in a landmark arts venue should prepare for the future competition.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme

Notice Description

This is a strip-out and renewal package across the whole MEP -- Barbican Renewal Programme, not new-build construction. The works comprise the removal of existing, life-expired MEP infrastructure and installation of new plant, distribution and containment across multiple basement plant levels and public floors of a large, live, publicly operated arts venue (comprising a concert hall, cinemas, art galleries, conservatory, library, function rooms and car parks). The successful contractor will be required to work around continued public operation of the Centre, including phased access, full 12-month closure period from end June 2028, isolation and shutdown of live building services, and interfacing with retained plant and systems, across every work area.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The following items represent scope where this MEP package and Demolition and Structures strip-out or survey effort overlap, or are not separately demarcated between the two packages. They are set out here for pricing coordination between the two packages. * Shaft access equipment and walls/doors/floors strip-out (Infrastructure): the strip-out of walls, doors and floors, clean/repair/make good within existing shafts, and strip-out of access equipment in shafts within the infrastructure shafts. * General strip-out demarcation -- Conservatory, Foyers, Catering Block, Art Gallery Foyer. Further demarcation is under review. * Retention and reuse of the existing ventilation riser pair fed from the Foyer basement AHU. With strip-out and replacement of non-compliant/damaged fire dampers with new motorised smoke/fire dampers in fire-rated builder's-work plenums. full ductwork and damper replacement, rather than the damper-only basis.

Renewal: Extensions may be used if there is programme overrun due to unforeseen events, such as discoveries.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea78
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080327-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

45300000 - Building installation work

71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£50,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£50,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20262 days ago
Submission Deadline
9 Oct 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
14 Sep 20263 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
22 Feb 2027 - 21 Sep 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
CITY OF LONDON
Postcode
EC2P 2EJ
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Clerkenwell
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

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...