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title: "UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka - Design, Build, Maintain & Decommission (DBMD)"
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# UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka - Design, Build, Maintain & Decommission (DBMD)

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b9052024-dbaa-4286-9d40-5b79f21e95fa

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## Summary

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is procuring the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka through the Design, Build, Maintain, and Decommission (DBMD) contract. The project involves creating the UK Pavilion with the theme "See Things Differently - Tomorrow, Today" for the Expo held in Osaka, Japan from 13 April 2025 to 13 October 2025. ES Global Limited has been awarded the £24 million contract to manage the DBMD of the Pavilion with a contract period from 5th September 2023 to 31st March 2027.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the construction management services sector interested in international projects. The procurement stage for the UK Pavilion project is now at the award stage, with ES Global Limited securing the contract. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking for growth through large-scale international projects could consider participating in similar future opportunities within the services category.

## Notice

The United Kingdom (UK) is participating in Expo 2025, which runs from 13 April 2025 - 13 October 2025 and will take place in Osaka, Japan. The overarching theme of Expo 2025 is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives". Expo will welcome visitors from all over the world, allowing countries to build extraordinary pavilions and transform the host city for years to come. His Majestys Government (HMG) has procured a supplier (referred to as the "Contractor") to manage the delivery of the Design, Build, Maintain, and Decommission (referred to as "DBMD") of the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. The Contractor will take full design liability and responsibility for managing the end-to-end delivery of the physical UK Pavilion and will be responsible for taking forward HMGs creative vision, and delivering a design that can be built in the timeframes; with the materials available; can deliver our key messages and visitor experience; and meets Japanese construction regulations. The Contractor is responsible for managing the construction of the designed UK Pavilion (using appropriately licenced contractors that can build in Japan), fitting it out, maintaining it for the six (6) months of Expo, and then decommissioning it at the end of Expo. The Contractor is responsible for managing any required consortium group members, subcontractors, or supply chain partners required to deliver the requirement via the proposed "Integrator" delivery model outlined in the Scope. For clarity, the services under this DBMD Contract do not include requirements for full operational services (such as staffing, events, hospitality etc) during the Expo. Additional information: HMG has procured a Contractor to Design, Build (including Fitout), Maintain, and Decommission the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. All services required (including any specific works for the construction, and goods for the fitout) will be delivered through this single contract. The contract, a modified NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract - Option F (Management), is divided into six (6) works packages to be delivered up to maximum budget cap of PS24million (excluding all applicable taxes as permitted under the contract): 1. Management 2. Design & Surveys 3. Construction 4. Fitout 5. Maintain 6. Decommission

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0c1833a-4cff-4f82-b7f7-658013611d4a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Future notice date | 9 Jun 2023 |
| Award date | 27 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | 4 Sep 2023 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £24,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £24,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2DY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ES GLOBAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71540000 - Construction management services

## Release History

- 18 Oct 2023 at 09:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0c1833a-4cff-4f82-b7f7-658013611d4a
- 28 Jun 2023 at 10:21 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/157e2d83-5e05-47b8-b5d4-18edff8684f3
- 19 Jun 2023 at 11:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/157e2d83-5e05-47b8-b5d4-18edff8684f3
- 28 Apr 2023 at 16:44 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da0caba6-8b01-4d8e-8a15-e997cf3b8878

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0c1833a-4cff-4f82-b7f7-658013611d4a
  18th October 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/157e2d83-5e05-47b8-b5d4-18edff8684f3
  28th June 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da0caba6-8b01-4d8e-8a15-e997cf3b8878
  28th April 2023 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2d00e7f1-f936-4af9-9582-a0294594971f
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cd701ce8-f7ba-46e9-868a-0e8f023204eb
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/808c7464-cc96-44d0-a1c0-f14f85685f08
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e962d99e-ee04-4003-a5d0-b92223c272b5
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8650bfc1-a1ab-414c-8a68-9e9aa7b4a299
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/44502847-09b0-489c-a2f6-9698e810f384
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7642fe5a-9ad8-4d81-9a23-829cdbd42f28
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/86622fcd-d4dd-4d5f-896f-bddd53a54c4a
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/48e1c269-b983-4d94-acbc-d736990f948a
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/79ab9a9c-b7c7-46ca-91ab-4bc369510a56
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ef594c47-aa7b-4055-b934-689d559014e9
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bb0338b0-c904-4345-9141-71aa1315db23
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- https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
  Link to the e-tendering portal, Jaggaer - where all procurement documents can be accessed and parties interested in bidding can submit their Tender
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c4771092-77a1-47f2-a3aa-37de85077b95
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ae639133-abb2-4d7a-9a1c-219f5b62812f
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- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ffc5e23e-2e1a-47f4-8d5c-b22e4b1515dd
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