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title: "Multi-Disciplinary Professional Services Consultancy"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0782eb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Royal Berkshire Fire Authority"
published: "2026-10-07"
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# Multi-Disciplinary Professional Services Consultancy

Buyer: Royal Berkshire Fire Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0782eb

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## Summary

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority appointed a multidisciplinary professional services consultancy to plan, design and support delivery of its capital works programme across the Authority’s estate in Berkshire. The programme covers new buildings, refurbishment and estate lifecycle works, fire station modernisation as the principal activity, sustainability strategy support and compliance upgrades. The consultancy is also expected to support other projects aligned with the contract’s capabilities. The work includes architectural, building-fabric, building and building-services consultancy. It is intended to coordinate projects across the Authority’s identified estate sites and maintain consistent design and expertise. Delivery is across the Authority’s estate in Berkshire.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ridge and Partners LLP on 7 October 2026. It was a competitive call-off under the ESPO Property, Building and Infrastructure Advice and Management Services framework, using its South of England lot. The award value is £2 million excluding VAT (£2.4 million including VAT). The initial contract period is 19 October 2026 to 18 October 2029, with options to extend in one-year increments to a maximum end date of 18 October 2033, making a maximum term of seven years. The single lot covers the multidisciplinary consultancy requirement. The Authority may also commission additional consultancy hours at ad hoc rates for aligned work as needed. No evaluation criteria are stated in the available procurement information.

This award demonstrates demand from Royal Berkshire Fire Authority for a single consultancy able to coordinate multidisciplinary professional advice across a long-term estate investment programme. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to bring architectural, building-fabric, building and building-services consultancy together, and support projects from planning and design through delivery. Experience in fire station modernisation is particularly relevant, alongside refurbishment and estate lifecycle programmes, new-build projects, compliance upgrades and sustainability strategy. The programme calls for the capacity to work across multiple sites, maintain consistent design standards and support both planned investment and additional aligned projects. The framework call-off route also shows the value of qualifying for the relevant ESPO framework and its regional lot.

## Notice

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) is seeking to appoint a Multi-Disciplinary Professional Services Consultancy, to support the planning, design and delivery of its capital works programme across its estates, identified in the Strategic Asset Investment Framework (SAIF), including: * Delivery of capital new builds * Refurbishment and estate lifecycle programme * Fire station moderation programme (principal activity) * Sustainability strategy support * Compliance upgrades The successful supplier is expected to work on projects and works that are non-SAIF related, but which are aligned with the overall capability of the multi-disciplinary contract. The route to market finalised to source this service was ESPO framework - Property, Building and Infrastructure Advice and Management Services (2664_26) - Lot 4 - South of England. The Authority awarded the call off contract for a period of 7 years, including the extension option, because the requirement was for the SAIF to be treated as a programme to deliver works prgramme across its estate, identified in the SAIF. The Authority awarded a 7 year call off contract to complete its SAIF programme and maintain standard design and expertise across all the identified sites on SAIF.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094836-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2026 - 18 Oct 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Royal Berkshire Fire Authority |
| Locality | READING |
| Postcode area | Reading |
| Postcode | RG31 7SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | West Berkshire |
| Electoral ward | Tilehurst Birch Copse |
| Westminster constituency | Reading West and Mid Berkshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Ridge and Partners LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71200000 - Architectural and related services
- 71315100 - Building-fabric consultancy services
- 71315200 - Building consultancy services
- 71315210 - Building services consultancy services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 14:52 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094836-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094836-2026
  7th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ridge.co.uk
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-050e57
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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