Professional Services Framework

Buyer

Lancashire County Council

Estimated value

£5m

Location

North West

Deadline

7 December 2026

Published

4 November 2026

Category

Architectural and related services

Trade

Architecture, surveying and engineering

Suitable for SMEs

Not flagged

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In plain English

Lancashire County Council seeks a professional services framework for capital works and building maintenance in schools, split across eleven lots ranging from full design teams to specific engineering roles. The contract lasts four years with annual competitive re-pricing, and suppliers must bid for specific lots rather than a single package.

Description from the notice

A Professional Services Framework to assist officers in their work of providing a capital works and building maintenance service to schools. The framework is intended to provide a contingent professional advice service should funding should be available from e.g. the Department for Education for school capital works. The framework is to provide a top up capacity to the work of officers and so is optional expenditure. Suppliers will have to re- price every year in a competitive environment to keep prices sharp. The option of not procuring this framework does not exist as there is insufficient officer resource to deliver the entire programme in- house. Demand is too uncertain for the Council to commit to a long- term service contract. The client team anticipates that the capital programme will have a value of £100 million per year. It is anticipated that the in-house team would provide professional support to 75% of the programme. This would mean that external providers would support work to the value of £25 million per year or £100 million over the 4- year life of the framework. Lot 1 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages £1,000,000 and under Lot 2 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages over £1,000,000. Lot 3 Structural Engineering, working with in-house team Lot 4 CDM principal Designer, working with in-house team Lot 5 Quantity Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 6 Site supervisor, working with in-house team Lot 7 Building Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 8 Project Management of capital works reporting to a Council officer. Lot 9 Architect working with in- house team Lot 10 Landscape Architect Lot 11 Drainage Engineer