Further Education (FE) Colleges Integrated Consultant Team Framework 2026

The procurement establishes the Further Education (FE) Colleges Integrated Consultant Team Framework 2026, an ongoing arrangement to supply specialist construction consultancy services to a group of further education institutions. The Framework will provide a coordinated team of professionals across a range of disciplines, enabling each college to execute minor works projects efficiently with a single, stable source of expertise. The Framework is structured into three lots, each covering a defined group of colleges—Belfast Metropolitan College and South Eastern Regional College, Northern Regional College and North West Regional College, and Southern Regional College and South West College.

Within each lot the required services encompass quantity surveying, project management, and design across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and environmental/sustainability engineering. Additional support includes cost management, business case preparation, and tender documentation development. All work will be coordinated through CPD’s Construction Information Management System (CIMS), a cloud‑based collaboration platform built on the Asite common data environment, ensuring real‑time access to project documentation and strict quality assurance throughout the procurement lifecycle.

All documentation relating to the Framework is stored in CIMS and available for suppliers to download from a publicly accessible data room, which remains open until the Framework Agreement is awarded. The selected consultants must operate within the CIMS platform, maintaining the specified data quality and collaboration standards throughout the contract.

This procurement is for the provision of the Further Education (FE) Colleges Integrated
Consultant Team Framework 2026 for the Contracting Authorities. This includes the
provision of professional services delivery for minor works projects to include – quantity
surveying services, project management & design services, cost management services,
business case preparation, tender documentation preparation, architectural services, civil
and structural engineering services, mechanical and electrical engineering services and
Environmental/Sustainability Engineering Services.
CPD’s Construction Information Management System (CIMS) is a cloud-based
collaboration platform which may be used by Clients, CPD Construction Professionals,
and Suppliers in the delivery of government infrastructure projects.
The platform is built upon the Asite common data environment, with bespoke
development to suit CPD requirements for quality assurance throughout the procurement
lifecycle.
All information relating to this procurement has been developed and stored within CIMS.
All documents for this procurement are available for Suppliers to view and download from
a Data Room, a publicly accessible folder in CIMS, which may be accessed at the
following link:
https://adoddleak.asite.com/lnk/jroXo6Hk5rdEBU7Cp99
The Supplier should download documents to their desktop to review and/or complete as
required. The completed TSP should be submitted in accordance with Section 5 of this
document.
Access to the public folder shall remain open until the Framework Agreement has been
awarded.

Contract location: UKN
Communication: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6538293
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
Enquiry deadline: 2026-06-30T15:00:00+01:00
Deadline for requests to participate: 2026-06-30T15:00:00+01:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6538293
Tenders may be submitted electronically: allowed
Award decision date (estimated): 2026-12-21T23:59:59+00:00

Lot number: 1
Description: The provision of professional construction services for the delivery of minor works projects for Belfast Metropolitan College and South Eastern Regional College
Lot value (estimated)
1.200.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
1.440.000,00 GBP including VAT
Information about options. Options: Yes

Lot number: 2
Description: The provision of professional construction services for the delivery of minor works projects for Northern Regional College and North West Regional College.
Lot value (estimated)
1.045.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
1.254.000,00 GBP including VAT
Information about options. Options: Yes

Lot number: 3
Description: The provision of professional construction services for the delivery of minor works projects for Southern Regional College and South West College.
Lot value (estimated)
700.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
840.000,00 GBP including VAT
Information about options. Options: Yes

Award criteria:

Name	Type	Weighting
PRICE	price	60%
Quality	quality	40%