AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has published a contract award notice naming four Nepal-based suppliers across eight MEP supply framework lots for the British Embassy in Kathmandu. All eight awards remain marked pending, with signature milestones scheduled for 21 October 2026; the notice does not evidence signed or active contracts.
Published outcomePending framework awards cover plumbing, painting, air conditioning and white goods, electrical, carpentry, health and safety, generator spares, and civil/construction miscellaneous items. New A P Impex is named across all eight lots; Green Tree Developers Private Limited across lots 3, 4 and 8; Ashwini Traders and DMP Construction Private Limited in lot 1.
Market significanceThe published award values total GBP 500,000 across eight lot-level, multi-supplier and single-supplier framework awards. These are framework values and do not establish spend, call-off volumes or supplier-level allocations.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
ASHWINI TRADERS
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 – Plumbing Item Supplies · Not individually allocated GBP · Named supplier on pending award
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Award 1 names ASHWINI TRADERS alongside DMP CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED and New A P Impex.
DMP CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 – Plumbing Item Supplies · Not individually allocated GBP · Named supplier on pending award
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Award 1 names DMP CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED alongside ASHWINI TRADERS and New A P Impex.
New A P Impex
99% confidenceAward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 · Lots 1 – Plumbing Item Supplies, 2 – Painting Items Supplies, 3 – Air Conditioning and White Goods Supplies, 4 – Electrical Items Supplies, 5 – Carpentry Items Supplies, 6 – Health and Safety Items Supplies, 7 – Generator Spare Parts Supplies, 8 – Civil Construction and Miscellaneous Work Items · Not individually allocated GBP · Named supplier on pending awards
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New A P Impex is named in the supplier lists for awards 1 through 8.
GREEN TREE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 3, 4, 8 · Lots 3 – Air Conditioning and White Goods Supplies, 4 – Electrical Items Supplies, 8 – Civil Construction and Miscellaneous Work Items · Not individually allocated GBP · Named supplier on pending awards
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GREEN TREE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED is named in awards 3, 4 and 8.
SMT Construction Pvt Ltd
99% confidenceAward 8 · Lots 8 – Civil Construction and Miscellaneous Work Items · Not individually allocated GBP · Named supplier on pending award
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Award 8 names SMT Construction Pvt Ltd alongside New A P Impex and GREEN TREE DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAward notice published; all eight awards are pending
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The notice is a UK6 contract award notice dated 9 October 2026, while awards 1–8 each have status "pending".
Signature status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed
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Each award has a futureSignatureDate milestone scheduled for 21 October 2026.
Planned contract start
96% confidence23 October 2026
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Each pending award records a contract period start date of 23 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published total across awards
99% confidenceGBP 500,000
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Award values are GBP 50,300, 50,300, 50,300, 60,400, 50,300, 10,000, 20,000 and 208,400, which sum to GBP 500,000.
Award 1 value
99% confidenceGBP 50,300 (shared framework award)
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Award 1 states GBP 50,300 and names three suppliers.
Award 2 value
99% confidenceGBP 50,300
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Award 2 states GBP 50,300.
Award 3 value
99% confidenceGBP 50,300 (shared framework award)
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Award 3 states GBP 50,300 and names two suppliers.
Award 4 value
99% confidenceGBP 60,400 (shared framework award)
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Award 4 states GBP 60,400 and names two suppliers.
Award 5 value
99% confidenceGBP 50,300
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Award 5 states GBP 50,300.
Award 6 value
99% confidenceGBP 10,000
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Award 6 states GBP 10,000.
Award 7 value
99% confidenceGBP 20,000
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Award 7 states GBP 20,000.
Award 8 value
99% confidenceGBP 208,400 (shared framework award)
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Award 8 states GBP 208,400 and names three suppliers.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence16 February 2026
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Release history records tender notice 013669-2026 on 16 February 2026.
Submission deadline
98% confidence16 March 2026, 17:00 UTC
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The process record gives this submission deadline.
Award notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Award notice 095446-2026 was published on 9 October 2026.
Standstill end
99% confidence20 October 2026, 23:59:59 +01:00
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Each award records this standstill end date.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence21 October 2026, 23:59:59 +01:00
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Each award has a scheduled futureSignatureDate milestone on this date.
Initial period end
99% confidence30 September 2028
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Each award's contract period ends on 30 September 2028.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Procurement type
99% confidenceGoods framework agreement
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The tender records main procurement category as goods and hasFrameworkAgreement as true.
Delivery location
99% confidenceNepal
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Each award item specifies a Nepal delivery address.
Lots
99% confidenceEight MEP supply lots
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The description lists eight lots, from plumbing supplies through civil, construction and miscellaneous work items.
Call-off model
90% confidenceDownstream call-off procedures are referenced
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The description states that call-off procedures are laid out in the contract documentation.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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The tender records procurementMethodDetails as "Open procedure".
Competition information
99% confidenceBid count and evaluation results unknown
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No bid count, scoring, ranking or evaluation detail is supplied in the published data.
Multi-supplier awards
99% confidenceLots 1, 3, 4 and 8 name multiple suppliers
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Awards 1, 3, 4 and 8 respectively name 3, 2, 2 and 3 suppliers.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
96% confidence23 October 2026 to 30 September 2028, if concluded
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Each pending award records these contract period dates.
Extension option
99% confidenceUp to 30 September 2030
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Each award records a maximum extent date of 30 September 2030 and describes a further two-year option.
Performance review
90% confidenceFormal annual review referenced
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The framework description says supplier performance and rate competitiveness will be formally assessed once every year.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Supplier concentration
99% confidenceNew A P Impex is named across all eight pending awards
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The supplier appears in awards 1–8.
Largest lot-level award value
99% confidenceLot 8: GBP 208,400
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Award 8 has the highest published value among the eight awards.
Value attribution
99% confidenceSupplier-level values cannot be determined for shared awards
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Awards 1, 3, 4 and 8 list multiple suppliers but provide one award-level value without allocations.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending status
99% confidenceThe notice does not evidence concluded contracts
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All awards are pending and signature is scheduled after the published award notice.
Date inconsistency
99% confidenceThe framework description tentatively says commencement on 1 October 2026, while each award records a planned start of 23 October 2026
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Both dates appear in the source data; neither has been selected as an actual commencement date.
Award value interpretation
99% confidencePublished values are award-level framework values; actual call-off spend is unknown
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The notice provides award values but no call-off, pricing or spend data.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo individual supplier allocation, bid count, evaluation detail or pricing breakdown
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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- All awards are pending; the source does not establish signature, contract conclusion or active delivery.
- Several awards are multi-supplier and give only a shared award-level value, so supplier-level values cannot be attributed.
- The source contains two differing prospective commencement dates: 1 October 2026 in the framework description and 23 October 2026 in the award contract periods.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid volumes, evaluation scores, pricing, call-off volumes, actual expenditure and supplier-level value splits.
- Supplier verification is marked not applicable; no verified legal company names or company numbers are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
FCDOKathmanduMEP suppliesframework agreementBritish Embassy Nepalpending awardsNew A P Impex
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Has the Kathmandu MEP framework been signed?
No. All eight awards are marked pending and the notice records a future signature milestone of 21 October 2026.
Who is named across the most lots?
New A P Impex is named on all eight pending awards.
What is the published framework value?
The eight award-level values total GBP 500,000. This does not show actual spend or supplier-level allocations.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.