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Weybridge Technical Assurance and High Containment Services

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 23:52.

Opportunity overview

The Consultant shall provide independent, expert technical assurance services across the lifecycle of containment laboratory projects including but not limited to refurbishment, new builds and maintenance.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
7 Jun 2026
Award ID
054859-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
07681401
Location
London, UK, EC4M 7WS, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV71356000 — Technical services

Lots

  • The Lots are:<br/><br/>NBC Technical Assurance Partner, with an estimated contract value of £18,300,000<br/><br/>Weybridge DgP Technical Assurance and High Containment Services, with an estimated contract value of £7,000,000<br/><br/>One contract is awarded for each Lot.<br/><br/>This contract provides specialist support to the Client (Defra group Property) in the development of containment requirements, provide design reviews, review and/ or write User Requirements Specification (URS)/ User Requirements Brief (URB) for specialist equipment, conduct safety assessments, create and manage documentation, attend testing, provide operational support, perform facility surveys, review technical responses, and manage commissioning for all biocontainment levels up to ACDP2 & ACDP 3/SAPO 4. Additional information: DPS procurement<br/>Agreement IDRM6242 Start date03/11/2021 End date23/02/2029<br/>Filtering categories: Laboratory advisory services, Life sciences, Laboratories, Life SciencesValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C34336
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Competition was called for through GCA DPS RM6242<br/>Invitation to tender sent through DPS after filtering .

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
71356000
Description
Technical services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
The Lots are:<br/><br/>NBC Technical Assurance Partner, with an estimated contract value of £18,300,000<br/><br/>Weybridge DgP Technical Assurance and High Containment Services, with an estimated contract value of £7,000,000<br/><br/>One contract is awarded for each Lot.<br/><br/>This contract provides specialist support to the Client (Defra group Property) in the development of containment requirements, provide design reviews, review and/ or write User Requirements Specification (URS)/ User Requirements Brief (URB) for specialist equipment, conduct safety assessments, create and manage documentation, attend testing, provide operational support, perform facility surveys, review technical responses, and manage commissioning for all biocontainment levels up to ACDP2 & ACDP 3/SAPO 4. Additional information: DPS procurement<br/>Agreement IDRM6242 Start date03/11/2021 End date23/02/2029<br/>Filtering categories: Laboratory advisory services, Life sciences, Laboratories, Life Sciences
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
High Containment Environments
Type
quality
Description
25
Criterion 2
Name
Key Personnel, Staff and Behaviour Management
Type
quality
Description
20
Criterion 3
Name
Resources Planning and Ways of Working
Type
quality
Description
15
Criterion 4
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10
Criterion 5
Name
Cost
Type
cost
Description
30

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71356000
Description
Technical services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Id
GB-FTS-178371

Identifier

Legal Name
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Address

Street Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Region
UK
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Lu Mao

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
MINISTRY
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
05
Description
Environmental protection
Organisation 2
Name
MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED
Id
GB-FTS-183107

Identifier

Legal Name
MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED
Id
07681401

Address

Street Address
One, Fleet Place, London, England, EC4M 7WS
Locality
London
Region
UK
Postal Code
EC4M 7WS
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 3037810741

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
HIGH COURT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
Id
GB-FTS-140855

Identifier

Legal Name
HIGH COURT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

Address

Street Address
London
Locality
The Strand
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Details

Award information

Award 1
Id
054859-2026-1
Status
active
Has Subcontracting
Yes

Related lots

1

Subcontracting

Minimum Percentage
0.05
Maximum Percentage
0.05

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-183107
Name
MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
054859-2026-1
Award ID
054859-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
8 Jun 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
7,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UK · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 054859-2026award, contract ·