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Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 17:35.

Opportunity overview

This trade contract package comprises the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) strip-out and renewal works forming part of the Barbican Renewal Programme (BRP), a major infrastructure renewal of the existing, occupied Barbican Centre on behalf of the City of London Corporation (Contracting Authority, operating the Barbican Arts Centre as Employer). The works are to be let under a JCT CM/TC 2024 Trade Contract, delivered under a Construction Management approach, with Blue Sky Building appointed as Construction Manager and Gardiner & Theobald LLP as Lead Consultant. This is a strip-out and renewal package, not new-build construction. The works comprise the removal of existing, life-expired MEP infrastructure and the installation of new plant, distribution and containment across multiple basement plant levels and public floors of a large, live, publicly operated arts venue comprising a concert hall, cinemas, art galleries, conservatory, library, function rooms and car parks. The Trade Contractor will be required to work around continued public operation of the Centre, including phased access, a full 12-month closure period from end June 2028, isolation and shutdown of live building services, and interfacing with retained plant and systems, across every work area described below The MEP package is a single trade contract comprising the following designated work area sections: • MEP Infrastructure and Site-Wide Systems • Conservatory • Art Gallery Foyer • Curve Gallery • Main Foyers • Stair 8 • Catering Block The Barbican Centre is classed as a Higher-Risk Building (HRB) under the Building Safety Act 2022 and falls within the remit of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR); the Trade Contractor is to allow for the relevant Gateway compliance obligations throughout delivery.

Classification

  • CPV45300000 — Building installation work
  • CPV71334000 — Mechanical and electrical engineering services

Lots

  • Lot 1£50m

Documents and notices

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea78
Status
active
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
works
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free
Expression Of Interest Deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00
Published risks
The contract may require modification in the event of project overrun to ensure continuation of service and technical expertise is retained from the service provider (for example to provide additional works)

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
Stage 1. Invitation to Participate (ITP) Stage 2 Invitation to tender ITT) Comprising of: - Structured workshops and site visits with shortlisted candidates, at which project-specific constraints and risks (including occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access and logistics, and phased/closure-period sequencing) will be formally communicated by the Contracting Authority and design team. - Technical submission - Commercial submission - Interview

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Enquiry period

Ends
2 Oct 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
22 Oct 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes

Value

Including VAT
60,000,000
Amount
50,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Technical
Description
Suppliers will be required to submit responses to a number of sub-weighted questions relating to organisation, H&S, Risk Management, Programme / method statement, Quality and delivery, BSA/HRA, Supply chain, Design Management. In addition, all shortlisted suppliers will be required to attend a scored interview

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
45
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
price
Name
Commercial
Description
Suppliers’ commercial responses will evaluated against total contract cost. The commercial evaluation methodology is set out in the tender documents.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
40
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Type
quality
Name
Responsible procurement
Description
Suppliers will be required to submit responses to set out how they will deliver against climate action initiatives and social value.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
15
Weight
percentageExact

Second Stage

Minimum Candidates
4
Maximum Candidates
4

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
Suppliers will be required to meet the conditions of participation set out in the tender documents. These include minimum requirements for financial capacity, insurance, modern slavery and data protection. In addition, suppliers will be required to respond to scored questions regarding experience. The highest scoring bidders who meet the conditions of participation will be invited to participate in the next tender stage in accordance with the methodology set out in the tender documents.
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
As specified in the tender documents
Criterion 3
Description
The ITP will set out the information which bidders are required to provide to the City to enable it to draw up a list of up to a maximum of 4 pre-qualified applicants who will be able to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. In the event that a bidder or multiple bidders achieve the same moderated score as the 4th placed bidder, those bidders will also be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.
For Reduction
Yes

Contract period

Starts
22 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
21 Sept 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
21 Mar 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Extensions may be used if there is programme overrun due to unforeseen events, such as discoveries.

Options

Description
The following items represent scope where this MEP package and Demolition and Structures strip-out or survey effort overlap, or are not separately demarcated between the two packages. They are set out here for pricing coordination between the two packages. • Shaft access equipment and walls/doors/floors strip-out (Infrastructure): the strip-out of walls, doors and floors, clean/repair/make good within existing shafts, and strip-out of access equipment in shafts within the infrastructure shafts. • General strip-out demarcation — Conservatory, Foyers, Catering Block, Art Gallery Foyer. Further demarcation is under review. • Retention and reuse of the existing ventilation riser pair fed from the Foyer basement AHU. With strip-out and replacement of non-compliant/damaged fire dampers with new motorised smoke/fire dampers in fire-rated builder's-work plenums. full ductwork and damper replacement, rather than the damper-only basis.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45300000
Description
Building installation work
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71334000
Description
Mechanical and electrical engineering services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
086888-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Sept 2026, 13:50
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
Id
GB-PPON-PYQD-1693-MYXR

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYQD-1693-MYXR

Address

Street Address
PO Box 270
Locality
City of London
Postal Code
EC2P 2EJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI43

Contact

Telephone
020 7606 3030

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · City of London · UKI43 · EC2P 2EJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 080327-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 086888-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·