AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Guinness Partnership Limited has awarded and signed a structural engineering building-safety-case consultancy contract with Bureau Veritas UK Limited. The contract covers reviews, structural surveys, hazard assessments and related Building Safety Regulator response work.
Published outcomeA direct, below-threshold procurement without competition resulted in one active award and contract to Bureau Veritas UK Limited.
Market significanceThe published contract value is £166,670 excluding VAT (£200,000 including VAT) for a two-year service engagement across multiple English regions.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £166,670 excluding VAT; £200,000 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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The award identifies BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED as supplier. Supplier verification matched Companies House number 01758622 by company number. The value is held at contract level for award 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 14 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-14.
Contract period
99% confidence14 October 2026 to 13 October 2028
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Contract period records startDate 2026-10-14 and endDate 2028-10-13.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£166,670
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Contract 1 value.amount is 166670 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£200,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 200000 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceContract-level value for the sole published award; no separate lot value published
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, while lot 1 has no published value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026, 11:36 BST
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Notice datePublished is 2026-10-14T11:36:43+01:00.
Contract signed
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-14.
Contract start
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-14.
Contract end
99% confidence13 October 2028
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Contract period endDate is 2028-10-13.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service category
99% confidenceStructural engineering consultancy services
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Award item CPV 71312000 is described as structural engineering consultancy services.
Published activities
99% confidencePeer review of existing structural data and Building Safety Case material; structural surveys and hazard assessments; peer review of Building Safety Regulator responses; desktop and site reviews; and peer review of new-build operation and maintenance data.
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Tender description lists these service activities.
Lot
98% confidenceLot 1
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The tender, award and contract are linked to lot 1; no lot title or description is published separately.
Delivery coverage
97% confidenceNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West England
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Award delivery addresses list UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold – without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Published bid information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Published evaluation or award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidenceTwo years
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The published period runs from 14 October 2026 through 13 October 2028.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£166,670 excluding VAT; £200,000 including VAT
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The contract records both amount and amountGross in GBP.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract aboveThreshold is false.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe requirement was sourced directly under a below-threshold, no-competition procedure.
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The tender records direct procurement and “Below threshold - without competition”.
Service footprint
97% confidenceThe engagement has a broad multi-region English delivery footprint despite being a single-lot award.
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One award relates to lot 1 and lists nine English delivery regions.
Commercial scale
96% confidenceThe two-year contract has a published gross ceiling/value of £200,000.
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Contract 1 amountGross is £200,000 and its period ends on 13 October 2028.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-date publication
99% confidenceNo separate award date is supplied
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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record; contract signature and start dates are separately published.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value
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The lot record contains no title, description or value amount.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceBid count, evaluation detail and award rationale are not supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Contract terms detail
99% confidenceNo extension, option, pricing-breakdown or performance terms are supplied
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No separate award date is published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information on bids, evaluation, award rationale and competing suppliers is not supplied in the published notice.
- No extension, option, pricing-breakdown or performance terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Bureau Veritas UK LimitedThe Guinness Partnership Limitedstructural engineering consultancybuilding safety case consultancyBuilding Safety RegulatorFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won The Guinness Partnership structural engineering consultancy contract?
BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED, verified against Companies House number 01758622.
What is the value and duration of the contract?
The published value is £166,670 excluding VAT and £200,000 including VAT. The term runs from 14 October 2026 to 13 October 2028.
Was the procurement competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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