✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 14:17.
Opportunity overview
This preliminary market engagement notice concerns the refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall on behalf of Sheffield City Council (SCC). SCC are looking to appoint a design team to deliver RIBA stage 2 – 7 inclusive services as follows Lead Designer / Architect (including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer) Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer; Structural and Civil Engineer; Fire Engineer; and Design Manager.
Classification
CPV71000000 — Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
CPV71200000 — Architectural and related services
CPV71300000 — Engineering services
CPV71500000 — Construction-related services
CPV71600000 — Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
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098486-2026Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·
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098969-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage planned procurement: Sheffield City Council is engaging the market on a proposed design-team appointment for refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall. The stated scope is RIBA Stages 2–7 inclusive, covering lead design/architecture (including conservation architecture and acoustics), MEP engineering, structural and civil engineering, fire engineering, and design management. The notice does not state that bidding is open.
Who this may suit
Relevant to multidisciplinary building-design teams or teams able to provide the explicitly listed architectural, conservation, acoustic, engineering, fire-engineering and design-management services.
Key points identified
Design team scopeLead Designer / Architect (including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer); Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer; Structural and Civil Engineer; Fire Engineer; and Design Manager.Evidence: “SCC are looking to appoint a design team to deliver RIBA stage 2 – 7 inclusive services as follows Lead Designer / Architect (including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer) Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer; Structural and Civil Engineer; Fire Engineer; and Design Manager.”
ProjectRefurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall.Evidence: “This preliminary market engagement notice concerns the refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall.”
Service stagesRIBA Stages 2–7 inclusive.Evidence: “deliver RIBA stage 2 – 7 inclusive services”
96% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage planned procurement: Sheffield City Council is engaging the market on a proposed design-team appointment for refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall. The stated scope is RIBA Stages 2–7 inclusive, covering lead design/architecture (including conservation architecture and acoustics), MEP engineering, structural and civil engineering, fire engineering, and design management. The notice does not state that bidding is open.
Who this may suit
Relevant to multidisciplinary building-design teams or teams able to provide the explicitly listed architectural, conservation, acoustic, engineering, fire-engineering and design-management services.
Key deliverables
RIBA Stage 2–7 inclusive design services
Lead Designer / Architect services, including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing engineering
Structural and Civil engineering
Fire engineering
Design management
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Design team scope
99% confidence
Lead Designer / Architect (including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer); Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer; Structural and Civil Engineer; Fire Engineer; and Design Manager.
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“SCC are looking to appoint a design team to deliver RIBA stage 2 – 7 inclusive services as follows Lead Designer / Architect (including Conservation Architect and Acoustic Engineer) Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer; Structural and Civil Engineer; Fire Engineer; and Design Manager.”
Project
99% confidence
Refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall.
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“This preliminary market engagement notice concerns the refurbishment of Sheffield Town Hall.”
Service stages
99% confidence
RIBA Stages 2–7 inclusive.
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“deliver RIBA stage 2 – 7 inclusive services”
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No eligibility, financial standing, insurance, company-size or selection criteria are supplied.
Not stated as open; this is an early-stage market-engagement notice.
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The supplied notice type is “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”; submission_deadline is null.
Procedure metadata
93% confidence
The source records “open” / “Open procedure”, but its relationship to any future procurement is unclear from this preliminary market-engagement notice.
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Source fields: procurement_method = open; procurement_method_details = “Open procedure”; notice_type = “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Source field: submission_deadline = null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Prominent source-status/procedure warning
99% confidence
The supplied source simultaneously identifies this as a planned, upcoming preliminary market-engagement notice and records an “Open procedure”. The evidence does not establish that an open tender is currently live or confirm the procedure for a future procurement.
Final scope, procurement route, timetable, submission requirements and commercial terms are unknown at this market-engagement stage.
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The notice is a preliminary market-engagement notice; tender_start_at, submission_deadline, contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null, and no commercial terms are supplied.
Lot detail limitation
99% confidence
A planned Lot 1 is supplied but has no title, description, value or deadline, so no lot-specific scope can be confirmed.
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Lot 1 has title = null, description = null, value_amount = null and submission_deadline = null.
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