Published date: 24 July 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 13 March 2025, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction work for school buildings - 45214200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£125,000

Procurement reference

tender_479620/1502753

Published date

24 July 2025

Closing date

13 March 2025

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

You ("Tenderer") are invited to tender to provide the Department for Education (DfE) with technical advice for permanent volumetric modular construction (PVMC).

Tenders are invited from suppliers that responded to and met the requirements of the Expression of Interest (EoI) for these services published 18 December 2024. The EoI was issued to all suppliers listed under Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework RM 6165 Lot 1 - Built Environment.
The DfE's Education Estates Directorate (EED) continually review the standards and assurance processes used to deliver school and college buildings through our capital delivery programmes. This commission is required to see where improvements can be made to current measures by adopting best practice and learning lessons from previous PVMC projects to ensure we continue to deliver buildings that provide an excellent learning environment


Award information

Awarded date

25 June 2025

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2026

Total value of contract

£125,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ove Arup & Partners Limited

Address

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED, (company number 01312453), whose registered office is situated at 8 Fitzroy Street, London, United Kingdom, W1T 4BJ (the "Consultant")

Reference

Companies House number: 01312453

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Benson Moyo

Address

Department for Education
Manchester
M1 2WD
England

Email

benson.moyo@education.gov.uk