RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · tender 11 days to close

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE

Site Steam Upgrade Project - Principal Contractor Design & Installation Package

ConstructionCPV 45331110
Value£500k
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Published22 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 22 Jul 202611 days leftCloses 4 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Procurement.department@pirbright.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

The contract is for a single supplier to act as the Principal Contractor and complete all works as follows: • Stage 4 mechanical, electrical & civils design • Enabling works for new steam & condensate return connections located on EC1 steam distribution and WBH. • Supply and installation of steam and condensate equipment. • Supply and installation of new steam connection & condensate return including all required equipment and associated civil & steelworks. • Deliver a phased changeover of steam delivery from the WBH to the newly installed connection fed from EC1. • Decommission, removal and disposal of WBH and associated redundant equipment. • Disconnection and isolation of gas, compressed air and mains water. • Commissioning and handover including Project Information Folder (PIF) is provided to the client Project Manager

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Supply and installation of steam and condensate

Supply and installation of steam and condensate equipment.

02

Supply and installation of new steam connection

Supply and installation of new steam connection & condensate return including all required equipment and associated civil & steelworks.

03

Deliver a phased changeover of steam delivery

Deliver a phased changeover of steam delivery from the WBH to the newly installed connection fed from EC1.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance (often £5–10m)
  • Show at bidChartered leads (CEng / RIBA / RICS) named with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc43
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
069185-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Engineering & Architecture

Scroll to explore the market network

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE’s tender network

Assembling the network…

Also open now

Similar open tenders

Multidisciplinary Design Team Consultancy Services for the National Lottery Heritage Fund project Reimagining Margam Castle

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Closes 8 Sept 2026Engineering & Architecture
£1.4mValue

Full Design Services, RIBA stages 4 - 6, former Red Lion site, Egremont

Cumberland Council

Closes 3 Aug 2026Engineering & Architecture
£340kValue