{"id":877382,"date":"2025-10-14T00:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/science-agency-tenders-800m-estate-overhaul-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T00:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:12:19","slug":"science-agency-tenders-800m-estate-overhaul-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/science-agency-tenders-800m-estate-overhaul-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Science agency tenders \u00a3800m estate overhaul contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_521549215_1024x683_144dpi.webp\" alt=\"Image of Edinburgh Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" ><\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh Royal Observatory<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"47\">UK Research and Innovation has launched a procurement process to appoint a long-term construction partner for an \u00a3800m estates programme across its national science and technology research sites.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"495\">The client, UKRI\u2019s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), published the tender notice on 10 October.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"495\">It is seeking a construction firm to deliver capital works under an eight-year partnership agreement running from July 2026 to July 2034.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"761\">The successful bidder will work alongside a separately procured programme partner to deliver STFC\u2019s national estate transformation and decarbonisation programme.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"761\">The scheme includes backlog maintenance, asset replacement and the construction of new infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"952\">The notice states the maximum spend under the contract is \u00a3800m excluding VAT, or \u00a3960m including VAT. UKRI has flagged that this is the programme\u2019s upper limit and is not fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1212\">STFC\u2019s estate includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Cosener\u2019s House in Oxfordshire, the Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington, the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, Boulby Underground Laboratory in Cleveland, and the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1479\">Projects under the contract will range from basic shell-and-core buildings to complex scientific facilities, including infrastructure reinforcements. No architect has yet been named.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1479\">STFC also estimates backlog maintenance, future growth and decarbonisation of its buildings and infrastructure will cost \u00a3120m per year over 15 years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1750\">The construction partner will be appointed via a competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1750\">The process includes a pre-qualification questionnaire, two dialogue stages during the tender process, and a final assessment centre for shortlisted bidders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1878\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Interested firms have until 14 November to submit expressions of interest. The contract is expected to be awarded in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.find-tender.service.gov.uk\/Notice\/018786-2025\"><em>Source: Gov.uk Find a Tender<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/science-agency-tenders-800m-estate-overhaul-contract-13-10-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Colin Marrs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Royal Observatory UK Research and Innovation has launched a procurement process to appoint a long-term construction partner for an \u00a3800m estates programme across its national science and technology research sites. The client, UKRI\u2019s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), published the tender notice on 10 October. It is seeking a construction firm to deliver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":877383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1914,3421],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-877382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agency","8":"category-science"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}