MEP Tender Notice
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This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.
COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART has published 3 Construction notices, about every 4 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.
MEPH 1.
Survey, isolate, strip out and dispose of relevant existing services in a safe manner.
2.
Survey and report on condition of existing services in the Phase 1 areas that are being retained 3.
Enabling works and decommissioning of Phase 1 works 4.
CCTV Survey of existing drainage/rainwater stacks 5.
Above ground soil & waste drainage consisting of new pipework, thermal and acoustic insulation, chlorination and treatment 6.
Above ground rainwater drainage system consisting of new pipework, thermal and acoustic insulation, sump pump 7.
Supply and installation of sanitaryware including, but not limited to WCs, sinks, taps 8.
Domestic cold water services including mains supply, boosted distribution, storage tank, booster set, pumps, conditioner, trace heating, leak detection and insulation 9.
Water booster set located in the 'Strands vaults', provided as Part of Phase 1 is to be extended as part of Phase 2 works.
9.
Hot water plant and distribution pipework including insulation 10.
Low temperature hot water (LTHW) heating systems 11.
Dry riser system 12.
Water treatment, flushing & chlorination 13.
Specialist water treatment / humidification systems (RO plant) 14.
Pipework insulation & trace heating 15.
Chilled water systems 16.
Heat pump plant & associated infrastructure 17.
Underfloor heating systems 18.
Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system including cooling units, controllers, refrigerant & condensate pipework distribution, FCUs and insulation 19.
Refrigerant leak detection 20.
Electric heating systems - radiant heaters and controls 21.
Gas installation to Kitchens 22.
Boiler flue 23.
Meters - heat interface, water and gas.
All meters shall be connected and monitored from the Courtauld's automated metering system.
24.
Liaison with Thames Water VENTILATION 1.
Air handling units and heat recovery units 2.
Toilet extract fans 3.
Attenuators including cross talk 4.
Fresh air intake ductwork 5.
Exhaust ductwork 6.
Supply ductwork 7.
Extract ductwork 8.
Kitchen fire rated ductwork 9.
Diffusers, grilles and flexible connections 10.
Motorised fire / smoke dampers 11.
Thermal Insulation 12.
Acoustic lining where required 12.
Ductwork cleaning 13.
General fire rated ductwork 15.
Volume control dampers 15.
Variable air volume (VAV) systems 16.
Smoke extract and smoke control systems 17.
Natural ventilation controls & actuated windows 18.
Air handling plant ancillary equipment 19.
Ceiling and wall fans within East wing & Library ELECTRICAL 1.
Survey, isolate, strip out and dispose of relevant existing services in a safe manner.
2.
Survey and report on condition of existing services in the Phase 1 areas that are being retained 3.
Enabling works and decommissioning of Phase 1 works 4.
Liaison with UKPN for their works involving upgraded supply 6.
LV switchgear 7.
Distribution boards 8.
Sub-main cabling distribution 9.
Sub-metering 10.
Busbar systems 11.
Life safety LV cable distribution 12.
Life safety emergency lighting cable 13.
Primary and secondary containment 14.
Mechanical power supplies 15.
Power supplies for specialist systems 16.
Floor boxes 17.
Isolators 18.
Sockets 19.
General lighting systems 20.
Emergency lighting systems 21.
Lighting Control including cabling 22.
Transformer enclosures 23.
Hook up connection to be utilised for a generator to provide temporary power for changeover of UKPN supply 24.
Energy metering & monitoring 25.
Main equipotential bonding 26.
Earthing to lift shafts 27.
Surge protection 28.
Electromagnetic screening 29.
Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) including mimic panels for evacuation lifts.
MEP COMMON 1.
Plant handling and movement 2.
Testing & commissioning 3.
Interfaces & overall systems integration 4.
Bracketry and secondary steelwork 5.
O&M manuals 6.
Labelling and identification 7.
Integrated and black building testing 8.
Integrated systems testing (IST) 9.
BREEAM requirements 10.
Surveys and validations 11.
Final clean 12.
Temporary protection 13.
Inertia bases 14.
Client training 15.
12 month warranties 16.
Samples 17.
Soft landings 18.
Noise & vibration control 19.
Seasonal commissioning 20.
Fire protection pillows within containment 21.
Intumescent Putty Pads (supply and install) / Hockey Sticks (supply and free issue to Dryliner) 22.
Fire Stopping and Fire Collars to all penetrations of 50mm x 50mm or less through all walls or floors (including concrete).
23.
Existing services being retained 24.
Arrange lift & shift equipment 25.
BWIC up to 50mm 26.
Big foot system and hop overs
What the notice asks for
Supply and installation of sanitaryware including, but
Supply and installation of sanitaryware including, but not limited to WCs, sinks, taps.
Domestic cold water services including mains supply
Domestic cold water services including mains supply, boosted distribution, storage tank, booster set, pumps, conditioner, trace heating, leak detection and insulation.
All meters shall be connected and monitored
All meters shall be connected and monitored from the Courtauld's automated metering system.
Liaison with UKPN for their works involving
Liaison with UKPN for their works involving upgraded supply.
Hook up connection to be utilised
Hook up connection to be utilised for a generator to provide temporary power for changeover of UKPN supply.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
BREEAM requirements
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What it takes to bid this
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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Hold at bidSSIP-family accreditation (CHAS / Constructionline)
- Hold at bidISO 45001 / H&S policy & CDM competence
- Show at bidNamed site & contract managers 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
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