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PAS 2038 Commercial Retrofit Assessments

Business ServicesCPV 79311200

Value£40k

Deadline18 Sept 2026

Published28 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 28 Aug 202617 days leftCloses 18 Sept 2026

Who to contact

Procurement Team

corporateprocurement@milton-keynes.gov.uk

01908691691

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

£40ktotal contract value

median £95k

this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Milton Keynes City Council publishes Engineering & Architecture work continuously — 15 notices, roughly one every 58 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

14% of Milton Keynes City Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Milton Keynes City Council are currently out to tender for the provision of PAS 2038 Commercial Retrofit Assessments on 10 Council Owned Buildings.

Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this e-tendering system.

Suppliers will be notified by email, and the tender documents can be accessed from the “My Tenders” area of this website by selecting the “View Details” button for this tender.

Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12 noon Friday 18th September 2026.

Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.

Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website.

Please do not engage with any persons in the Council via email or phone regarding this tender.

What it takes to bid this

5–9 daysof bid-team effort

£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k 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
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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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