Contract award · 8 Jun 2026

NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner

Defra awarded “NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner” to Merrick and Company for £18.3m on 8 Jun 2026.

Architecture & engineeringLondon

BuyerDefra
Value £18.3m

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Defra · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£18,300,000
Procedure
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Sector
Architecture & engineering · Technical services (CPV 71356000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date8 Jun 2026
  2. Published10 Jun 2026Published 2 days after the contract date

Description

This is a key strategic NBC Partner contract to provide Commissioning, Verification and Validation (CVV) services to the NBC Programme. Principle projects will be the Science Hubs (PR29 and PR30), with lesser support to PR21 and PR36 science buildings at Coombelands. Other Weybridge projects delivered by NBC such as Lab Science Building B (LSB-B). This procurement was carried out by the Authority in accordance with the Competitive Award Procedure under Crown Commercial Services (CCS) DPS RM6242 Construction Professional Services and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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