Awarded contract

NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Merrick & Company UK Ltd
Value: £18,300,000
Duration: 10 years
Topic: Technical services
Published: 10 June 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender 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.

Timeline

Completed: Award date8 June 2026
Completed: Award published10 June 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2036in 10 years

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

71356000 · Technical services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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