Awarded contract

FCDO British Embassy San Jose Costa Rica Project RIBA Stage 4 Design Peer Review

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Supplier(s): Ridge and Partners LLP
Value: £22,931
Duration: 2 months
Topic: Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Published: 1 October 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) sought services to undertake the RIBA Stage 4 Design Peer review for the British Embassy project in San Jose, Costa Rica. Seven suppliers were invited to submit quotations for provision of the abovementioned service. The procurement was conducted as a below-threshold competitive quotation exercise with evaluation taken on a like-for-like basis against the project requirements, including programme compliance and fee proposal. The contract was awarded to the supplier submitting the lowest compliant quotation. Pick Everard were appointed as the Successful Supplier.

Timeline

Completed: Award date28 September 2026
Completed: Award published1 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date11 December 2026in 2 months

About the buyer

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a ministerial department that buys through its own Commercial Directorate. Every procurement runs on Jaggaer, the department's eSourcing portal, where suppliers register to bid. Opportunities and awards are published on Contracts Finder, and bids above threshold need Central Digital Platform registration. A commercial pipeline is updated every quarter. Four category teams cover programme delivery, estates and security, digital and technology, and corporate services. The department runs its own frameworks, such as the Global Development Delivery Framework, and dynamic purchasing systems for construction and global facilities management.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

71241000 · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office.gov
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