Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
commercial.esndcategories@fcdo.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Procurement of a Contractor to build new British Embassy, Beijing
Reference number
Estates-11519-2024
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45210000 - Building construction work
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office ("FCDO") intend to engage the market in relation to this project as part of early market engagement activity in accordance with Regulation 40 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement and is not being used as a call for competition.
The purpose of this Corrigendum is to update the market on FCDO's market engagement approach for the Procurement of a Contractor to build new British Embassy, Beijing as detailed in FTS PIN 2024/S 000-026157: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026157-2024.
Please note that market engagement will now take place in the form of 1-2-1 conversations with interested contractors instead of an event in Central London. Further details can be found in Section V1.3 of this Corrigendum.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-026157
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
VI.3
Place of text to be modified
Market Engagement approach
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Please note that market engagement for this project will now take place in the form of 1-2-1 conversations with interested contractors, instead of an event in Central London.
FCDO will be holding 1-2-1 conversations with interested Contractors. Conversations will take place over the upcoming months. Contractors wishing to attend a 1-2-1 conversation should register their interest by email to commercial.esndcategories@fcdo.gov.uk.
Following the market engagement, FCDO may run further market engagement, such as a market engagement event, issue a questionnaire and/or offer follow up 1-2-1 engagement sessions with relevant Contractors who are interested in the requirement and or have useful market information to share.