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Groundworks, Demolition and Archaeological Investigation at Wessex House, Gloucester

Descriptions

The Authority is undertaking a programme of de-risking for archaeology and ground contamination on land in Great Western Road that is the site of the former Wessex House. This building was a former commercial electrical contractor’s brick-built structure with substantial foundations. The ground floor slab remains in situ and requires to be broken up and removed.

The site extends to 0.60 of an acre and is bounded by Network Rail land forming part of Gloucester railway station on three sides, with direct frontage to Great Western Road forming the fourth side. The land is almost level and owned freehold entirely by the Authority with boundary fencing on all sides.

The intended works are a prelude to, and the information obtained will be used to inform, a planning application for developing the site with high density residential apartments to provide homes for the city.

Date(s) and time(s) Procurement activity
6th October 2025 Below Threshold Tender Notice and Procurement Documents Published
10th October 2025 Issue RFQ
14h October 2025 Tender Clarification Questions Commence
28th October 2025 Deadline for Supplier’s Clarification Questions
30th October 2025 Deadline for Response to clarification questions
Either 14th or 15th October Supplier Site Visits – by appointment
4th November 2025 Deadline for return of Tender
4th – 18th November 2025 Evaluation and Assessment of Submissions using the published criteria below
11th December 2025 Contract award notice
23rd December 2025 Standstill period ends – not mandatory
23rd December 2025 Sign contract
5th January 2026 Publish Contract Details Notice
6th January 2026 Start of contract

Related Tender notice on CDP = Publication reference: 2025/S 000-062451 - 6 October 2025, 11:44am

Timeline

Published Date :

15th Oct 2025 Yesterday

Deadline :

3rd Nov 2025 in a 18 days

Contract Start :

6th Jan 2026

Contract End :

31st Mar 2026

CPV Codes

Keywords

excavating and earthmoving work

bulk earthworks

site excavation

mass excavation

grading

earthmoving

soil relocation

trenching

material handling

land shaping

siteworks

site development services

construction site preparation

infrastructure siteworks

earthworks support

industrial site setup

utility siteworks

groundwork services

site facility preparation

construction siteworks

Tender Lot Details

2 Tender Lots

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

No

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors