Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Wates Construction Ltd
- Value
- £110,600,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 030845-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2025
- Published9 Jun 2025Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
The Contracting Authority, acting jointly with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, previously invited suppliers to participate in an open tender process for provision of works in relation to the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project (Contract Notice ref: 2024/S 000-019847). No suitable tenders were submitted under that open procedure and the contracting authority has now awarded a contract to Wates Construction Limited under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract is a NEC4 ECC Option B contract, to deliver temporary works and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.<br/>The temporary works includes design, site logistics, site set up, hoardings, temporary electrics, piling, groundworks, enabling works, crash deck scaffolding removal, primary steel support trusses and towers, full scaffolding / protection, and stone cleaning.<br/>The subsequent conservation and repair scope of works includes: stone repairs, decorating, gilding an…
About the supplier
Wates Construction Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01977948).