Contract award · 29 Aug 2025

Future High Street Fund: 20-26 Fargate

Sheffield City Council awarded “Future High Street Fund: 20-26 Fargate” to Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd for £10.4m on 29 Aug 2025.

Construction workYorkshire and the Humber

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Sheffield City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£10,422,616.95
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Construction work · Overhaul and refurbishment work (CPV 45453000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date29 Aug 2025
  2. Published22 Sep 2025Published 24 days after the contract date

Description

The Works are part of the Future High Street fund programme to improve Fargate, which is a prominent pedestrianised street within Sheffield City Centre and adjacent to the Town Hall. The building will be converted from commercial use to a mixed-use facility, with an event space for live music, flexible multiuse, Makers Space and entrance space, and co working office space. A bar will be installed adjacent to the events area, whilst a kitchen will be provided to support a café function during daytime hours. Works will include alterations to internal walls and partitions, new external and internal doors, new sanitary provision, structural alterations, upgrading of building fabric to improve sustainability performance, works to existing windows, upgraded roof coverings and PV installations.

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