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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 5 hours ago Contract notice

The Core Refurbishment

Open United Kingdom Construction work

Buyer Newcastle City Council

30 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€8.2M
€8,246,937 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

30 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,748 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 26 days (median of its last 19 calls for tender). It extended the deadline on 2 of the 16 calls we followed from publication (13%).

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

Newcastle City Council seeks a contractor to carry out the comprehensive CAT A refurbishment of The Core at Newcastle Helix. The works include mechanical and electrical upgrades, reconfigured floorplates, improved communal facilities, a new entrance lobby and sustainability improvements. The procurement follows a two-stage design-and-build approach, starting with a pre-construction phase, with the main works delivered under an amended JCT Design and Build Contract 2024. Small businesses interested in construction and refurbishment work should note this is a building project in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering all refurbishment elements of an office building from design development through to completion on site.

Description

Newcastle City Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to deliver the comprehensive CAT A refurbishment of The Core at Newcastle Helix. The project includes mechanical and electrical upgrades, reconfigured floorplates, improved communal facilities, a new entrance lobby and sustainability improvements. The procurement will follow a two-stage design-and-build approach, including a pre-construction phase, with the main works delivered under an amended JCT Design and Build Contract 2024

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €8.2M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Construction work.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    30 days left, 22 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €109,679 and €1.2M.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 92 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 5 hours ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,137 awards for Construction work in United Kingdom.

This notice
€8.2M
Median award
€324,131
Middle half of past awards
€109,679 to €1.2M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Newcastle City Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
92
awards
59
awarded in total
€1.2M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
54
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
of its calls state an estimated value
58%

Based on 59 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Construction work - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Tarmac Trading Limited 35 €44.4M Sep 2026
HOLCIM UK LIMITED 34 €39.9M Sep 2026
LINDUM GROUP LIMITED 16 €31.6M Sep 2026
FM Conway Ltd 16 €25.2M Sep 2026
THOMAS BOW LTD 14 €4.9M Aug 2026

Based on 1345 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

4 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 76% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.

open now in Construction work
29,296
median open notice
€887,507

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Construction work

different companies won awards here
765
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
6%
buyers awarded contracts here
367

Based on 1,322 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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