Construction Contract Leads

Scope

Reference

CAVC26105

Description

Cardiff and Vale College ("the College") is seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to undertake the refurbishment and fit-out of St William House, Curran Road, Cardiff CF10 5BH. The building, formerly occupied as office accommodation, is being repurposed to create a modern educational facility providing teaching, vocational training and administrative accommodation for the College.

The building will be used for teaching and office space by the College and currently comprises a five-storey building with a ground floor car park, reception and support facilities, workshop accommodation, classrooms, creative arts studios, training spaces and office accommodation across the upper floors. The proposed development will consolidate a range of academic, vocational and administrative functions into a single city-centre campus location.

The appointed contractor will be required to undertake the comprehensive refurbishment of the existing building, including demolition and strip-out works, structural alterations, installation of new mechanical and electrical services, refurbishment and reconfiguration of internal spaces, fire safety and acoustic upgrades, associated external works, roof-mounted services and photovoltaic infrastructure, together with all testing, commissioning and handover activities. The contractor will be expected to deliver the works in accordance with the developed RIBA design information, CDM requirements, Building Regulations and the project's BREEAM objectives.

Total value (estimated)

• £40,000,000 excluding VAT
• £47,999,999.97 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

• 9 March 2027 to 18 April 2028
• 1 year, 1 month, 10 days

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

• 45000000 - Construction work

Contract locations

• UKL - Wales

Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

Contractors must be able to show financial criteria as per the documents

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

14 September 2026, 12:00pm

Submission type

Requests to participate

Deadline for requests to participate

21 September 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/

Returns only accepted via sell2wales

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

• Welsh
• English

Suppliers to be invited to tender

5 suppliers

Selection criteria:

Details of the conditions of participation stage can be found in the Response document - Annex C

Award decision date (estimated)

5 December 2026

Award criteria

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Competitive flexible procedure description

The first stage will be the request to participate stage. The top 5 companies with the highest score will be taken through to the next stage

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

Lack of time, no planning took place to allow for preliminary market engagement

Documents

Associated tender documents

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=377465

Overview or project and process

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=377466

Annex A Technical Specification

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Assets/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=377467

Annex C - Response document

Contracting authority

Cardiff and Vale College

• Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDWC-8374-VBZG

One Canal Parade

Cardiff

CF62 8YJ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Andy Smart

Email: tenders [at] cavc.ac.uk

Website: http://www.cavc.ac.uk

Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales

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