Official UK procurement notice
Barbican Renewal Programme - Demolition and Structures
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDemolition and Structures — Barbican Renewal Programme.
Refurbishment and alteration to an existing, occupied Grade II listed Brutalist concrete building (1965–1982) — not new-build; minimal structural intervention philosophy, using existing capacity and justifying retained elements without strengthening wherever possible.
The project comprises demolition, enabling, temporary works and primary structural design and construction across the Renewal Phase 1 work areas, together with a sitewide Contractor Design Portion (CDP) framework covering secondary/tertiary steelwork, non-loadbearing masonry, builders work openings, steel reuse and other structure-adjacent design responsibilities. This package also carries a defined allocation of architectural fabric-removal (“Advanced Works”) scope and a smaller number of new internal partition and screed items prepared by the Architect, allocated to this package because they precede, depend upon, or are structurally coincident with the demolition and structural strip-out sequence.
- Infrastructure and Sitewide Structural Works.
- Conservatory: Level 3 demolition/strengthening.
- Foyers: Foyers Bridge steelwork dismantling/re-decking, Foyer Shop demolition, shaft-opening coordination.
- Catering Block: Shaft 08–11 slab modifications across multiple levels
- Stair 8: structural coordination
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1. Invitation to Participate (ITP) Stage 2 Invitation to tender ITT) Comprising of: - Structured workshops and site visits with shortlisted candidates, at which project-specific constraints and risks (including occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access and logistics, and phased/closure-period sequencing) will be formally communicated by the Contracting Authority and design team. - Technical submission - Commercial submission - Interview
CPV: Demolition work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£16,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
As specified in the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers will be required to meet the conditions of participation set out in the tender documents. These include minimum requirements for financial capacity, insurance, modern slavery and data protection. In addition, suppliers will be required to respond to scored questions regarding experience. The highest scoring bidders who meet the conditions of participation will be invited to participate in the next tender stage in accordance with the methodology set out in the tender documents.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The ITP will set out the information which bidders are required to provide to the City to enable it to draw up a list of up to a maximum of 4 pre-qualified applicants who will be able to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. In the event that a bidder or multiple bidders achieve the same moderated score as the 4th placed bidder, those bidders will also be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 45%
- Responsible procurement: 15%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercial: Suppliers’ commercial responses will evaluated against total contract cost. The commercial evaluation methodology is set out in the tender documents.
- Technical: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to a number of sub-weighted questions relating to organisation, H&S, Risk Management, Programme / method statement, Quality and delivery, BSA/HRA, Supply chain, Design Management. In addition, all shortlisted suppliers will be required to attend a scored interview.
- Responsible procurement: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to set out how they will deliver against climate action initiatives and social value.
- Economic & financial standing
As specified in the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers will be required to meet the conditions of participation set out in the tender documents. These include minimum requirements for financial capacity, insurance, modern slavery and data protection. In addition, suppliers will be required to respond to scored questions regarding experience. The highest scoring bidders who meet the conditions of participation will be invited to participate in the next tender stage in accordance with the methodology set out in the tender documents.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The ITP will set out the information which bidders are required to provide to the City to enable it to draw up a list of up to a maximum of 4 pre-qualified applicants who will be able to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. In the event that a bidder or multiple bidders achieve the same moderated score as the 4th placed bidder, those bidders will also be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
prj_1215- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089135- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f01bFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1. Invitation to Participate (ITP)
Stage 2 Invitation to tender ITT)
Comprising of:
- Structured workshops and site visits with shortlisted candidates, at which project-specific constraints and risks (including occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access and logistics, and phased/closure-period sequencing) will be formally communicated by the Contracting Authority and design team.
- Technical submission
- Commercial submission
- Interview
- Risks
The contract may require modification in the event of project overrun to ensure continuation of service and technical expertise is retained from the service provider (for example to provide additional works)
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free
Timeline
2 Sept 2026 → 29 Mar 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published50 days ago2 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST
- Tender notice published31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
- Next notice expected31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by13 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline3 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 120 days19 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 157 days29 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published2 Sept 2026, 09:56 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:06 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active21 Sept 2026, 13:06 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender