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Official UK procurement notice
Birnbeck Pier restoration design and architectural services
Authority: North Somerset Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK12)
Awarded value£356,500published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Studio Four Architects Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBirnbeck Pier restoration contract management, design and architectural services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Dec 2025, 14:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
- Authority reference
DN792083- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069476- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f0e9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Continuation of design services.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 23 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends307 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published91 days ago23 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published8 Dec 2025, 14:54 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:21 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published22 Dec 2025, 10:09 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract change notice published23 Jul 2026, 09:47 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTAdditional funding from the Growth Mission Fund has been secured which is enabling further work to be carried out to restore the North Jetty on the Birnbeck Pier. The Council requires additional architectural and contract management services to ensure continuity of design and delivery.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 8 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £356,5001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Four Architects Ltd22 Dec 2025 – 27 May 2027 | £356,500 | 8 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Birnbeck Pier restoration design and architectural services · Studio Four Architects Ltd
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £356,500
- Period
- 22 Dec 2025 – 27 May 2027
- Status
- active
- Change proposed 1 Sept 2026 Additional funding from the Growth Mission Fund has been secured which is enabling further work to be carried out to restore the North Jetty on the Birnbeck Pier. The Council requires additional architectural and contract management services to ensure continuity of design and delivery., new value £509,500
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- STUDIO FOUR ARCHITECTS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender