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Published 21 Jul 2025, 10:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract Details Notice for Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works

Official notice

Authority: Wrexham County Borough Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Wales (UKL23)
Published estimate£680,000≈ £907k / year · £816,000 inc. VAT0% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Aug 2025awarded 7 Oct 2025
Awarded to Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited (a6 a8 a9 b3 b4 b5 c3 c4 c5 d2 d3)
Contract term 9 moends 31 Jul 2026 · starts 20 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract Details Notice for Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works. The work will involve essential drainage and river engineering works at the disused Gresford Wilderness colliery tip, a Category C high-risk site identified by the Mining Remediation Authority. The works are designed to reduce the risk of ground instability and protect life, property, and infrastructure in the surrounding area.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 9 moSMEPublished value£680,000
Contract period: 20 Oct 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 (9 mo)Value: £680,000 exc. VAT · £816,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
45000000 Construction work
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Please see the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documents uploaded on eTenderwales.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    Please see the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documents uploaded on eTenderwales.

What this means for your bid
  • 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
21 Jul 2025, 10:20 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2025, 15:25 GMT
Authority reference
Proc-24-283
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041516
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
Wales (UKL23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0562a1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
20 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and appendices and other supporting attachments for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Sell2Wales/FTS and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: itt_118450 - Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works, project_59859 - Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

Timeline

21 Jul 2025 → 6 Nov 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 10:20 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    20 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts368 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published351 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 15:25 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 10:20 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 17:24 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    7 Oct 2025, 17:24 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    23 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    6 Nov 2025, 15:25 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £679,8601 award exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited (a6 a8 a9 b3 b4 b5 c3 c4 c5 d2 d3)Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works3 Nov 2025 – 31 Jul 2026£679,8607 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Gresford Wilderness Tip Safety Improvement Works · Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited (a6 a8 a9 b3 b4 b5 c3 c4 c5 d2 d3)

    Signed
    5 Nov 2025
    Value
    £679,860
    Period
    5 Nov 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 · up to 1 Aug 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Options exist to complete variations on the contract if agreed by the parties.
    Options
    Options exist to complete variations on the contract if agreed by the parties.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wrexham County Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PJHN-6516-JQNZ Wrexham County Borough Council, Lambpit Street, Wrexham, Wales, LL11 1ARContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPlease see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and appendices and other supporting attachments for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through thi…
  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsPlease see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and appendices and other supporting attachments for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through thi…

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
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