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# Gateway 14 Innovation & Skills Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gateway-14-innovation-skills-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-047ea8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mid Suffolk District Council: "Gateway 14 Innovation & Skills Centre". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Mid Suffolk District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mid-suffolk-district-council-ons-e07000203)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £18,171,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047ea8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gateway-14-innovation-skills-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-047ea8#tl-md)

## Description
Development of a Skills & Innovation Centre on the Gateway 14 site (a Freeport East tax site) at Stowmarket, Suffolk.  Including Cat B fit out.  Approximately  33,552 sq ft 'hybrid' floor area comprising separate office units, co-working space, public cafe, flexible ground floor training and meeting rooms and service support/amenity areas. 
Approximately 150 car parking bays.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Sale of a serviced site of 2.16 acres at Gateway 14 (part of Freeport East), at Stowmarket, Suffolk (the site) (the sale). 
The sale of the site will be accompanied by a works contract for the construction, including fit out, of a new 33,552 sq ft fr...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Gateway 14 Skills & Innovation Centre (active)
  - Award id: `022382-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gateway 14 Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:Gateway 14 Limited`
  - Value: £18,171,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Gateway 14 Skills & Innovation Centre (active)
  - Signed Value: £18,171,000
  - Signed Date: 21/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022382-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-18T18:53:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:48:09.959Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047ea8