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# GROUNDWORKS, DEMOLITION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT WESSEX HOUSE, GLOUCESTER

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/groundworks-demolition-and-archaeological-investigation-at-wessex-house-gloucester-ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Gloucester City Council: "GROUNDWORKS, DEMOLITION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT WESSEX HOUSE, GLOUCESTER". Published status: complete. Published Value: £384,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Gloucester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucester-city-council-ons-e07000081)
- **Published Value:** £384,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Excavating and earthmoving work, Siteworks
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £457,767 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/groundworks-demolition-and-archaeological-investigation-at-wessex-house-gloucester-ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e`

## 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/groundworks-demolition-and-archaeological-investigation-at-wessex-house-gloucester-ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FProjectManagement%2FProjectDashboard%3FprojectId%3D348d1c96-e7a5-f011-813a-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/groundworks-demolition-and-archaeological-investigation-at-wessex-house-gloucester-ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e#participate

## Description
The Authority is undertaking a programme of de-risking for archaeology and ground contamination on land in Great Western Road that is the site of the former Wessex House. This building was a former commercial electrical contractor's brick-built structure with substantial foundations. The ground floor slab remains in situ and requires to be broken up and removed. 
The site extends to 0.60 of an acre and is bounded by Network Rail land forming part of Gloucester railway station on three sides, with direct frontage to Great Western Road forming the fourth side.  The land is almost level and owned freehold entirely by the Authority with boundary fencing on all sides.   
The intended works are a prelude to, and the information obtained will be used to inform, a planning application for developing the site with high density residential apartments to provide homes for the city.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45112000, 45113000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £384,000

- **Contract Period:** 06/01/2026 to 31/03/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WYE VALLEY DEMOLITION LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160583`
  - Value: £457,767 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** CONTRACT FOR THE GROUNDWORKS, DEMOLITION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT WESSEX HOUSE, GLOUCESTER (active)
  - Signed Value: £457,767
  - Signed Date: 22/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F062451-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-17T15:47:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:19:09.251Z
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