Official UK procurement notice
Refurbishment of Lysons Enterprise Estate
Authority: Guildford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGuildford Borough Council are seeking expression of interest from D&B Contractors for the refurbishment of 19 light industrial units constructed in the 1980’s which have now reached the end of their useful life and require significant upgrading works. The Council intends to follow a 2-stage Design & Build procurement route comprising a Stage 1 PCSA followed by a Stage 2 Design & Build Contract The contractor will be required to assume responsibility for completion of the design and delivery of the works under a Design & Build contract.
Arranged in three terraces, to provide individual self-contained units, the construction is steel frame with powder coated, profiled steel sheeting and incorporating glazed panels. Each unit has an up and over loading door (manually operated) along with personnel door. Internally the units are single storey and open plan except for a WC block. Electricity and gas are connected. The eaves height is approx. 3.2 m. The units were originally built with lighting but no heating, though over the years some tenants have installed heating and internal fit outs to varying degrees. Externally there is parking, circulation areas and landscaping.
Floor areas: Buildings: 1,155 sq m GIA (Combined units)
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Total Site area: 4,611 sq m (1.14 acres).
The units are currently failing the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations.
The Council is now undertaking a programme of refurbishment to upgrade the existing accommodation to a standard that meets occupier requirements, ensuring compliance with MEES regulation, whilst seeking to achieve an EPC rating of ‘A’ across the estate.
Scope of works:
Unit mix:
• 8 single bay (mid terrace) 56 sqm
• 3 single bay (end terrace) 59 sqm
• 3 twin bay 117 sqm
• 1 triple bay 172 sqm
Total number of units:15
Total gross internal area: 1,148 sqm (all ground floor as per existing).
The appointment is expected to be split into a 2 stage tender:
Stage 1: Appointment under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) to develop the design, support planning, undertake surveys, develop the contractor's proposals, programme and target cost/open book pricing. This is to include but is not limited to:
• Develop designs and submit planning application
• Review buildability
• Undertake surveys
• Develop construction methodology
• Review phasing and tenant impacts
• Develop programme
• Develop package procurement strategy
• Produce open-book pricing
• Identify risks and value engineering opportunities
Stage 2: Subject to successful completion of Stage 1, approval of the developed design, agreed contract sum and governance approvals, the Council may enter into a Design & Build Contract with the Stage 1 contractor to deliver the works.
The construction works are likely to include:
• Recladding of the three existing terraces including associated work to mechanical and electrical services, if required, and repairs to external works.
• New doors and windows
• PV panels to upgrade to EPC A only as required
• Limited landscaping works and tree works
• No new service connections
• No significant external works other than making good and repair
Draft Timescales:
Soft market engagement: October 2026
Executive Approval: October 2026
ITT for PCSA Stage 1: October– December 2026
PCSA Stage 1: Contract Award: January 2027
RIBA 1-3 (until planning submission): February – March 2027
Stage 2 Contract Negotiation, Governance and Award: April – September 2027
Construction: January 2028 – December 2028
CPV: Electrical installation work · Facade work · Installation of doors and windows and related components · Landscaping work · Office block construction work · Solar panel roof-covering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:59 BST
- Authority reference
CRPN-00711- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d1f
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today30 Sept 2026, 09:59 BST
- Market engagementin 9 days10 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Interested contractors are invited to submit an expression of interest by email to [email protected] by 9 October 2026. Please provide the following information: • Company name • Name and job title of the principal contact • Contact email address The Council may provide further more…
information to interested parties and may arrange a market engagement activity in October. Details of any such event, including the date, time, location and joining instructions, will be communicated directly to interested parties. - Contract startsin 122 days31 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2026, 09:59 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender