Official UK procurement notice
Refurbishment of St William House - Cardiff
Authority: Cardiff and Vale College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardiff and Vale College ("the College") is seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to undertake the refurbishment and fit-out of St William House, Curran Road, Cardiff CF10 5BH. The building, formerly occupied as office accommodation, is being repurposed to create a modern educational facility providing teaching, vocational training and administrative accommodation for the College.
The building will be used for teaching and office space by the College and currently comprises a five-storey building with a ground floor car park, reception and support facilities, workshop accommodation, classrooms, creative arts studios, training spaces and office accommodation across the upper floors. The proposed development will consolidate a range of academic, vocational and administrative functions into a single city-centre campus location.
The appointed contractor will be required to undertake the comprehensive refurbishment of the existing building, including demolition and strip-out works, structural alterations, installation of new mechanical and electrical services, refurbishment and reconfiguration of internal spaces, fire safety and acoustic upgrades, associated external works, roof-mounted services and photovoltaic infrastructure, together with all testing, commissioning and handover activities. The contractor will be expected to deliver the works in accordance with the developed RIBA design information, CDM requirements, Building Regulations and the project's BREEAM objectives.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage will be the request to participate stage. The top 5 companies with the highest score will be taken through to the next stage
- No preliminary market engagement: Lack of time, no planning took place to allow for preliminary market engagement
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£40,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Contractors must be able to show financial criteria as per the documents
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Details of the conditions of participation stage can be found in the Response document - Annex C
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Conditions of Participation stage - mandatory questions: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Conditions of Participation stage - mandatory questions: Conditions of Participation stage - mandatory questions - Annex C
- Economic & financial standing
Contractors must be able to show financial criteria as per the documents
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Details of the conditions of participation stage can be found in the Response document - Annex C
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:23 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
CAVC26105- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080296- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea66Find a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage will be the request to participate stage. The top 5 companies with the highest score will be taken through to the next stage
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
Returns only accepted via sell2wales
Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 9 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published59 days ago24 Aug 2026, 12:23 BST
- Clarification questions by38 days ago14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 45 days5 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 138 days9 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 12:23 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Overview or project and process
- Bidding documents and specifications Annex A Technical Specification
- Bidding documents and specifications Annex C - Response document
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender