Official UK procurement notice
Refurbishment of Ysgol Calon Cymru - Builth Wells Campus, Powys, Mid Wales
Authority: Powys County Council (Local council)
Powys County Council intends to procure the construction works required to create a new Welsh-medium all-age school, Ysgol Bro Epynt, providing accommodation for 210 pupils together with Early Years and Additional Learning Needs (ALN) facilities. The school will be established within the existing occupied Ysgol Calon Cymru, Builth Campus, College Road, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3BW. The proposed works comprise alteration and refurbishment of areas within three existing buildings, minor demolition works, construction of two small extensions, together with associated external works and landscaping. Conservation Area Planning Consent is required in relation to the demolition and extension works to one of the buildings, with an application expected to be submitted by the Council in January 2027. BREEAM certification and a Net Zero Carbon in Operation assessment are not required.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys County Council intends to procure the construction works required to create a new Welsh-medium all-age school, Ysgol Bro Epynt, providing accommodation for 210 pupils together with Early Years and Additional Learning Needs (ALN) facilities. The school will be established within the existing occupied Ysgol Calon Cymru, Builth Campus, College Road, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3BW.
The proposed works comprise alteration and refurbishment of areas within three existing buildings, minor demolition works, construction of two small extensions, together with associated external works and landscaping. The site is located within a Conservation Area, although the existing buildings are not listed.
The design is being developed by the Council to RIBA Work Stage 4 and it is currently proposed that the works will be procured on a traditional basis using the JCT Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor's Design 2024.
Contractor-designed elements are anticipated to include trussed roof members, two platform lifts, a solar photovoltaic system and elements of the mechanical and electrical installations, including interfaces with existing systems while the remaining school buildings continue to operate.
The Council's key programme requirement is for Ysgol Bro Epynt to be operational from 1 September 2028. The Early Years and ALN facilities may be capable of completion at a later date, subject to the contractor's proposed programme. The Council is therefore considering the use of sectional completion provisions to secure completion of the areas necessary for the school to open by September 2028, with the remaining works completed by no later than 31 March 2029.
Conservation Area Planning Consent is required in relation to the demolition and extension works to one of the buildings, with an application expected to be submitted by the Council in January 2027. The remaining works do not require planning consent.
The scheme has been designed to achieve an energy efficiency performance of 15% above current Building Regulations requirements. A Building Regulations application is expected to be submitted by the Council in January 2027. BREEAM certification and a Net Zero Carbon in Operation assessment are not required.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Powys County Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Powys County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 164 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid0% / 17%
2–350% / 34%
4–650% / 34%
7+0% / 15%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate83% / 55%
Within ±2%0% / 22%
Above estimate17% / 24%
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Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£7.5m
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1 bid17%
2–334%
4–634%
7+15%
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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
- 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
- 10 Nov 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2026, 14:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106707- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b8a5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Nov 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 days ago10 Nov 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 13 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Powys County Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement in advance of commencing the formal competitive procurement process for the Ysgol Bro Epynt construction works.
The purpose of this engagement is to assist the Council in testing its proposed procurement and delivery approach with contractors experienced in leading and delivering comparable construction projects, and to identify any matters that should reasonably be taken into account when finalising the procurement.
In particular, the Council would welcome contractors' views on:
- market interest in the project and the proposed procurement and contracting approach;
- programme and deliverability, including the proposed construction period and the requirement for Ysgol Bro Epynt to be operational from 1 September 2028;
- delivery within an occupied school environment, including any significant sequencing, interface or operational constraints that the Council should consider when preparing the procurement;
- any other significant commercial, technical or programme risks that contractors consider the Council should take into account when developing the procurement documentation.
This engagement is intended to inform the Council's preparation of the subsequent procurement. Contractors are not being asked at this stage to submit tenders, detailed technical solutions or commercial proposals. Requirements, evaluation criteria and the basis on which tenders will be assessed will be set out as part of the formal procurement process.
Contractors wishing to participate are invited to contact the Council at the email address by 5pm on Friday 27 November 2026.
Subject to the number of responses received and available capacity, the Council intends to hold individual Microsoft Teams meetings of up to one hour and/or individual site visits of up to two hours. Dates and times will be arranged directly with participating contractors.
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary. Participation, or non-participation, will not confer any advantage or disadvantage on a contractor in any subsequent procurement process.
- Tender notice expectedin 62 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 290 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Nov 2026, 14:16 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
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