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The Gamble - Main Works D&B

Buyer: St Helens Council →

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BuyerSt Helens Council
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Apr 2026
Value£12,500,000
Published19 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Requirement to appoint a contractor to deliver the main works associated with the Gamble Building Refurbishment Project. This procurement will allow the Council to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake the core refurbishment works and the construction of a new extension, in accordance with the approved project scope and programme. The main purpose of the project is to repurpose the Gamble Building into a cultural and learning hub with flexible spaces for social, educational, and cultural activities. The vision is to make it more modern, inclusive, and acting as a catalyst for community pride. The Gamble Building is a key heritage asset located in St Helens Town Centre. To ensure the appropriate balance of cost, quality and risk management it is propose to progress with a two‑stage design and build contract using a competitive tendering process. The council have decided to use a competitive flexible procedure in line with the Procurement Act 2023 which will consist of the following: First Stage - PSQ: The council will select 3-6 bidders to move to the next procurement stage. Second Stage - Main Tender: This will consist of the main tender pack with relevant scope and appendices. Qualitative responses will be captured in a select number of questions and potentially an interview with each bidder. Social value will be proportionately included. The split between quality, SV and commercial will be determined at main tender stage.

Delivery location

UKD, GB

Categories

Construction work 45000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£12,500,000
Contract periodFrom 29 Jul 2026 to 15 Jan 2027

Award criteria
Commercial — Commercial part of split to be determined.
Quality — Quality part of split to be determined.
Social Value — Social value part of split to be determined.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Construction workNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Construction work (45000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4510,4334 median · 26 average (2,718 of 10,433 with a bid count)3.7 average (2,994 of 10,433 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD7634 median · 39.9 average (154 of 763 with a bid count)6.1 average (176 of 763 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8666 median · 10.8 average (9 of 866 with a bid count)4.4 average (9 of 866 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066fa5
Latest release ID025480-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 19 2026 17:33:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025480-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-04-14T17:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-04-07T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-07-15T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsChest/Proactis Portal: DN810523 https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=5a1ad029-9b23-f111-813c-005056b64545
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£12,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Mar 2026tender025480-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
19 Mar 2026 · 025480-2026 · tender
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