Live tenders / St Albans City and District Council
Pre-construction Services (PCSA) for Design and Build of Temporary Accommodation at Ridgeview, London Colney and Creighton Avenue Garage Site, St Albans
What the buyer is asking for
St Albans City and District wish to appoint an experienced contractor to deliver the design and build of temporary accommodation, to achieve an expedited programme of delivery, which considers standard construction details to achieve efficiencies in design, programme and capital expenditure. This appointment will be based on an initial pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) to develop designs for two prospective sites at Ridgeview, London Colney (Lot 1) and Creighton Avenue garage site, St Albans (Lot 2), to be submitted for Planning Applications in Spring 2027 to enable construction later in 2027.
How this is scored
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- 60%qualityQuality60%
- 40%pricePrice40%
2 lots
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- Ridgeview Lodge, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1BP£5.0m
Lot 1 - Ridgeview Lodge, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1BP
- Creighton Avenue garages site, Creighton Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2LH£1.5m
Lot 2 - Creighton Avenue garages site, Creighton Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2LH
- Value
- £6,500,000
- Submission deadline
- 04 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT (27 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by
- 07 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- works
- Lots
- 2
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- CPV codes
- 45215214, 79415200
- Legal basis
- 2023/54
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice published7 days ago30 Oct 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Clarification questions byin 14 days20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 28 days4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 62 days7 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
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Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender
- Pipeline or early engagement notice4 Aug 2026, 16:40 BST073876-2026
- Notice published4 Aug 2026, 16:52 BST073881-2026
- Tender notice30 Oct 2026, 15:50 GMT103395-2026
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