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Request for Quotation For the Provision of:- Groundworks, Demolition and Archaeological Investigation at Wessex House, Gloucester
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £480,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Tue 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMTClosed.
- Published
- 6 Oct 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Authority is undertaking a programme of de-risking for archaeology and ground contamination on land in Great Western Road that is the site of the former Wessex House. This building was a former commercial electrical contractor's brick-built structure with substantial foundations. The ground floor slab remains in situ and requires to be broken up and removed.
The site extends to 0.60 of an acre and is bounded by Network Rail land forming part of Gloucester railway station on three sides, with direct frontage to Great Western Road forming the fourth side. The land is almost level and owned freehold entirely by the Authority with boundary fencing on all sides.
The intended works are a prelude to, and the information obtained will be used to inform, a planning application for developing the site with high density residential apartments to provide homes for the city.
The Authority intends to appoint a Supplier to act as Principal Contractor who will co-ordinate and be responsible for the archaeological excavation and recording, the geotechnical decontamination and complete demolition and removal of the old ground floor slab with associated footings. The Supplier will also be Principal Designer and provide all necessary site welfare facilities.
The site is presently in use by Kier Construction as a site compound and material storage facility for The Forum redevelopment being the major new scheme currently under construction for the city. The site should be cleared and vacated in August this year.
The archaeology under this site consists of the surviving below ground remains of the Gloucester Union Workhouse Infirmary and the adjacent Casual Wards. A desk-based assessment and site trenching has been undertaken to initially assess the archaeological remains and inform this Request for Quotation.
This is a challenging site close to the operational railway with a busy Great Western Road frontage requiring 24-hour access for ambulances to the Royal Hospital on the opposite side of the road.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 45112000
- 45113000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 6 Oct 2025Tender notice (UK4)
Tender notice (UK4) published 6 October 2025.
Deadline in this release: Tue 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 062451-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 10 Oct 2025Tender notice (UK4)
Tender notice (UK4) published 10 October 2025. Stated change: Good Evening (10/10/2025) Please see the link to the Procontract ITT below - https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=348d1c96-e7a5-f011-813a-005056b64545 Please contact John Bessant at G.C.C. if the link does not work.
Deadline in this release: Tue 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 064402-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Oct 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 15 October 2025. Stated change: As you may be aware we had some issues when trying to publish the ITT via Procontract. These have now been resolved and the ITT was published earlier Today (15-10-25), this may mean that some of the dates within the ITT letter do not align exactly with the actual dates. Please accept my apologies for the slight delay. You need to access the ITT via the Procontract portal, using the link ........ https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=348d1c96-e7a5-f011-813a-005056b64545 Regards John Bessant Senior Procurement Manager
Deadline in this release: Tue 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 065687-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 17 Oct 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 17 October 2025. Stated change: 17-10-25 = For those that did not have the link to supplying the South West please use this one to enable access to the opportunity within Procontract https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=25913ead-c1a9-f011-813a-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21
Deadline in this release: Tue 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 066126-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 17 Feb 2026Award notice
Award notice published 17 February 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 014458-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
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