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UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

T945 North Tower Refurbishment Consultant Quantity Surveyor/Contract Administrator

Historical · ContractNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£129,900Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 22 Apr 2022, 17:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 22 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
Published
5 Oct 2022
Region
North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The University Towers were constructed more than 50 years ago. In this time, the six accommodation towers have served the University well, providing affordable student accommodation.

Bertrand Russell and Eddington Tower have been refurbished and this now leaves the remaining four Towers (Rayleigh, Keynes, Tawney and William Morris) on the North side of campus. Although the original Towers are in reasonable structural condition, given their age (subject to structural survey) and only needing minor structural repairs, windows/curtain walling are 'life expired', regularly leaking in high winds and are not energy efficient. The roof is at the end of its design life and needs replacement with the addition of thermal insulation. Added to this, internal services are failing, and a major refurbishment is required to ensure the towers can be certified as 'safe to occupy' under the future Building Safety Act and to maintain the life of the asset and preserve it for future years. The tower blocks will become 'higher risk' buildings under the Building Safety Bill/Act due for Royal Assent in Spring 2022 imposing additional responsibilities upon 'duty holders' within the University.

Work needs to begin as part of this project on preparing safety cases for all accommodation coming into the remit of the pending legislation.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 71000000 71300000 71320000 79000000 79900000 79990000
  • 71324000 79994000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 5 Oct 2022
    Contract notice

    Contract notice published 5 October 2022.

    Release 25e0fc76-6e07-4254-98ad-3390cec3fbd5

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £129,900.

07/ Tender hubs

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08/ Related

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Reference
25e0fc76-6e07-4254-98ad-3390cec3fbd5
Source
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Stage
contract · Contract
Last verified
Thu 9 Apr 2026, 22:48 BST
Read at
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 07:31 BST

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