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Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025

CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

09 Jun 2025 at 09:52

Award

04 Apr 2025 at 10:33

Summary of the contracting process

The Corporate Officers of the House of Commons, in collaboration with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, have recently completed the award stage for the "Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025" contract. This procurement falls under the construction industry category and involves essential works for maintaining the Victoria Tower, a Grade I listed building and UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in Westminster, London. The procurement process has been categorized as "works" and executed through a limited method due to an unsuccessful open tender process, necessitating a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The awarded contract, valued at £110.6 million, was signed on 22 May 2025 with Wates Construction Limited.

This contract offers substantial opportunities for businesses particularly in the construction sector, as it involves a range of activities from scaffold installation to detailed conservation and repair works. Companies specialising in scaffolding, structural engineering, stone repairs, and historical building renovation are well-suited to benefit from subcontracting opportunities within this project. The nature of the project, focusing on the upkeep of a historic structure, offers unique prospects for firms with expertise in heritage conservation and extensive structural repair projects.

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Notice Title

Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025

Notice Description

Victoria Tower, as part of the Palace of Westminster, is a world-renowned heritage asset. Acknowledged by its Grade I listed designation and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Victoria Tower is 325 ft tall and is sited above Sovereign's Gate at the south-west end of the Palace site. The Tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament and is currently home to the Parliamentary Archives although these are in the process of being moved elsewhere.<br/>Significant repairs were last undertaken to Victoria Tower in the early 1990s. The building fabric has deteriorated in the intervening period, and it is now necessary to undertake repairs to the external envelope of Victoria Tower via a full-height scaffold. Parliament is exercising their duty of care to prevent future deterioration of the building fabric as custodians of this Grade I Listed asset and to maintain a safe and secure environment in and around the Palace of Westminster.<br/>This notice relates to the Contracting Authority's (acting jointly with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords) appointment of a contractor under NEC4 ECC Option B contract (with secondary clauses and amendments), to deliver temporary works, and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contracting Authority, acting jointly with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, previously invited suppliers to participate in an open tender process for provision of works in relation to the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project (Contract Notice ref: 2024/S 000-019847). No suitable tenders were submitted under that open procedure and the contracting authority has now awarded a contract to Wates Construction Limited under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract is a NEC4 ECC Option B contract, to deliver temporary works and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.
The temporary works includes design, site logistics, site set up, hoardings, temporary electrics, piling, groundworks, enabling works, crash deck scaffolding removal, primary steel support trusses and towers, full scaffolding / protection, and stone cleaning.
The subsequent conservation and repair scope of works includes: stone repairs, decorating, gilding and other miscellaneous works, roof (cast iron tiles and supporting structure, skylight, fall arrest system), windows refurbishment, metalwork restoration, fire stopping, MEP and adaptions to existing MEP equipment, waterproofing to balconies, guttering, rainwater pipes & leadwork, pigeon netting, flagpole repair works, temporary flagpole, removal of scaffolding and site reinstatement. Additional information: * 45111290 - Primary works for services
* 45111291 - Site-development work
* 45111300 - Dismantling works
* 45212300 - Construction work for art and cultural buildings
* 45212350 - Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest
* 45212353 - Palace construction work
* 45223210 - Structural steelworks

Procurement Information

Negotiated without a prior call for competition <br/>No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure. <br/>Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority <br/>Explanation: <br/>The Contracting Authority, acting jointly with the Corporate Officers of the House of Lords, previously invited suppliers to participate in an open tender process for provision of works in relation to the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project (Contract Notice ref: 2024/S 000-019847). No suitable tenders were submitted under that open procedure. As a result, the contracting authority now intends to award a contract to Wates Construction Limited under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. It is considered that the award of <br/>the contract without prior publication of a contract notice is lawful in accordance with: <br/>a. Regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because no suitable tenders have been submitted in response to an open procedure and the contracting authority is using <br/>the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice on the basis that the initial conditions of contract are not substantially altered; and/or <br/>b. Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because this is a safety critical project with constraints on access and working hours which require works to <br/>commence urgently. Therefore, for reasons of extreme urgency the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied <br/>with. The receipt of no suitable tenders in response to the previous open procedure was unforeseeable by the contracting authority.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd30
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030845-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work


CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£110,600,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Jun 20258 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Apr 202510 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Additional Buyers

CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

CORPORATE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Contact Name
PCD
Contact Email
pcd@parliament.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 0PW
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WATES CONSTRUCTION

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