Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract for works in respect of the Poolway Farm Flood alleviation scheme
Notice Description
Direct award the [proposed contract for works to the developer of the Poolway Farm site. The developer has the unique legal exclusivity on the land the flood alleviation scheme is set to be delivered on and will not allow for any other contractor, other than their own staff, and approved sub-contractors to carry out work on their development. This results in a competitive tender process being made redundant as other contractors are not able to complete the onsite works. Given that no other party will have a legal or physical right to access the development site GCC proposes to undertake a bespoke legal agreement with the developer to retain project management oversight during construction of the flood storage area. Other strategies and locations have been considered for reducing flood risk to Coleford. However these have been proven unsuitable through hydraulic modelling, which demonstrates only this location and an area at this scale can be used to achieve the desired benefit. GCC has explored a range of options through hydraulic modelling to assess benefits of each proposal. Only one proposal was deemed technically and practically feasible for reducing flood risk. The proposals meet the following strategic objectives of the Gloucestershire County Council Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.
Procurement Information
Single supplier with exclusive rights to the land
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05abe0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063828-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- 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
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Feb 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL1 2TH
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Gloucester
- Electoral Ward
- Westgate
- Westminster Constituency
- Gloucester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063828-2025
9th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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