Notice Information
Notice Title
Barbican Renewal Construction Management
Notice Description
The City of London Corporation (the City) invites Tenders for the provision of Barbican renewal programme, Construction Management Services. The Barbican Centre, which is a department of the City of London (CoL) Corporation, is seeking to appoint a Construction Manager (CM) to deliver Construction Management services for the Barbican Renewal Programme (BRP). The appointment will commence in June 2026 and extend through to March 2030, with an estimated fee value of c. PS4m against a total construction cost of approximately PS176m. The CM will be appointed directly by the CoL and will act as the client's principal delivery partner, responsible for managing and coordinating a series of trade contractors engaged under separate contract with the CoL. The Barbican Centre is a Grade II listed arts centre of international significance, situated within the wider Barbican Estate in the City of London. The Renewal Programme encompasses a broad and concurrent series of improvement, repair, and upgrade works across the Barbican Arts Centre (BAC), requiring careful sequencing and coordination to minimise disruption to visitors, building users, venue operations and nearby residents . The CM will be required to operate within a live, occupied environment subject to significant heritage and conservation constraints, and to manage multiple workstreams progressing simultaneously across different areas. The Programme demands a high degree of logistical rigour, stakeholder sensitivity, and programme control; and the appointed CM will be expected to demonstrate commensurate experience in the delivery of complex, phased works within similarly constrained settings. The scope of the CM appointment spans both pre-construction and construction phases. During the pre-construction phase, the CM will be responsible for developing and maintaining the master construction programme, advising on procurement strategy, and leading the procurement of trade contractor packages in conjunction with the existing Project Team of G&T, Greenway Associates, Allies & Morrison, Asif Khan Studio, Buro Happold and others. The CM will also be required to assist in the submission and determination of a BSA Gateway 2 application, due to BAC recently being classified as a Higher-Risk Building (HRB). During the construction phase, the CM will assume responsibility for the coordination and management of all trade contractors on site, overall site logistics, and the integration of individual package programmes into a coherent and deliverable whole. The CM will maintain a proactive interface with the Project Team on all matters relating to cost reporting and change management and will hold principal responsibility for health and safety management across the site. Throughout the appointment, the CM will be required to lead and coordinate stakeholder and resident engagement activity as it relates to construction operations, working closely with Barbican Renewal, BAC, CoL and other key stakeholders to ensure that communication is managed effectively. The duration of the contract is 44 months, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 12 months. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 56 months.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract may require modification in the event of project overrun to ensure continuation of service and technical expertise is retained from the cost consultant (for example to provide additional goods, services or works).
Planning Information
The Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise will provide an opportunity for the City to obtain insight into how contractors might approach the delivery of the project. It also gives a useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from the market. Interested organisations will be asked to complete and return a brief questionnaire. To access the PME questionnaire and supporting documentation, please register on the electronic tendering system 'City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal' (https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ogc-host/public/cityoflondon/web/login.jst?_ncp=1750328586606.1507105-1) and search for 'Barbican Renewal Construction Management'. Organisations should submit their completed questionnaire in accordance with the instructions set out in the PME documentation, by the return deadline of 16:00 (GMT) on 19th January 2026. Following receipt and review of questionnaires, the project team may conduct further direct discussions with organisations of interest to further explore the themes set out in the questionnaire.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f6c9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017226-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71540000 - Construction management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Feb 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Jul 2026 - 5 Feb 2030 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CITY OF LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2P 2EJ
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Clerkenwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017226-2026
26th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083394-2025
16th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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