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Northampton Central Library Refurbishment Works

West Northamptonshire Council

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Award

27 Jul 2026 at 12:07

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

25 Mar 2026 at 10:59

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

West Northamptonshire Council procured refurbishment and building installation works at Northampton Central Library in Northampton town centre. The project is intended to improve and expand services in the Grade II Listed library, including a family hub, better accessibility and safety, and greater commercial potential for the Carnegie Room. The scope includes converting the existing lift to an evacuation lift; creating a Registrar’s office, children’s 0–19/25 family hub facilities, therapy rooms, a sensory room and accessible toilets; refurbishing the Carnegie meeting room; adding staff room and classroom areas; and redecorating specified library areas, including the basement. The library supports statutory services, family hubs, registration, business and intellectual property support, and local and family history services.

The procurement is complete and was run as a below-threshold open advertised quotation under the Procurement Act 2023, with participation reserved for suppliers in Northamptonshire, Northampton, Daventry, South Northamptonshire and specified bordering counties. The tender deadline was 27 April 2026 at 12:00. Mineral Star Construction Ltd was awarded the single lot. The contract was signed on 16 July 2026, runs from 17 July 2026 to 31 March 2027, and has a value of £851,340.68 excluding VAT and £1,021,608.82 including VAT. The award used pass/fail suitability checks covering location, financial capacity, insurance, legal and technical ability, subcontractor experience, DBS, health and safety, modern slavery and GDPR. Final scoring weighted quality at 60% and price at 40%.

This procurement indicates demand for contractors able to deliver complex refurbishment and building installation works in a live, publicly used, Grade II Listed library environment. Credible competitors would need suitable financial and legal capacity, insurance, technical ability and relevant subcontractor experience, together with robust arrangements for health and safety, modern slavery compliance and GDPR. The requirement also favours suppliers established in Northamptonshire or the named bordering counties, because participation was geographically reserved. Experience of improving accessibility and safety, adapting public buildings, creating family and therapy facilities, installing or modifying building systems, and coordinating specialist works would be commercially relevant. Strong quality-led tender writing would matter, since quality carried greater weight than price in the evaluation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Northampton Central Library Refurbishment Works

Notice Description

West Northamptonshire Council invite Potential Providers to quote for the refurbishment works at Northampton Central Library. Scope: Enhancing Northampton Central Library to provide a wider range of services with improved facilities, including a family hub. To refurbish and improve Northampton Central Library, built in 1910 and located in the heart of Northampton town centre. The project will make the Grade II Listed building more flexible, accessible and safer, and with greater commercial potential from the refurbishment of the Carnegie Room. Improvements to existing facilities to include the refurbishment of the existing lift into an evacuation lift, additional new Registrar's office, new children's 0-19/25 family hub facilities including two new therapy rooms, a new sensory room and new accessible toilets, refurbishment of the Carnegie meeting room, new staff room and classroom areas and redecoration to specified areas of the library including the basement. Northampton Central Library saw over 175,000 visits in the last 12 months. The library provides functions including the Business & IP service (BIPC) and Discover, the local and family history centre as well as West Northamptonshire's main Registrar's office. The library is also used as a 'welcoming space' and the 'flagship' library of the WNC library service, acting as a gateway to other Council services. Both the library and registrar's offices are means of delivering statutory services. The Council is developing a network of family hubs across West Northamptonshire to incorporate children's centres, a statutory function under Sections 5A to 5G of the Childcare Act 2006. This procurement is conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 under the Regulated Below Threshold procedure as an Open advertised quotation and the Reserved Below Threshold applies: Participation - Reserved Below Threshold - This procurement is reserved by supplier location in the geographical area of the County of Northamptonshire (Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire) and bordering counties to Northamptonshire; Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire and Warwickshire, meaning only suppliers located in these geographical areas can bid. Request for Quotation submissions that are submitted by Potential Suppliers outside of the reserved supplier location will be rejected and not evaluated. Potential Suppliers will be assessed on their suitability to perform the contract as part of the conditions of participation, as pass/fail evaluation criteria, Potential Suppliers that fail will be rejected. Site visits will be available outside of opening hours. Potential Suppliers who wish to attend the out of hours site visits are to confirm their attendance and number of attendees and preferred date via the 'Correspondence' section of the In-Tend portal by: 15:00 on Thursday 26th March for the Friday 27th March site visit and by 16:00 on Friday 27th March for the Monday 30th March site visit. Potential Suppliers may also visit the library during public opening hours. Expected Start on site May 2026 and Practical Completion May 2027. Please view the quotation pack for full details via WNC In-Tend portal.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0673a2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070740-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45262700 - Building alteration work

45300000 - Building installation work

45453100 - Refurbishment work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£851,340 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
27 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
17 Jul 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
West Northamptonshire Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORTHAMPTON
Postcode
NN1 1ED
Postcode Area
Northampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF24 West Northamptonshire
Delivery Location
TLF24 West Northamptonshire
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Northampton North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Mineral Star Construction Ltd

Further Information

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