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Estates Strategy

City College Plymouth

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Summary of the contracting process

City College Plymouth is procuring building, surveying, construction and design consultancy services to produce its five-year Estates Strategy for 2026–2031. The work will set a roadmap for a sustainable, efficient and curriculum-led property portfolio, aligned with education estates policy, modern technical education, local employers and strategic partners. It covers analysis of the existing estate, curriculum planning, space utilisation, future estate objectives, options appraisal, funding and finance, and an implementation plan. Required outputs include an asset register, costed maintenance and investment programme, disposal and acquisition schedule, space utilisation report, curriculum space model, carbon reduction plan, estates risk register and estate-management performance dashboard. The final report must be presented separately to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Governors at Kings Road. Delivery is across City College Plymouth’s estate in Plymouth, including its Kings Road campus and other city sites.

The process reached tender: the college invited offers through an open, below-threshold competition, with fee proposals submitted by email. The enquiry deadline was 21 August 2026 at 17:00, and the tender submission deadline was 2 September 2026 at 17:00. The single lot has an estimated gross value of £60,000. The contract period is 15 September 2026 to 28 February 2027, covering approximately four months of strategy preparation, review and presentations. Evaluation gives 50% to the lump-sum fee, 5% to day rates and expenses, 5% to the resource plan and payment schedule, 5% to the Gantt chart, 25% to further-education case studies and 10% to the proposed team’s description and relevant experience. The fee proposal must state VAT treatment, assumptions and exclusions.

This opportunity suits building consultancies, building surveyors, construction or design advisers with experience of developing estates strategies for further-education colleges. Strong bidders will be able to assess a multi-site college estate, including building tenure, age, condition and compliance; analyse space utilisation; map projected enrolments and curriculum requirements to accommodation; and develop practical options for consolidation, maintenance, investment, disposals and acquisitions. The work also requires financial and funding analysis, an implementation programme, an estates risk register, performance indicators and a costed carbon-reduction plan. Suppliers should be able to provide a suitably experienced team, prepare a clear resource and payment plan, programme deliverables in a Gantt chart and present the completed strategy to senior college leadership and governors. Evidence from comparable further-education assignments is particularly important.

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Notice Title

Estates Strategy

Notice Description

Introduction and Background City College Plymouth provides general further education, higher education and work-based learning to the city of Plymouth and surrounding areas. As a leading provider of vocational training in the Southwest, it has a vision to be the learning destination of choice, providing learning without limits at the heart of the local community. The 5-year Estates Strategy (2026-2031) will outline the roadmap to transform the College property portfolio into a sustainable, efficient, and curriculum-led environment. The strategy will prioritise the alignment of physical assets with modern technical education, maximizing space utilization, and reducing carbon emissions to meet institutional net-zero targets. One of the first Institutes of Technology, City College Plymouth has recently been awarded National Defence Technical Excellence College status. This means the College is set to play an increasingly important national and international role in developing the highly skilled workforce required to support the UK's defence capability and wider economic growth. Another exciting collaboration with Plymouth City Council is the PS50m regeneration of the Civic Centre, which will be converted into 144 apartments and a new city centre campus containing the Blue Green Skills Hub, which will train up to 2,000 students a year across 60 different courses. Strategic Objectives The new Estates Strategy will both drive and respond to these key developments and opportunities, building on this vision and helping to shape the future careers of thousands of young people and adults. The new strategy will have the following strategic goals: 1. To align with the DfE 10-year national education estates strategy 2. To provide industry-standard, good condition and right sized teaching spaces which support delivery of the curriculum, demands of local employers and needs of strategic partners. 3. To reduce running costs by consolidating under-utilised space, planning maintenance activities and identifying obsolete assets. 4. To set a pathway for operating an estate which is financially and environmentally sustainable The Existing Estate The College occupies several sites in the city with most activity taking place at the Kings Road campus. This 13-acre freehold campus accommodates over 29,000m2 of floor space, of which approximately half requires improvement to achieve the strategic goals above and to meet government estate condition objectives for the FE sector. Leased properties include Picquet Barracks (1,900m2), Oceansgate (750m2), Pinpoint (700m2) and Norwich Union House (1,500m2). The last two are used by a college subsidiary, Achievement Training Limited. The redevelopment of the Civic Centre will add another 5,500m2 to the estate from 2031. In response to the recent DfE Condition Data Collection, the College has commissioned an independent building condition survey, which will run in parallel with the development of this estates strategy. Methodology The new estates strategy will include the following core information projected over the 5-year period: 1. Executive Summary and Strategic Context 2. Analysis of the current estate 3. Curriculum Strategy & Plan 4. Space Utilisation Analysis 5. Future Estate Objectives 6. Options appraisal 7. Funding and Finance 8. Implementation plan Deliverables The final report will be presented to both the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Governors (two separate presentations at Kings Road) The following key outputs will be required as appendices to the report * Asset register tracking tenure, age, condition and compliance status for each building * Five-year, costed programme of maintenance and investment * Disposal and acquisition schedule (if recommended) * Space utilisation report * Curriculum space model mapping projected enrolments to accommodation capacities * Costed carbon reduction plan * Estates risk register * Dashboard of key performance indicators for estate management Timescale It is anticipated that the estates strategy will take approximately four months to prepare and the following provisional timeline has been identified * Request for Quotation published July 2026 * Latest date for queries from interested parties 21 August * Return date for fee proposals 31 August * Interview short listed practices early Sept * Appoint successful practice mid to late Sept * Period for site familiarisation and review of information October * Submit draft report for review January 2027 * Presentations to ELT and Governors February 2027 Fee proposal Include the following information in your fee proposal: 1. Lump Sum Fee (exclusive of VAT) stating any assumptions or exclusions 2. Day rates for out-of-scope tasks; additional expenses not included in 1. 3. Resource plan showing breakdown of lump sum fee and required payment schedule. 4. GANTT chart mapping project deliverables 5. Case studies of similar work undertaken for Further Education colleges 6. Description and relevant experience of your proposed team

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d939
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080550-2026
Current Stage
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

71315200 - Building consultancy services

71315300 - Building surveying services

71530000 - Construction consultancy services

79415200 - Design consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£60,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£60,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
2 Sep 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
15 Sep 2026 - 28 Feb 2027 1-6 months
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
City College Plymouth
Contact Name
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DEVONPORT
Postcode
PL1 5QG
Postcode Area
Plymouth
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK41 Plymouth
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Plymouth
Electoral Ward
Stoke
Westminster Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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