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Cleator Moor Community Hub and Town Square Public Realm Works

Cumberland Council

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13 Aug 2026 at 14:54

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cumberland Council procured construction works for a new Community Hub and improvements to Cleator Moor Town Square. The hub involves a new-build annexe linked to the existing library and council offices, including a café or restaurant, commercial kitchen, kitchen servery, refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing spaces, new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and a lift serving all three floors. The town-square works include hard and soft landscaping, street furniture, cycle racks, electric vehicle charging points, bin stores, a bus shelter, ramps, stairs and footway lighting. The project also covers public access and site security, with planned CCTV, fountain renovation, relocation of artworks and memorials, and refurbishment of the library clock. Delivery is in Cleator Moor, Cumbria.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded under a competitive selective procedure, described as a below-threshold award under a framework. One lot was awarded to Story Contracting Limited. The award is active and the contract was signed on 28 July 2026, covering 28 July 2026 to 26 July 2027. Its value is £4,180,756 excluding VAT, or £5,016,907.20 including VAT. The agreed performance measures cover completing work packages to the agreed programme, delivering within the tendered total prices, and delivering the offered social value measures. Each measure is monitored over a 12-month period. The procurement category is works, classified under CPV 45000000, construction work.

This outcome indicates demand from Cumberland Council for substantial, multi-disciplinary public construction projects combining new-build, refurbishment and public-realm delivery. A credible competitor would need to manage work across occupied civic and community facilities while maintaining public access around an active town square. Relevant capability includes building construction, refurbishment, mechanical and electrical services, lift installation, commercial kitchen fit-out, landscaping, highways or external works, lighting, street furniture and electric vehicle infrastructure. Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and specialist elements would be important, including arrangements involving policing and town-council interests. Strong programme and cost control would be central, alongside the ability to evidence delivery of social value commitments. A large construction contractor or suitably capable delivery partnership would be well placed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cleator Moor Community Hub and Town Square Public Realm Works

Notice Description

A new Community Hub is to be created by the construction of a new-build annexe to join the existing Library and Council offices on Cleator Moor Town Square. The new-build annexe will house a cafe / restaurant area with a new, commercial kitchen to be installed on the lower ground floor and kitchen servery to the ground floor. Works to the Community Hub will include a comprehensive renovation of the existing Library and Council offices, with some of the office space being reconfigured. New M.E.P. systems are to be installed throughout with a new lift installed to serve all 3 floors of the Community Hub. The project also includes a programme of public realm improvements to Cleator Moor Town Square. Works will include the creation of new hard and soft landscaped areas, the installation of new street furniture, cycle racks, electric vehicle charging points, bin storage enclosures, a new bus shelter, new external ramps and stairs. New footway lighting is to be installed with the removal of a number of redundant fixtures and fittings. Subject to agreement with Cumbria Police new CCTV will be installed to monitor the Town Square. Subject to affordability and agreement with Cleator Moor Town Council, the public fountain to the front of the Square is to be renovated and made operational. A number of artworks and memorials are to be relocated, to different areas of the Town Square. The external clock over the library entrance will be refurbished and brought back into use. The project site, covering a significant area of Cleator Moor Town Square, should be made fully secure. Public access must be maintained to the perimeter pavements that border the Town Square and consideration given to users of the bus-shelter located on the Square and continued access to the Town Council Offices.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e3bc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077310-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - award under framework
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
£4,180,756 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
28 Jul 2026 - 26 Jul 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
Cumberland Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CARLISLE
Postcode
CA1 1RD
Postcode Area
Carlisle
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD1 Cumbria
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD13 Cumberland
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cumberland
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Carlisle

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED

Further Information

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