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GCC024 - Architect / Planning - Wessex House

Gloucester City Council

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17 Aug 2026 at 17:38

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Gloucester City Council is seeking a lead architect for the Wessex House site in Gloucester. The appointed architect will assemble and manage a consultant team, subcontracting other professional services as needed, to prepare and submit a full planning application. The commission concerns a 0.60-acre redevelopment site with a long history, including former Gloucester Poor Law Union Workhouse facilities, later use by the General Electric Company, and the demolition of Wessex House between 2018 and 2020. The site is bounded by land belonging to Network Rail. Previously obtained pre-application advice, supporting documents and planning-officer feedback will be made available to the successful consultant team. The procurement is for professional architectural and related planning services, classified under real estate services.

The process has reached tender: Gloucester City Council invited offers through an open procedure. Bids must be submitted electronically through ProContract by 14 September 2026 at 11:00 UTC. The contract is scheduled to run from 22 October 2026 to 22 February 2027, with the award decision due by 12 October 2026 at 23:59 UK time. The estimated value is £187,500 excluding VAT and £225,000 including VAT. This is a single-lot procurement. Evaluation is weighted 70% for quality questions, 20% for price and 10% for social value. Submissions must be in English; electronic submission is permitted. The opportunity is above the relevant threshold.

This opportunity suits an architectural practice able to act as lead consultant for a planning-led site commission and to coordinate a wider professional team through subcontracting arrangements. Relevant capability includes preparing a complete planning application, managing specialist inputs, responding to pre-application advice and incorporating planning-officer feedback into the submission. Experience of complex or historically sensitive sites would be useful, given the site's former workhouse, industrial and wartime associations, although the published requirement does not identify a specific heritage accreditation. The procurement is expressly identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Firms should therefore be able to provide credible architectural leadership, organise the required supporting disciplines and demonstrate quality through written responses, while addressing social value alongside price.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GCC024 - Architect / Planning - Wessex House

Notice Description

We wish to appoint a lead architect who will subcontract for a series of other professional services to draught and submit a full planning application for the Wessex House site. Pre-application advice has been sought previously and the pre-application documents and feedback from planning officers will be made available to the successful consultant team. Wessex House was formally the site of buildings connected to the Gloucester Poor Law Union Workhouse. Prior to the construction of the workhouse in the 1830s, the site was open fields, and then garden plots. Additional facilities, namely an Infirmary and Casual wards, were built later. The buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War, but were then demolished between 1949 and 1950. The land was leased to the General Electric Company, who constructed Magnet House, later to become Wessex House on the site. Wessex House was itself demolished between 2018 and 2020. The site extends to 0.60 of an acre and is bounded by Network Rail land forming part of

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e607
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078303-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

CPV Codes

70000000 - Real estate services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£187,500 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£187,500 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
14 Sep 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
22 Oct 2026 - 22 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
Gloucester City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
THE DOCKS
Postcode
GL1 2EQ
Postcode Area
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

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