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Provision of Architectural and Planning Services for Wessex House

Gloucester City Council

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13 Oct 2026 at 16:24

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17 Aug 2026 at 17:38

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Summary of the contracting process

Gloucester City Council appointed a lead architect to prepare and submit a full planning application for the Wessex House site in Gloucester. The work concerns a 0.60-acre, level, freehold site fronting Great Western Road and bounded on three sides by land forming part of Gloucester railway station. Former buildings have been demolished, and remedial works—including archaeological investigations and reporting, removal of slab foundations and services, and site fencing—have been completed. The appointed architect may subcontract other professional services and is responsible for coordinating the planning application. Previous pre-application advice has been obtained; the Council will provide the successful supplier with the supporting documents and planning officers’ feedback. This is an architectural and planning consultancy requirement for a council-owned development site.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Quattro Design Architects Limited, a Gloucester-based supplier. The award was made on 13 October 2026, for £148,500 excluding VAT (£178,200 including VAT). The awarded contract period runs from 2 November 2026 to 29 March 2027. The Council used an open procedure. The single lot had an estimated value of £187,500 excluding VAT (£225,000 including VAT), and was marked suitable for SMEs. Evaluation weighted quality questions at 70%, price at 20% and social value at 10%. Nine bids reached the final stage, all from SMEs. The contract is for the architectural and associated professional services needed to develop and submit the planning application; the awarded value is below the lot’s original estimate.

This award demonstrates demand from Gloucester City Council for a lead architect able to take a constrained, previously developed site through preparation and submission of a full planning application. Credible competitors for similar work will need architectural design capability, planning-application experience and the capacity to coordinate other professional disciplines, including through named subcontractors. Familiarity with site constraints beside a railway station, the treatment of former industrial or institutional sites, and the use of archaeological reports and prior planning feedback would be relevant to delivering this requirement. The competition attracted nine final-stage bids, all from SMEs, and the successful supplier was also an SME, showing that a smaller practice could compete for the work. Quality carried substantially more evaluation weight than price, with social value also assessed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Architectural and Planning Services for Wessex House

Notice Description

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 Gloucester railway station on three sides, with direct frontage to Great Western Road forming the fourth side. The land is level and owned freehold entirely by the Authority with boundary fencing on all sides. Remedial works have been completed including archaeological investigations and reporting together with removal of former slab foundations and services. The site has been levelled and fencing constructed around its border with a height restricted access gate We wish to appoint a lead architect who may subcontract for a series of other professional services to draught and submit a full planning application for the Wessex House site. The details of the requirement are contained within the scope document. Please ensure to list the names and contact details of any potential sub-contractors within your tender submission. Pre-application advice has been sought previously and the pre-application documents and feedback from planning officers will be made available to the successful Supplier.

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/096712-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

70000000 - Real estate services

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£187,500 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£187,500 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
£148,500 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
14 Sep 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
2 Nov 2026 - 29 Mar 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
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
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
GL1 2FB
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Quattro Design Architects Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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