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title: "Estates: Main Contractor for Younger Hall Refurbishment"
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# Estates: Main Contractor for Younger Hall Refurbishment

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02aa25

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## Summary

The University of St Andrews is currently undertaking a tender process for the refurbishment of the Younger Hall, a historically significant building used for various educational and cultural functions. This procurement falls under the construction industry category and is located in St Andrews, UK. The tender, identified as "Estates: Main Contractor for Younger Hall Refurbishment," aims to enhance the building’s accessibility and functionality. It has reached the award stage, with the contract value set at £5,899,189, and it was signed on April 20, 2021. This project was initiated under a selective procurement method following the restricted procedure, which allows for pre-qualified suppliers to submit bids.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, particularly those in the construction and refurbishment sectors, with a focus on contractors experienced in working on listed buildings. Companies that specialise in construction management, historic preservation, and modernisation of educational facilities would be ideally positioned to compete. The refurbishment aims to bring about critical enhancements while preserving the hall's historical features, appealing to firms with expertise in integrating contemporary needs within heritage sites. Interested businesses can express their interest through the University’s e-Tendering system.

## Notice

Main Contractor for Younger Hall refurbishment at the University of St Andrews.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

University of St Andrews - Estates: Main Contractor for Younger Hall Refurbishment The Younger Hall is located on North Street in St Andrews. Constructed between 1923 and 1929, it is Category B Listed and is part of the St Andrews Conservation Area. The building is owned by the University of St Andrews and is used for graduations, teaching, exams, performances and concerts. The existing building has a steel frame with concrete floor and roof slabs. External walls are polished and dressed ashlar, primarily Cullalo sandstone with Portland stone to the south elevation columns and pediment. Roofs are a mixture of clay pan tile pitched roofs and lead flat roofs. Rainwater goods are cast iron, external railings and gates are wrought iron and windows are steel framed. The purpose of the project is to improve flexibility, functionality, accessibility and toilet provision for the building. The building will continue to be used for graduations, exams, performances and concerts but the primary use will be for lectures and teaching. To improve access to the building, new external landscaping will provide accessible entrances on 3 sides of the building. Within the building, new ramps and passenger lifts will provide access to areas previously only accessible by stair, new platform lifts will provide access to the stage and a new stage lift will allow movement of loose furniture and equipment from storage in the basement. A new stage, removable rostra and seating will be provided in the Hall, the rostra and seating being stored in the basement using the new stage lift. Fixed seating will be provided to the lower gallery areas where the existing tiers will be adjusted to improve sight lines to the new stage. All of the existing services will be removed, and the building will be provided with new services throughout. In conjunction with this, new audio-visual equipment will be installed to facilitate the various building uses. Services will be concealed with the main distribution running in existing and new risers and ducts and wiring in rooms being raggling into the existing walls and ceilings and re-plastered over. New decorative finishes, curtains and blinds will be provided throughout. New materials will be in keeping with the existing building and will include stone to the external landscaping and extension walls, glazed screens and doors to the extension and glazed doors in the existing foyer, hardwood wall panelling, flooring, doors and joinery work, new wall and floor tiling and reuse of existing salvaged wall tiling in some areas. The existing retained building finishes will require to be carefully protected throughout the project, in particular the existing marble, terrazzo, tiling and sprung dance floor. The works generally, but in particular the services installation, will require detailed sequencing and co-ordination with the existing building fabric and the new extension to achieve the project aims. An asbestos refurbishment survey has been completed and there will be an element of asbestos removal and fabric reinstatement in the project. The Main Contractor will require to work collaboratively with the Design Team, the University estates department and other potential partner projects in and around the site and must be able to demonstrate a robust understanding and experience of working with historic listed buildings in a busy town centre on a noise sensitive site surrounded by occupied buildings. Additional information: All tenders for the University of St Andrews are administered through our e-Tending System (In-Tend). To Express an Interest please go to our tender web-site at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofstandrews Please note that @notes of Interest' placed via PCS (Public Contracts Scotland) are not automatically accepted.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008884-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Apr 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Apr 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,899,189 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |
| Locality | ST ANDREWS |
| Post town | Kirkcaldy |
| Postcode | KY16 9LB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife |
| Local authority | Fife |
| Electoral ward | St Andrews |
| Westminster constituency | North East Fife |
| Delivery location | TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TAYLOR AND FRASER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45214400 - Construction work for university buildings

## Release History

- 26 Apr 2021 at 11:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008884-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/procurement/
- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/money/procurement/
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofstandrews
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:311822-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/procurement/buyer-profile.pdf

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