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title: "VEAT Notice - Bath Western Riverside (BWR)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0484bc"
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buyer: "BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL"
published: "2024-07-25"
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# VEAT Notice - Bath Western Riverside (BWR)

Buyer: BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0484bc

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## Summary

Bath and North East Somerset Council has completed the procurement process for remediation and enabling works at Bath Western Riverside Phase II. This project, classified under "Soil-decontamination work" and categorised as "works," involves preparing and clearing land for future residential development. The location of the works is in the UKK12 region. The award was given to ST WILLIAM HOMES LLP, established through a VEAT Notice, emphasizing private arrangements and land swaps to facilitate site redevelopment. The contract was signed on 15th July 2024, with the Council leveraging grant funding from the Homes and Communities Agency Housing Infrastructure Fund. 

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in land remediation, decontamination, and site preparation, particularly those capable of undertaking large-scale projects within the "works" sector. Companies specialising in soil decontamination, waste land reclamation, and land rehabilitation will find this project particularly suitable. While the project is led by a large entity, there are potential sub-contracting opportunities for smaller businesses. Organisations looking to expand their portfolio and establish a foothold in the South West region should consider engaging in collaborative efforts with established contractors like ST WILLIAM HOMES LLP.

## Notice

This is not a tender opportunity. This VEAT is to inform the market of the Council's intention to enter into a series of contractual arrangements, including a remediation and enabling works agreement (REWA), to support a package of remediation and enabling works at the Bath Western Riverside Phase II site, informally known as the 'gas lands' (Site). The works at the Site will be funded by grant monies from the Homes and Communities Agency (Homes England) Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF). The Council's long term ambition is the redevelopment of the Site into residential housing. The Site is part owned by the Council and part owned by a housing developer, St William Homes LLP (part of the Berkeley group). The Council is party to a land swap agreement dated 27 January 2022 (LSA) with Berkeley which enables the parties to swap areas of their individual land holdings, as the current land ownership boundaries of the Site limit opportunities for development for both parties. Continues II.2.4 below.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The LSA once triggered will create two viable development plots. Prior to the triggering of the LSA, the Council and Berkeley propose to complete remediation and enabling works as a single package across the entire Site as part of a joint remediation strategy. The Council's advisers have recommended this is necessary to prevent the cross-contamination of the Site and will in addition create efficiencies for the Council. Under the terms of the REWA, Berkeley shall volunteer to act as Site wide contractor for the benefit of both the land Berkeley currently owns, alongside parts of the Council's current landholding, which Berkeley will ultimately own once the LSA is triggered (noting that Berkeley alone controls the trigger mechanisms for the swap under the LSA and that there are no scenarios whereby the land swap between the Council and Berkeley under the LSA does not take place). In return for granting Berkeley access to the Council's land, the REWA will include warranties to the Council for the works that shall accrue only if Berkeley completes the remediation works under the REWA, whenever that may be.

### Procurement Information

The Council considers that for the purposes of the PCR the REWA and related agreements constitute a land arrangement between the Council and Berkeley. Land arrangements are outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) ("PCR"). There is no positive enforceable obligation for Berkeley to deliver the works under the REWA or any other related agreement. The works to the Council-owned land on the Site are not delivered for the direct economic benefit of the Council but for Berkeley's own future benefit once it becomes landowner following the land swap under the LSA.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023278-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Jul 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,869,225 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL |
| Locality | KEYNSHAM |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | BA31 1FS |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ST WILLIAM HOMES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45111200 - Site preparation and clearance work
- 45112340 - Soil-decontamination work
- 45112350 - Reclamation of waste land
- 45112360 - Land rehabilitation work

## Release History

- 25 Jul 2024 at 15:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023278-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bathnes.gov.uk

## Provenance

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