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title: "Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fd30"
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# Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025

Buyer: CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fd30

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## Summary

The Corporate Officers of the House of Commons, in collaboration with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, have recently completed the award stage for the "Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Works 2025" contract. This procurement falls under the construction industry category and involves essential works for maintaining the Victoria Tower, a Grade I listed building and UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in Westminster, London. The procurement process has been categorized as "works" and executed through a limited method due to an unsuccessful open tender process, necessitating a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The awarded contract, valued at £110.6 million, was signed on 22 May 2025 with Wates Construction Limited.

This contract offers substantial opportunities for businesses particularly in the construction sector, as it involves a range of activities from scaffold installation to detailed conservation and repair works. Companies specialising in scaffolding, structural engineering, stone repairs, and historical building renovation are well-suited to benefit from subcontracting opportunities within this project. The nature of the project, focusing on the upkeep of a historic structure, offers unique prospects for firms with expertise in heritage conservation and extensive structural repair projects.

## Notice

Victoria Tower, as part of the Palace of Westminster, is a world-renowned heritage asset. Acknowledged by its Grade I listed designation and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Victoria Tower is 325 ft tall and is sited above Sovereign's Gate at the south-west end of the Palace site. The Tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament and is currently home to the Parliamentary Archives although these are in the process of being moved elsewhere.
Significant repairs were last undertaken to Victoria Tower in the early 1990s. The building fabric has deteriorated in the intervening period, and it is now necessary to undertake repairs to the external envelope of Victoria Tower via a full-height scaffold. Parliament is exercising their duty of care to prevent future deterioration of the building fabric as custodians of this Grade I Listed asset and to maintain a safe and secure environment in and around the Palace of Westminster.
This notice relates to the Contracting Authority's (acting jointly with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords) appointment of a contractor under NEC4 ECC Option B contract (with secondary clauses and amendments), to deliver temporary works, and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contracting Authority, acting jointly with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, previously invited suppliers to participate in an open tender process for provision of works in relation to the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project (Contract Notice ref: 2024/S 000-019847). No suitable tenders were submitted under that open procedure and the contracting authority has now awarded a contract to Wates Construction Limited under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract is a NEC4 ECC Option B contract, to deliver temporary works and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.
The temporary works includes design, site logistics, site set up, hoardings, temporary electrics, piling, groundworks, enabling works, crash deck scaffolding removal, primary steel support trusses and towers, full scaffolding / protection, and stone cleaning.
The subsequent conservation and repair scope of works includes: stone repairs, decorating, gilding and other miscellaneous works, roof (cast iron tiles and supporting structure, skylight, fall arrest system), windows refurbishment, metalwork restoration, fire stopping, MEP and adaptions to existing MEP equipment, waterproofing to balconies, guttering, rainwater pipes & leadwork, pigeon netting, flagpole repair works, temporary flagpole, removal of scaffolding and site reinstatement. Additional information: * 45111290 - Primary works for services
* 45111291 - Site-development work
* 45111300 - Dismantling works
* 45212300 - Construction work for art and cultural buildings
* 45212350 - Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest
* 45212353 - Palace construction work
* 45223210 - Structural steelworks

### Procurement Information

Negotiated without a prior call for competition 
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure. 
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority 
Explanation: 
The Contracting Authority, acting jointly with the Corporate Officers of the House of Lords, previously invited suppliers to participate in an open tender process for provision of works in relation to the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project (Contract Notice ref: 2024/S 000-019847). No suitable tenders were submitted under that open procedure. As a result, the contracting authority now intends to award a contract to Wates Construction Limited under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. It is considered that the award of 
the contract without prior publication of a contract notice is lawful in accordance with: 
a. Regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because no suitable tenders have been submitted in response to an open procedure and the contracting authority is using 
the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice on the basis that the initial conditions of contract are not substantially altered; and/or 
b. Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because this is a safety critical project with constraints on access and working hours which require works to 
commence urgently. Therefore, for reasons of extreme urgency the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied 
with. The receipt of no suitable tenders in response to the previous open procedure was unforeseeable by the contracting authority.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030845-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| 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 | 9 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £110,600,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |
| Additional buyers | CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS; CORPORATE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 0PW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WATES CONSTRUCTION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45000000 - Construction work

## Release History

- 9 Jun 2025 at 09:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030845-2025
- 4 Apr 2025 at 10:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013034-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://judiciary.uk/highcourt
- https://www.parliament.uk/

## Provenance

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