--- title: "Pre-Market Engagement William Bird Community Hub Toulmin Drive, St Albans" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "St Albans City and District Council" published: "2026-08-26" --- # Pre-Market Engagement William Bird Community Hub Toulmin Drive, St Albans Buyer: St Albans City and District Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05.json) ## Summary St Albans City and District Council is preparing to procure construction works for the William Bird Community Hub on Toulmin Drive in St Albans. The project is classified as building construction work and is intended to deliver a community hub facility. The council is the buying organisation, with procurement support from Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd. Delivery is in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The procurement is structured as a single lot. At this stage, the council is engaging with potential providers and suppliers to understand the construction market, refine its requirements, encourage competition and identify challenges before starting the formal procurement process. This will suit businesses involved in public or community building projects and construction delivery in the St Albans area. This procurement is at the planning stage and is a pre-market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. The council expects the future contract to run from 1 March 2027 to 29 February 2028. The procurement is above the applicable threshold and covers one lot. The council is seeking supplier feedback before deciding and formally launching the procurement, including feedback that can help refine the scope, requirements and approach. Prospective suppliers must register on the PSPS electronic tendering portal to view the contract opportunity and take part in the engagement. The record sets out the planned construction project but does not yet establish a final tender procedure, submission deadline, contract value or evaluation criteria. This engagement is most relevant to construction contractors, building firms and specialist delivery partners with experience of developing community, public-sector or similar occupied-use facilities. Businesses able to contribute practical market knowledge should be well placed to influence how the council defines its requirements and addresses delivery challenges before competition begins. Relevant preparation may include demonstrating capability in building construction, project planning, coordination of subcontractors, quality management, health and safety, and delivery against public-sector expectations. Firms with experience of working with local authorities or delivering community infrastructure can explain proven approaches and constraints. The council is specifically looking to encourage competition, so both established contractors and capable specialist suppliers should consider engaging when preparing for the future procurement. ## Notice This is a pre-market engagement document to enable St Albans City and District Council (the 'Authority') to interact with potential providers and suppliers before formally starting a procurement process, its aim is to help the Authority understand the market and to better to refine its requirements based on supplier feedback, to encourage competition and identify challenges ahead of the future procurement of the William Bird Community Hub project. ### Planning Information To view this contract opportunity, prospective suppliers must first register on the PSPS electronic tendering portal http://in-tendhost.co.uk/pspslprocurement/aspx/Home ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081515-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 26 Aug 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Mar 2027 - 29 Feb 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | St Albans City and District Council | | Locality | ST ALBANS | | Postcode area | St Albans | | Postcode | AL1 3JE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLH27 South West Hertfordshire | | Local authority | St Albans | | Electoral ward | St Peters | | Westminster constituency | St Albans | | Delivery location | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 45210000 - Building construction work ## Release History - 26 Aug 2026 at 17:07 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081515-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081515-2026 26th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://in-tendhost.co.uk/pspslprocurement/aspx/Home - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ed05.json.