Estates Strategy
Description: Introduction and Background City College Plymouth provides general further education, higher education and work-based learning to the city of Plymouth and surrounding areas. As a leading provider of vocational training in the Southwest, it has a vision to be the learning destination of choice, providing learning without limits at the heart of the local community. The 5-year Estates Strategy (2026-2031) will outline the roadmap to transform the College property portfolio into a sustainable, efficient, and curriculum-led environment. The strategy will prioritise the alignment of physical assets with modern technical education, maximizing space utilization, and reducing carbon emissions to meet institutional net-zero targets. One of the first Institutes of Technology, City College Plymouth has recently been awarded National Defence Technical Excellence College status. This means the College is set (read more...)
Summary: City College Plymouth is procuring building, surveying, construction and design consultancy services to produce its five-year Estates Strategy for 2026–2031. The work will set a roadmap for a sustainable, efficient and curriculum-led property portfolio, aligned with education estates policy, modern technical education, local employers and strategic partners. It covers analysis of the existing estate, curriculum planning, space utilisation, future estate objectives, options appraisal, funding and finance, and an implementation plan. Required outputs include an asset register, costed maintenance and investment programme, disposal and acquisition schedule, space utilisation report, curriculum space model, carbon reduction plan, estates risk register and estate-management performance dashboard. The final report must be presented separately to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Governors at Kings Road. Delivery is across City College Plymouth’s estate in Plymouth, including its Kings Road campus and other city sites.