Stale Pre-tender

Battery Green Development

Details

Buyer: East Suffolk Council
Value: £19,000,000
Topic: Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants
Published: 7 June 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Battery Green project is one of a number within Lowestoft that has secured central Government support via the Towns Fund investment and one that East Suffolk Council are now looking to bring forward. The project includes a comprehensive redevelopment of the former Battery Green car park, Marina Centre and public realm setting in between to provide leisure and creative uses to be known as Battery Green. The redevelopment once complete, by no later than March 2026, will provide an all-year-round destination providing:- a new cultural and community hub with studio space for creative businesses,- a competitive leisure complex,- a restaurant, - landscape enhancements. The project has reached RIBA Stage 3, concept design, and is progressing RIBA Stage 4, Technical design, and has achieved planning permission. It is anticipated that works will commence on site by 2nd January 2025 and take place over the course of 14 months with an estimated value of £19 Million. Lot 1: The Council is shortly looking to procure services of a lead contractor to carry out the construction phase of the project. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to alert potential suppliers of the Council’s intention to launch a procurement exercise and accept Expressions of Interest from potential contractors. Potential suppliers will not be prejudiced by any response to this PIN, or failure to respond. This PIN does not formally signify the beginning of a procurement and does not constitute a commitment by the Council to undertake any procurement exercise.Potential suppliers that are interested in this opportunity should register their interest by sending an email to procurementteam@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published7 June 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

East Suffolk Council is a local authority that runs procurement through a shared service covering four councils and its own trading company. Great Yarmouth Borough Council, South Norfolk Council and Broadland District Council all use the same procurement team. East Suffolk Services Limited, the council's own trading company, is covered by the same arrangement. Suppliers register on the In-Tend portal to view and respond to live tenders. Contracts are awarded on value for money rather than lowest price alone, under open and transparent procurement rules. The council pays 98% of its suppliers within 30 days.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of East Suffolk Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

45212000 · Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants
45212100 · Construction work of leisure facilities
45212110 · Leisure centre construction work
45212420 · Construction work for restaurants and similar facilities
45212421 · Restaurant construction work
75112000 · Administrative services for business operations
75125000 · Administrative services related to tourism affairs
79993000 · Building and facilities management services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-suffolk-council.gov