Building Safety - Higher Risk Building Framework
Estimated Value
£60,000,000 – £120,000,000
Deadline
31 July 2026
20 days remaining
Published
3 July 2026
Type
Framework
Overview
Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers for inclusion onto a multi contractor framework that will be used to provide building safety projects for several higher risk residential buildings and a mix of medium to low rise residential buildings within the Portsmouth area. The framework will consist of up to 6 contractors.
This will include a 'Primary Tier' of up to 4 contractors and a 'Secondary Tier' of up to 2 contractors to provide contingency. The Council is aiming to have established the framework by September 2026.
Once in place the framework will run for a duration of 4 years extendable by up to a further 2 years in increments to be agreed to a maximum term of 6 years. The value of the framework is estimated to be in the range £60m - £120m.
Key dates
- Duration
- 6 years
Eligibility & compliance
Any changes to the below will be notified to bidders via In-Tend: ITT published via Intend 9 June 2026 Issue Contract Notice on fts 9 June 2026 Site visits 15 June - 10 July 2026 Deadline for clarifications 10 July 2026 at 23:59 Tender return deadline 17 July 2026 at 12:00 Tender Evaluation 17 July - 28 August 2026 Resident Presentations w/c 10 August 2026 Preferred Bidder Discussions 17 - 19 August 2026 Notification of award 1 September 2026 End of standstill period 11 September 2026 Section 20 period 1 September 6 October 2026 Framework Award Confirmation 7 October 2026 Framework Execution 14 October 2026 *In the event that the optional Stage 2 process is required the dates on the schedule above will be amended accordingly and suppliers will be informed via In-Tend SITE VISIT Bidders are required to attend a mandatory site visit to Mill Gate House prior to submission.
Additional details
The framework will be established via evaluation of tenders submitted for the Mill Gate House project. Based upon scoring achieved for the Mill Gate House project, the Council intends to allocate 4 proposed pipelines of work to the highest 4 scoring contractors on the framework. provided they are within a 20% scoring of the highest scoring overall tender.
Each pipeline contains building safety remediation works to 3nr. higher risk buildings. The value of each pipeline varies from £7-9M, however, may be subject to change upon development of designs.
The Mill Gate Building Safety Remediation Project, which will be the first contract let via the framework to the highest scoring contractor. This will be a two-stage procurement utilising JCT PCSA and Design and Building contracts.
Mill Gate House is a 21-storey residential block of flats located within St George's Square, Portsmouth. The building comprises 76 individual flats with a spilt between general needs social housing and sheltered accommodation.
The anticipated project value is circa £5-6 million, and works are programmed to commence on site April 2027 and last approximately one year. The procurement schedule is below.
Site visits are to be held between 15h June - 19th July 2026. Further details and how to book are provided in the ITT documentation on the Council's In-Tend portal. Deadline for submissions is 17 July 2026 at 12:00, via the In-Tend portal.
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Key Dates
Published
3 July 2026
Submission deadline
31 July 2026
Notice type
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