Building Safety - Higher Risk Building Framework

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.

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 15th 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.