Published date: 8 May 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 28 June 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Primary works for services - 45111290

  • Site-development work - 45111291

  • Dismantling works - 45111300

    • Construction work for art and cultural buildings - 45212300

    • Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest - 45212350

    • Palace construction work - 45212353

    • Structural steelworks - 45223210

Location of contract

SW1A 0AA

Procurement reference

CF-0001500DWS000000R8r72AC

Published date

8 May 2024

Closing date

28 June 2024

Contract type

Works

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Palace of Westminster, which includes Victoria Tower is an internationally important heritage asset acknowledged in its Grade I Listed designation, and inclusion in a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church. Victoria Tower is 325 ft tall and is sited above Sovereign's Gate at the south-west end of the Palace site. The Tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament and is currently home to the Parliamentary Archives although these are in the process of being moved elsewhere.  

Significant repairs were last undertaken to Victoria Tower in the early 1990s. The building fabric has deteriorated in the intervening period, and it is now necessary to undertake repairs to the external envelope of Victoria Tower via a full-height scaffold.  Parliament is exercising their duty of care to prevent future deterioration of the building fabric as custodians of this Grade I Listed asset and to maintain a safe and secure environment in and around the Palace of Westminster.

This notice relates to the Contracting Authority's intention to appoint a contractor under NEC4 Option B contract (with secondary clauses and amendments), to deliver temporary works, and subsequent conservation and repair work, to the Victoria Tower.

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About the buyer

Contact name

PCD

Address

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Westminster, London
SW1A 0AA
GB

Telephone

+44 2072191600

Email

PCD@parliament.uk