Official UK procurement notice
160 Friar Street Commercial Unit Strip-out & Refurb
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)
Awarded value£120,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 13 Aug 2025
Awarded to MORRIS & BLUNT LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQuotations are invited for the supply of building works to complete the strip-out, make good and refurbishment of the retail unit interior and shopfront to a white-box level, including general building work and MEP work, with Contractor's Design.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 13:25 BST
- Authority reference
RBC P 00002277- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048396- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05870aFind a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2025- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2025, 13:25 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £120,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS & BLUNT LIMITED25 Aug 2025 – 28 Nov 2025 | £120,000 inc. VAT | 13 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MORRIS & BLUNT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender