ADPAR Street Appointment of Main Contractor replacement

Official notice

Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)

WorksAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: London (UKI32)

Awarded value£8,342,498published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 6 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ADPAR Street Infills Package (B) Appointment of Main Contractor Replacement Contract

CPV: Construction work for houses

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Westminster City Council awarded a contract to Willmott Dixon Construction…Awarded

Westminster City Council awarded a contract to Willmott Dixon Construction (Registration Number 00768173) for a Design and Build contract to complete the main works for Adpar Street which is part of the Council’s Package B scheme development. The contract was awarded for a period of 10 months from December 2024 with a value of £8,342,498. Additional information: The proposed appointment of Willmott Dixon Construction follows Geoffrey Osborne Limited going into administration on the 25th of April 2024, with the Council now seeking to conclude the replacement contractor appointment. At the time of insolvency, the Adpar Street scheme was approximately 80% complete, with an original date for practical completion in July 2024.

Delivery: London · Westminster

45211100 Construction work for houses

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Works
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Apr 2025, 10:22 BST
Last source update: 8 Apr 2025, 10:22 BST
Authority reference: PRJ_30087
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-013555
Classification (CPV): Construction work for houses
Delivery area: London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fe85 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons; Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: The proposal submitted for Adpar Street by Willmott Dixon the project has a range of significant constraints due to the fact the contract is a recovery contract picking up on a partially complete project which at the time of the previous contractor becoming insolvent, the project was not watertight with the roofing only partially complete.
As a function of the risks associated with the partially complete works there was limited appetite from the market to step in as the replacement contractor and accept the associated risk of existing works already carried out by the previous contractor.

Publisher note: The award of this contract to Willmott Dixon Construction a company registered with registration number 00768173 will be to enter into a JCT Design and Build 2016 contract to complete the main works for Adpar Street which is part of the Council’s Package B scheme development. The contract will be for a period of 10 months from December 2024 with a value of £8,342,498.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £8,342,4981 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Willmott Dixon Construction Limited	£8,342,498 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ADPAR Street : Appointment of Main Contractor Replacement · Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
Signed
6 Jan 2025
Value
£8,342,498
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
Westminster City Council awarded a contract to Willmott Dixon Construction…	1bids · 1 electronic	—	—	—
Whole notice	—	—	—	£8,342,498 – £8,342,498

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Westminster City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 64 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1E 6QPContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Willmott Dixon ConstructionAwarded supplier London, London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.