Official UK procurement notice
AM0002ARC - Architect - Greyfriars RIBA 4 - 6
Authority: Gloucester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPRINCIPAL DESIGNER – ROLE SPECIFICATION & PROJECT OVERVIEW
Project Title: Gloucester Greyfriars Project
Location: Eastgate Shopping Centre and Former Pavilion Bowling Green
Appointment Period: December 2026 – April 2028 – Covering RIBA Sages 4-6
Client: Gloucester City Council
Total Project Funding: £11 million Levelling-Up Fund + Council / partner contributions
Cultural Hub Construction Budget - £6 million
Former Pavilion Green Construction Budget - £250,000
SECTION 1 – ROLE PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Effective handover from previous principal designer (RIBA 0-3) to new principal designer, i.e. this role
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Strongly align with RIBA Standard Architectural Contract
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Ensure effective design coordination between the design team and principal contractor
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Maintain alignment with the Project Manager, Levelling-Up Fund programme, outputs and reporting requirements (usually once per month Design Team Meeting).
Greyfriars’s Project Principal Designer – Cultural Hub - Greyfriars
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- Deliver a sustainable design that is accessible, high-quality regeneration scheme that meets the vision for Greyfriars
- Ensure full compliance with Building Regulations, CDM 2015, planning conditions and accessibility standards
- Ensure full integration with planning consultant on the final planning application relating to the cultural hub and former pavilion bowling green
3.0 Key Responsibilities
3.1 Handover from RIBA 3 to RIBA 4 - Transition Notes
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Ensure full clarity, continuity, and legal/regulatory compliance as we move from the current design team to the new Principal Designer.
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Manage the formal transition of the project from the outgoing design team, who have now reached completion of RIBA Stage 3 (Spatial Coordination), to the new Architect / Principal Designer, who will assume full responsibility for delivering RIBA Stages 4 (Technical Design), 5 (Construction), and 6 (Handover & Closeout).
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Our priority is to preserve all agreed design decisions, planning permissions, budget alignment, and stakeholder commitments — while ensuring a seamless handover with no gaps in information, compliance, or accountability.”
CPV: Architectural and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£208,333
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Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality questions - 80%: 80%
- Lump sum price: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality questions - 80%
- Social Value
- Lump sum price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £416,667 (twice the annual value).
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Gloucester City Council buys Architectural and related services (CPV 7120), and who usually turns up
Gloucester City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Architectural and related services (CPV 7120) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid25% / 4%
2–30% / 19%
4–613% / 32%
7+63% / 45%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate71% / 62%
Within ±2%14% / 19%
Above estimate14% / 19%
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Lot #1CPV 7120Published estimate£208k
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1 bid0%
2–31%
4–64%
7+95%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 2 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
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Middle 50%£149k–£200k
Estimate£208k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| THE CLARKSON ALLIANCE LTDWorked for this buyer | PM services for GL1 Leisure Centreruns to Mar 2027 | — | £902k | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Atkins LimitedLarge | £138m83 awards in 36m · last this month | 25 live · £178m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 |
AECOM LIMITEDLarge | £58m127 awards in 36m · last this month | 28 live · £38m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=26 |
| £4.5m18 awards in 36m · last this month | 8 live · £3.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 10% below n=7 | |
| £1.3m5 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | 1 live · £115k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Stride TreglownLarge | £1.1m6 awards in 36m · last this month | None on file | 48% below n=2 |
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 15 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
AM0002ARC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097415- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078869Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Procontract ref - DN827336
Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 22 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published12 days ago15 Oct 2026, 11:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 19 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 38 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 55 days22 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published15 Oct 2026, 11:59 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender