Official UK procurement notice
HAR6071 Brunton Wharf Main Works
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking a main contractor to undertake a 2 Stage Design & Build 2016 with a PCSA Agreement prior to agreeing a fixed price, on RIBA Stage 3+ information to build 32 units on the car park site on the Brunton Wharf Estate, Limehouse The proposed development seeks the development of 32 affordable rent residential units, along with new amenity, child play space, wider estate security upgrades and improvements to the existing under-croft parking. The scheme meets the definition of a High-Risk Building (HRB) and, as such, the requirements of the Building Safety Act apply. The revised scheme reflects significant changes made to the design to comply with recent regulatory changes following publication of the Building Safety Act.
Preliminary market engagement was carried out as part of project 2026/S 000-041948 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-069366
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£15,809,000
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must achieve a threshold score in the Council's financial assessment as set out in full in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
All requirements as set out in the PSQ and ITT are to be met
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Quality: Response to six quality questions as set out in the ITT document
- Social Value: Weighting is split with 5% against bidders submission against a number of social value offerings, and 5% being against a qualitative submission as set out in the ITT
- Price: Price is split with 5% being against the price for the PCSA elements and 35% against the Target Construction price
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must achieve a threshold score in the Council's financial assessment as set out in full in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
All requirements as set out in the PSQ and ITT are to be met
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 12:04 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 12:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
HAR6071- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079855- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e97dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment terms are set out in the Contracts provided within the tender pack and align with all relevant regulations
- Risks
Risks to contract performance and price include:
- construction elements which are identified during the PCSA process, where prior information was not provided in the tender pack
- changes in materials prices
- changes in regulation or best practice guidance during delivery
- ground and below-ground conditions, which are uncertain at tender stage and are covered by provisional sums
- Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 (and subsequent Gateway 3) approvals for the higher-risk building, which may affect programme milestones
- availability of GLA grant for the affordable homes
- market conditions affecting the sale and land value of the market-facing homes.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All bidders need to be registered on Proactis/Due North in order to access this opportunity through the London Tenders portal.
Navigate to the 'current opportunities' tab which will re-direct you to Proactis/Due North and search project reference number DN809569 where all documents will be accessible.
Bidders will be able to submit their tender through the relevant Proactis/Due North through the DN809569 project page.
Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published68 days ago21 Aug 2026, 12:04 BST
- Clarification questions by22 days ago6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 13 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 64 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 12:04 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications All bidders need to be registered on Proactis/Due North in order to access this opportunity through the London Tenders portal. https://www.londontenders.org/ Navigate to the 'current opportunities' tab which will re-direct you to Proactis/Due North and search project reference nu…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender