Official UK procurement notice
Lowestoft Post Office: Restoration and Conversion
Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Suffolk Council is seeking to procure services of a contractor to carry out the restoration and conversion of the former Lowestoft Post Office into a creative venue with a new build to the rear.
CPV: Art gallery construction work · Building alteration work · Building completion work · Building construction work · Building extension work · Construction work for art and cultural buildings · Construction work for commercial buildings · Other building completion work · Restoration work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- As stated in Tender Documents: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- As stated in Tender Documents: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Aug 2024, 17:06 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 11:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Sept 2024 – …
- Authority reference
2426-PPT-O- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031473- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048839Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Sept 2024, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Sept 2024, 16:00 BST
Timeline
23 Sept 2024 → 11 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Sept 2024, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened23 Sept 2024, 16:00 BST
- Contract starts25 Nov 2024
- Notice published11 Jun 2025, 11:28 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Jun 2025, 11:28 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.2 , IV.2.7 | 23 Sept 2024 | 30 Sept 2024 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barnes Group Limited | £3,895,134 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lowestoft Post office :Restoration and Conversion · The Barnes Group Limited
- Signed
- 2 Jun 2025
- Value
- £3,895,134
- Period
- … – 25 Nov 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- East Suffolk Council Procurement TeamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Barnes Group Limited trading as Barnes ConstructionAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria