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Planned tendering exercise for Castle Cary station Ticket Offices modernisation

FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:13.

Opportunity overview

Background: Castle Cary railway station is a key transport hub in Somerset, connecting the town and surrounding rural areas to London, Exeter, and Plymouth via the Great Western Main Line. The project is in GWR's programme for design and delivery within this fiscal year 2025. Despite its small size, the station provides essential amenities including a ticket office, waiting shelters, cycle storage, and parking to both the east and west. The existing station building has historical heritage value and is in need of refurbishment to support future passenger growth, improve staff facilities and align with GWR's customer experience standards. The project has recently completed PACE 1 (ES1-ES3) and is currently progressing through PACE 2 (ES4). This Procurement sets out the requirement to appoint a contractor to deliver works from PACE 2 (ES5) through to the end of PACE 4 (ES8) under a JCT Intermediate Works Contract with contractor design responsibility. The scope of works includes a heritage sensitive internal refurbishment of the ticket office building that needs to:- • Enhance ergonomics, • Improve staff working conditions, • Elevate customer experience, and • Optimise station operations. Contract Type: PACE ES5 to ES8 Construction works: JCT Intermediate Works Contract with Design & Build

Classification

  • CPV45100000 — Site preparation work
  • CPV45200000 — Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
  • CPV45300000 — Building installation work
  • CPV45400000 — Building completion work
  • CPV50700000 — Repair and maintenance services of building installations
  • CPV71520000 — Construction supervision services
  • CPV71530000 — Construction consultancy services
  • CPV71540000 — Construction management services

Lots

  • Lot 1£625k

Documents and notices

  • Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
  • This is and Early Expressions of Interest - full tender documents are still being prepared. All suppliers that have expressed an interest will invited to the tender where all information will be published.Open source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
FG002884
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
This is an early engagement and response will be received via eSourcing link shared. Suppliers are encouraged to register on the tendering portal. http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/rQahs
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends
30 Oct 2025, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
29 Sept 2025, 17:00

Contract terms

Financial Terms
JCT terms - monthly valuations paid within 30days of invoice submission

Enquiry period

Ends
22 Aug 2025, 17:00

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Amount
625,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
750,000

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality/ Technical
Type
quality
Description
Submit tenders that include showing their experience working on similar projects. Evaluation will include technical competence and experience.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
55
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Contract acceptance with no/ minimal amendments
Type
quality
Description
JCT IDB Contract acceptance with no/ minimal amendments

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
5
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Name
Price
Type
price
Description
Pricing methodology to be further set up for commercial response document

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
40
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
27 Feb 2026, 23:59
Starts
3 Nov 2025, 00:00

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
It is a pre-requisite of contract award that the successful applicant must register in full with Achilles link-up. GWR has partnered with Achilles, one of the world's largest service providers of global supply chain risk management solutions, to introduce a new global supplier registration and assurance solution. Achilles collects and manages the data that will serve as our main source of up-to-date and verified supplier information to support Supply Chain and Procurement decisions. For more information please contact Achilles at ben.keen@achilles.com
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
Potential Contractor will have to provide details of up to three contracts ("case studies") that demonstrate your technical ability and experience in providing the goods and services that are required by GWR in this tender - working on National Rail property and experience with managing work within an active train station. Please note: the relevant project examples (e.g. similar work programmes within the rail sector, working within live operational Station environment(s) etc) that you have undertaken in the last 5 years should demonstrates your capability to fulfil this requirement.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
45100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Site preparation work
Entry 2
Id
45200000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Entry 3
Id
45300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Building installation work
Entry 4
Id
45400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Building completion work
Entry 5
Id
50700000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Repair and maintenance services of building installations
Entry 6
Id
71520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction supervision services
Entry 7
Id
71530000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction consultancy services
Entry 8
Id
71540000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction management services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
L-1
Description
This is and Early Expressions of Interest - full tender documents are still being prepared. All suppliers that have expressed an interest will invited to the tender where all information will be published.
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
041778-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
21 Jul 2025, 16:43

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-05113733
Name
FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK14
Country
GB
Locality
Wiltshire
Postal Code
SN1 1HL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Milford House 1 Milford Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
privateUtility
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Private utility

Identifier

Id
05113733
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Ronald Muwambi

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PXVG-2764-GZCQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wiltshire · UKK14 · SN1 1HL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05634a-2025-07-21T16:43:23+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·