Tender

M5 Crossing Project - Groundworks

  • Stroud District Council

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-082448

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f4c5

Published 12 December 2025, 12:42pm

Scope

Reference

2.08.00/01

Description

This tender is for the appointment of a Groundworks contractor under a JCT Construction Trade Management 2024 Contract (as amended) to deliver the groundwork package of works for the project for the reinstatement of the Stroudwater Navigation beneath the M5 motorway by utilising the River Frome underpass, all in accordance with all the tender documentation listed on the Schedule 3 - list of numbered documents. The project involves complex interfaces with a live motorway, watercourse management, and significant temporary works by other trade contractors including sheet piling, cofferdams, porta-dams, and dewatering. Delivery requires close collaboration with multiple statutory bodies including National Highways, the Environment Agency, Stroud District Council, and utilities providers.

Total value (estimated)

  • £1,250,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,500,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 30 November 2027
  • 1 year, 8 months

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

  • 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

Contract locations

  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Participation

Conditions of participation

below threshold contract

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

8 January 2026, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

16 February 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Price

Price

 Price 52.00%
Quality

Quality 38% and Social Value 10%

 Quality 48.00%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority

Stroud District Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRHW-3326-HVMG

Ebley Mill

Stroud

GL5 4UB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Chris Mitford-Slade

Telephone: 01453766321

Email: chrisms@stroud.gov.uk

Website: http://www.stroud.gov.uk

Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government