Telford & Wrekin Council launches tender process for £240 million building works programme
Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a tender process for £240 million worth of building works set to take place over the next decade.
The document, outlining a major building works framework, was lodged on the Government's tender portal this week - and is asking for construction firms to bid for up to £240 million worth of new building projects.
The framework will see the successful bidders undertake a series of large-scale construction projects across the borough of Telford and Wrekin, with some individual developments exceeding £120m in value.
The authority says the framework will deliver a rolling programme of capital works across its estate over a period of eight years, between May 22, 2026 and May 21, 2034.
However the arrangement will not include routine planned maintenance on local authority properties, which is covered by a fixed-term contract and is procured under separate arrangements, the council says.
The framework will run alongside the council's £300m regeneration programme - which includes major projects in the town's 'Station Quarter' alongside a series of large-scale construction projects already underway in Oakengates, Wellington and Dawley.
The schemes include the £300m regeneration of a 6-hectare parcel of land in Telford's town centre to replace what the authority describes as "dated office and retail accommodation that no longer meets modern requirements" with a new education and learning hub, residential apartments and a 142-bedroom hotel complex.
Around half the funding for the scheme has been provided by Telford & Wrekin Council, but the work has been part-funded by West Midlands Combined Authority, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the Towns Fund and the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Telford & Wrekin Council says all of its current regeneration projects are due to be complete by the end of 2027.
