Opportunity brief
Closes in 27 daysPre-construction Services (PCSA) for Design and Build of Temporary Accommodation at Ridgeview, London Colney and Creighton Avenue Garage Site, St Albans
St Albans City and District wish to appoint an experienced contractor to deliver the design and build of temporary accommodation, to achieve an expedited programme of delivery, which considers standard construction details to achieve efficiencies in design, programme and capital expenditure. This appointment will be based on an initial pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) to develop designs for two prospective sites at Ridgeview, London Colney (Lot 1) and Creighton Avenue garage site, St Albans (Lot 2), to be submitted for Planning Applications in Spring 2027 to enable construction later in 2027. Lots: Ridgeview Lodge, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1BP; Creighton Avenue garages site, Creighton Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2LH
- Engineering & Infrastructure
- Public sector
- United Kingdom

- Buyer / issuer
- St Albans City and District Council
- Sector
- Engineering & Infrastructure
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 04 Dec 2026, 14:00 SAST
- Closes in 27 days
- Estimated value
- £6.5m
- GBP
- Submission method
- Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
- Tender number
- SADC 000195
- Status
- Active
Scope summary
St Albans City and District wish to appoint an experienced contractor to deliver the design and build of temporary accommodation, to achieve an expedited programme of delivery, which considers standard construction details to achieve efficiencies in design, programme and capital expenditure. This appointment will be based on an initial pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) to develop designs for two prospective sites at Ridgeview, London Colney (Lot 1) and Creighton Avenue garage site, St Albans (Lot 2), to be submitted for Planning Applications in Spring 2027 to enable construction later in 2027. Lots: Ridgeview Lodge, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1BP; Creighton Avenue garages site, Creighton Avenue, St Albans, AL1 2LH
Category: works
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Open procedure
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
- Notice documentOpen (opens the source site)
Important dates
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 31 Oct 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 04 Dec 2026, 14:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- £6.5m
- Contract type
- Open procedure
- Category
- works
- Source
- UK Find a Tender
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