# Royal Observatory Greenwich - Meridian Courtyard Paving

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED](/buyers/bip-solutions-limited/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £150,000
- Published: 9 October 2024
- Planned start: 9 October 2024
- Planned end: 10 October 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: 0948bb49-e059-4cd1-846b-73500541d654-792223
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-52138c2f-5eda-44af-9c54-dddd08688060

## Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II\.1\.4 Instead of: Short Description: Within the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is the Meridian Courtyard which is the outdoor public visitor space flanked by historic buildings and features; Flamsteed House, Meridian Building, Camera Obscura, the Astronomer's Garden and viewing point over Greenwich\. The Meridian Courtyard has suffered areas of ongoing settlement and surveys have discovered the possibility of remnants of buried structures or voids such as redundant basements and walls\. An opportunity also exists to improve safe level access across the courtyard by improving the surface in a defined pathway\. Accordingly, the client requires expert contractors to lift areas of paving, excavate and explore substrates, liaise with appointed archaeologists, address structures or defects found, reinstate the ground and lay salvaged and new York stone paving\. Read: "Royal Museums Greenwich has decided that the tender exercise and project for the ROG Meridian Courtyard Paving will not now proceed\. This is due to funding and potential impact on another project which has been now given a higher priority\. We greatly appreciate the time and effort put in to the exercise and hope that you would be interested in another opportunity should it be forthcoming\." Other additional information: "Royal Museums Greenwich has decided that the tender exercise and project for the ROG Meridian Courtyard Paving will not now proceed\. This is due to funding and potential impact on another project which has been now given a higher priority\. We greatly appreciate the time and effort put in to the exercise and hope that you would be interested in another opportunity should it be forthcoming\." Within the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is the Meridian Courtyard which is the outdoor public visitor space flanked by historic buildings and features; Flamsteed House, Meridian Building, Camera Obscura, the Astronomer's Garden and viewing point over Greenwich\. The Meridian Courtyard has suffered areas of ongoing settlement and surveys have discovered the possibility of remnants of buried structures or voids such as redundant basements and walls\. An opportunity also exists to improve safe level access across the courtyard by improving the surface in a defined pathway\. Accordingly, the client requires expert contractors to lift areas of paving, excavate and explore substrates, liaise with appointed archaeologists, address structures or defects found, reinstate the ground and lay salvaged and new York stone paving\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0948bb49-e059-4cd1-846b-73500541d654-792223)