# Building Contractor - Kings Lynn Library - AWARD

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Norfolk County Council.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Norfolk County Council](/buyers/norfolk-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Mace](/contract-winners/mace/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £8,000,000
- Award date: 13 July 2023
- Published: 13 July 2023
- Contract start: 13 July 2023
- Contract end: 8 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: f219aa6a-bc7a-4c20-bf2e-4b53dd311bec-662661
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dc40c6cf-4250-4eca-8ca1-c10498132582

## Description

Norfolk County Council wants to award a contract to a building contractor to work on redeveloping the Argos building in Kings Lynn to a new Multi-User Community Hub \(MUCH\) \.The MUCH should be a place where residents can access a range of public services they value, alongside information and advice they trust, with library and learning at the heart\. It is therefore NCC's intention to appoint a contractor from the start of RIBA stage 2 under a 2 stage D&B contract, as the project will have significant MMC elements and the design contractor needs to engage in design much earlier than in a standard 2-stage D&B\. Appointing the main contractor in this manner will result in there not being a typical client-side design team and would produce performance specifications up to end of RIBA stage 3\. The client therefore retains a small team from each of the companies, responsible for the RIBA stage 1 report, as technical guardians\. The purpose of the design guardians, is to check and ensure the integrity of the stage 1 report and its intentions around sustainability is not compromised\. This will not exclude the companies from partnering with contractors bidding for the works\. A clerk of works will also be appointed client side\. The budget for the construction element of this project is £8,734,000 inclusive of construction prelims, overheads, and profits\. Norfolk County Council wishes to engage with building contractors prior to issue of a contract notice\. If you wish to engage with us, please express an interest in this project and use the correspondence facility\. We anticipate that any planned pre-tender contractor engagement meeting will be conducted over Teams during early February 2023\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f219aa6a-bc7a-4c20-bf2e-4b53dd311bec-662661)