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Sheepfolds Mobility Hub
Sunderland City Council · Local authority
In brief
Sunderland City Council has announced plans to buy construction work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £11,200,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 27 months, starting 14 September 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 15 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Design and build of the Sheepfolds Mobility Hub.
Key Mobility Hub components
The Mobility Hub is planned to be a multi-story building, providing several mobility-related and other community facilities on floors Lower Ground, Ground and First. Further upper floors will be car parking spaces. The Mobility Hub will feature the following components (provisional numbers):
Car parking (192 spaces)
EV charging (up to 45 spaces)
Car clubs (6 spaces)
Secure cycle parking (90 spaces including some cargo/accessible bike spaces, bike store of 152m² and 44m² with repair stands)
WC (6no.)/showers (2no.)/lockers along with secure cycle parking
Parcel lockers (55m² room giving 28m linear frontage)
Cycle Café (107m² floor area) and other commercial rental space (69m² floor area)
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 045529-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 045885-2026
About the buyer
Sunderland City CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
146Awards
109Suppliers it has used most for construction
- Brims Construction Limited2 contracts
- Oakes Energy Services Ltd2 contracts
- Able Construction (Northern) Ltd1 contract
- Advanced Renewable Power Ltd1 contract
- Arm Pipetek Ltd1 contract
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From notice 045529-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 18 May 2026, last updated 19 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.