AwardedAwarded 18 May 2026

Tender for Demolition of existing cricket pavilion for replacement cricket pavilion and storage unit at King George V Playing Field, St Peters Road, Huntingdon, PE29 7DA

Huntingdon Town Council · Local authority

In brief

Huntingdon Town Council awarded grounds maintenance and construction work to Universal Civils and Build Ltd on 18 May 2026.

The notice gives a value of £1,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 6 months, up to 9 months with extensions, starting 29 June 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Huntingdon Town Council are seeking to appoint a suitably skilled and experienced construction contractor to demolish the existing pavilion at KGV playing fields @ St Peters Road, Huntingdon and construct a new cricket and community pavilion and associated landscaping works at King George Fifth Playing Fields in St Peters Rd, Huntingdon. KGV Field was gifted to the people of Huntingdon in ?? This project has been in development for many years, the existing pavilion was built in the 1960's and is no longer fit for purpose and has been closed pending demolition. Scope of requirements The proposed new pavilion building and landscaping works can be summarised as follows: • The new pavilion will…Read the full description
Huntingdon Town Council are seeking to appoint a suitably skilled and experienced construction contractor to demolish the existing pavilion at KGV playing fields @ St Peters Road, Huntingdon and construct a new cricket and community pavilion and associated landscaping works at King George Fifth Playing Fields in St Peters Rd, Huntingdon. KGV Field was gifted to the people of Huntingdon in ?? This project has been in development for many years, the existing pavilion was built in the 1960's and is no longer fit for purpose and has been closed pending demolition. Scope of requirements The proposed new pavilion building and landscaping works can be summarised as follows: • The new pavilion will replace the existing vandalised and out of use pavilion building in King George V playing field to serve players, spectators and local community groups. • The new building will provide the existing Cricket Square with the following facilities: • Changing rooms for teams and officials • Café and kitchen/servery • WC's and showers • Social area to be used by Cricket club and local community groups. The new building is formed of a single storey consisting of 2 changing rooms to accommodate home and away players, a kitchen, public social area with indoor viewing of the Cricket square. External areas to provide unobstructed access into the building, public seating areas, bin storage, cycle, container storage for grounds equipment and car parking. New shrub and tree planting adjacent to the building. The building is required to be robust and low maintenance as well as presenting an attractive and welcoming arrival point for all users and a positive asset to the community. The existing damaged pavilion is to be demolished as part of the contract works. The successful contractor with the responsibility for finalising the design and delivering the new pavilion building and landscaping works, will be expected to co-ordinate and take on the role of Principal Contractor under the CDM Regulations for the various design and works activities contract. Grant Funding Additional grant funding will be applied for to cover some packages of work within the contract, such as PV solar panels, CCTV, Kitchen fit out, Fixture and Fitting. If successful the main contractor will be asked to coordinate with the external contractor to incorporate the work within the programme and scope of the project .

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Universal Civils and Build Ltd (SME)
11 bids received
£1,000,000
Awarded 18 May 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 033420-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 033547-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 044603-2026
  4. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 052595-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

2

Awards

2

Suppliers it has used most for grounds maintenance

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    Closing soon2 days left2 lotsSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £160kestimated
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    £40kestimated
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    Open16 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £300kestimated
  4. Arboricultural Services for Peterborough

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    Open23 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £5mestimated
  5. Highway Grass Verge and Hedge Cutting, Rights of Way - Seasonal Vegetation cuts, Suds and Watercourse Maintenance

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    Open28 days left4 lots

    £1.84mestimated

From notice 033420-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 13 April 2026, last updated 4 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.