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    ContractsNorthampton Central Library Refurbishment Project
    Awarded contract

    Northampton Central Library Refurbishment Project

    Awarded
    £851.3k
    Published 27 Jul 2026

    West Northamptonshire Council invites regional contractors to quote for refurbishing Northampton Central Library, enhancing accessibility and adding family hub facilities, with work planned from May 2026 to May 2027.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· East MidlandsPublished 27 Jul 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £851.3k
    Published 27 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £851,341
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Construction
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      East Midlands

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • MS
      Mineral Star Construction Ltd
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    27 July 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    West Northamptonshire Council is seeking qualified contractors to undertake refurbishment works at Northampton Central Library, a Grade II Listed building serving over 175,000 annual visitors. The scope includes enhancing accessibility and safety, converting the existing lift to an evacuation lift, creating a new 0-19/25 family hub with therapy and sensory rooms, adding accessible toilets, refurbishing the Carnegie Room for commercial use, establishing new Registrar's and staff offices, and redecorating specified areas. The project will modernize this flagship 1910 library to provide wider services including the Business & IP Centre, Discover local history service, and West Northamptonshire's main Registrar's office. This is a Reserved Below Threshold procurement open only to suppliers located in Northamptonshire or its bordering counties (Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, and Warwickshire). Site visits are available outside operating hours by prior confirmation. Project timeline: on-site start May 2026, practical completion May 2027. Full details available in the quotation pack on the WNC In-Tend portal.

    Track record

    16 awards · 13 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In construction, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has awarded 16 contracts to 13 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. NDC CONSULTANCY LTD3× · 19%
    2. SEMILONG SERVICES LIMITED2× · 13%
    3. Placefirst Ltd1× · 6%
    4. ALDERMAN ROOFING LIMITED1× · 6%
    5. ISKATE LIMITED1× · 6%
    6. Steele & Bray Ltd1× · 6%

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-0673a2

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