How to win: Gordon Gourt: Capital Works – Main Contractor

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The project has been developed for jLiving (Jewish Community Housing Association) and is located on a 0.2825 hectare site in Edgware on the A5 ‘Stonegrove’ between Stonegrove Gardens and Calthorpe Gardens. The site is currently occupied by Gordon Court, a two storey residential building in an ‘L’ shaped form. jLiving provides the Jewish community with affordable, secure, welcoming accommodation, including associated services for those aspiring to live independently. Gordon Court currently provides: • 33 flats in total arranged over two floors, including 26 studio flats for single people, 6 one-bedroom flats and 1 two-bedroomed flat for couples. • 7 residents car parking spaces. • Parking is available to the front of the property – restrictions apply Mon-Fri 7-10am, 3-6pm. • Parking is also available in Calthorpe Gardens – resident permit parking Mon-Sat 10-11am and 3-4pm. The new development proposes an additional 11 new affordable rented flats, and the reconfiguration of the existing accommodation to create one-bedroom apartments from existing bedsits and ancillary accommodation. The units will be a mix of both 1B1P and 1B2P flats. The new development proposes to retain the

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Jewish Community Housing Association Ltd (jLiving) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £10,200,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 2 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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