How to win: Woodside Changing Rooms Building Refurbishment

About this contract

Watford Borough Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified contractors for the refurbishment of the Stables building and integral multi-sport changing rooms situated within Woodside Playing Fields. The changing rooms are accommodated within a locally listed heritage building known as the stables which originally formed part of the Woodside manor and farm. Watford Borough Council acquired the park in 1948, and the house and farm were demolished in 1959 and stable buildings retained for use as changing rooms and for the Council’s Parks Department Depot. The work will primarily address the fabric repairs and improvements reported in the Stock condition surveys carried out in 2025 which reported on the condition windows, internal and external doors, gutters, roof, soffits and facias as well as internal flooring, timbers, decoration, sanitaryware, toilets, local ventilation, etc. Additional improvements will include the conversion of an existing toilet to an accessible toilet including the provision of an external ramp. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Watford:-Refurbishment-of-run-d

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Watford Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £320,000, 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 20 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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