NEWSBRIEF

tenders for £100m of prison work

The Prison Service is advertising tenders for a 12-month management contracting framework agreement to oversee some £100 million worth of prison refurbishment work per annum throughout England and Wales. Interested parties are to contact the Prison Service's construction unit by 9 October 1998.

two -stage millennium in Norwich?

Construction tenders for the £60 million millennium project in Norwich could go out to tender in November if a two-stage management style contract route is adopted. However, the scheme's promoter, the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Company, stressed no decision has been made on the procurement route yet and a traditional single-stage conventional tender may be used. If so tenders will not go out until around March 1999.

The wonders of Waltham Abbey

The Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Company is inviting tenders for a £5.5 million contract for conservation and restoration work on the historic buildings and structures within the site at Waltham Abbey in Essex. The site contains around 350 structures including 21 Grade I listed buildings, eight Grade II* listed buildings and other Grade II listed structures. Five key buildings will be converted and refurbished to provide information on the history of the site. Turner & Townsend Project Management in London is handling the bids.

Two tenders from the MOD

The MoD's Defence Estate Organisation is inviting tenders for two projects - at Mons Barracks, Aldershot in Hampshire and Blandford Camp, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. The Mons scheme comprises the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of new officers' and junior ranks' living accommodation, garages, workshops, messes and other facilities. The Blandford scheme also requires demolition work and the construction of new accommodation for over 500 people and new messes.