Job being let by Barking and Dagenham鈥檚 regen company Be First
The first winners on a 拢1bn framework in east London for Barking and Dagenham council鈥檚 regeneration company Be First have emerged.
Be First has split its framework into two with the smaller value lot taking in jobs of up to 拢20m.
The minimum value of work for the larger lot is 拢10m but a number of deals on the four year framework will be north of 拢50m with some jobs approaching 拢100m.
The smaller parcel of work, called Lot 1, has gone to four firms: J Murphy, Jerram Falkus Construction, Mulalley and United Living (South).
The tender process included a competition to build a live project and submissions were assessed against their ability to deliver a 拢5.5 million refurbishment of the Sacred Heart convent in Dagenham.
This has been awarded to Murphy who will build nine flats and 20 new houses at the site.
Be First commercial director Iain Ferguson said: 鈥淚t was an exhaustive selection process but we鈥檙e delighted to welcome these four to the framework.鈥�
Five firms 鈥� Kier, McLaren, Wates, Willmott Dixon and Bouygues 鈥� are in the race for the larger deal which is set to be awarded next month.
The first job on this framework is a scheme to turn a rundown 1960s office block on Barking鈥檚 Cambridge Road called Crown House into a residential development of nearly 400 flats (pictured, below).
Designed by architect Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher, the existing building will be torn down and replaced with a scheme (pictured) of nine storeys and 29 storeys. Be First is developing the scheme alongside a private developer called Lightquote.
The scheme will also include new caf茅s and restaurants, improved public access and a landscaped public square. A grade II-listed church will be retained between the twin towers.
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