Tender: Outdoor Covered 10-Lane Cricket Facility Construction – University of Worcester Severn Campus

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University of Worcester is seeking a contractor to develop an Outdoor Covered Cricket Facility at its Severn Campus in accordance with the ECB guidance Covered Outdoor Cricket Facilities - Developing Your Project and Covered Outdoor Cricket Facilities - Design Guide v1.1. The brief calls for a 10-lane facility able to host two indoor matches concurrently, measuring 46m long by 52m wide with lane widths of 4m (elite level), orientation as close to North–South as possible with bowlers from the northern end, and siting in the southern part of the site. The design must provide areas between game zones larger than the minimum to improve spectator experience and allow wheelchair passage, include internal storage for bowling machines with protection against frost and damp at the bowlers’ end, open-unit storage for players’ bags and equipment outside the playing area at the bowlers’ end, anti-climb fencing around the covered facility with access gates on the northern and eastern boundaries (details tbc), and soft and hard landscaping to the perimeter. A full scope of services will be issued during procurement; the contractor is envisaged to be appointed on a 2 Stage JCT Design and Build Contract and the University will run a competitive flexible process commencing with a Preliminary Market Engagement Stage.