Contract award
Powys signs 3.17 million pound contract for 16 Welshpool bungalows
By Staff Writer | 09-09-2026
Powys County Council has entered into a contract with S. J. Roberts Construction Limited to build 16 council bungalows on the site of the former Gungrog School in Welshpool, Mid Wales, at a contract value of 3,165,338.09 pounds. The contract was signed on 18 May 2026 and runs from 21 July 2026 to 27 August 2027. The contract details notice was published on Find a Tender on 8 September 2026 at 3.06pm.
The scheme
The notice, under reference itt_117230, describes the development as 16 bungalows, comprising four two-bedroom and twelve one-bedroom homes, on the site of the former Gungrog School in Welshpool. The scheme has been designed to meet the Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021, Secured by Design Gold and Lifetime Homes, and the dwellings have been designed to meet an EPC A rating. The notice's start on site field was left as a placeholder rather than a date, so the start on site date is not recorded; the contract period itself begins on 21 July 2026.
The contract
The single contract, titled Development of New Build Council Housing at Former Gungrog School, Welshpool, Powys, has a value of 3,165,338.09 pounds excluding VAT, with the same figure recorded including VAT. The notice marks it as below the relevant threshold. It was signed on 18 May 2026 and the contract dates are 21 July 2026 to 27 August 2027, which the notice gives as one year, one month and seven days. The main procurement category is works and the CPV classification is 45000000, construction work. The contract location is UKL24, Powys.
The procedure type is recorded as below threshold, open competition. The notice records that the devolved regulations that apply are those of Wales.
S. J. Roberts Construction Limited is recorded at Lowfield, Welshpool, SY21 8JX, with the region given as UKG22, Shropshire CC. The notice records the company as a small or medium-sized enterprise and not a voluntary, community or social enterprise. The contract has therefore gone to a firm based in the town where the homes are being built.
What the record does not say
The notice does not state the site area, the tenure of the homes beyond describing them as council housing, the number of tenders received, the evaluation criteria, or the source of funding for the scheme. It does not give a start on site date, because that field on the record was never completed. The 3,165,338.09 pound figure is the contract value as signed; the notice does not say whether it is a fixed price or subject to adjustment, and nothing on those points should be inferred. The gap of nearly four months between the signing date of 18 May 2026 and publication of the contract details notice on 8 September 2026 is on the face of the record and is not explained in it.
The contracting authority is Powys County Council, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5LG, recorded as a public authority in sub-central government. Enquiries are directed to the council's commercial services team by email.