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Published 13 Sept 2024, 11:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bearsted Road · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)

WorksCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£10,500,000exc. VAT2.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Oct 2024awarded 14 Jul 2025
Awarded to Breheny Civil Engineering Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over £1bn on goods and services and a population of 1.6m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with the NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, 12 district councils, and 289 parish/town councils. KCC consists of four directorates:

  • Adult Social Care and Health;
  • Children, Young People and Education;
  • Growth, Environment and Transport; and
  • Strategic and Corporate Services.

This service is being commissioned on behalf of the Major Capital Programme Team which sits within the Growth, Environment and Transport directorate.

The A249 Bearsted Road scheme is an important infrastructure improvement which aims to address congestion in Maidstone.

The Bearsted Road scheme involves widening Bearsted Road to provide a 4-lane dual carriageway and a shared footway/cycleway on the southern side of Bearsted Road between the crematorium and New Cut Road. The 'Next' roundabout will be signalised, whilst enlarging and signalising the New Cut (KIMs) roundabout, together with an alternative access and service roads to the Newnham Court Shopping Village.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The objective of the Bearsted Road scheme is to improve capacity and operational…Awarded

The objective of the Bearsted Road scheme is to improve capacity and operational efficiency, together with improved infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. The highway extents are highly constrained and therefore the available solutions are limited particularly as there is a need to minimise land take and any commercial impact on Newnham Court Shopping Village.

The scheme is expected to deliver improved capacity, better pedestrian and cycling connectivity. The dualling option will make it possible for future traffic incidents or maintenance requirements to be catered for under lane closures, therefore enabling a two-way flow of traffic to be maintained and reducing congestion. Additional information: This contract has been awarded using a Price per Quality Point (PQP) assessment, as outlined in the tender documents.

Delivery: South East
Second stage: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Assessment: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Assessment: 50%
  • Price: 50%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 Sept 2024, 11:52 BST
Last source update
16 Sept 2025, 10:12 BST
Authority reference
SC250099
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056827
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049aa9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
14 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Oct 2024 → 16 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 10:12 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Sept 2025, 10:12 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    16 Sept 2025, 10:12 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,800,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Breheny Civil Engineering Limited£10,800,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Maidstone, South East, ME141XQContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria