Official UK procurement notice
Clerk of Works for Cultural Quarter project
Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Suffolk Council is seeking to commission Clerks of Works Services for 12-month period in support of the Cultural Quarter project from January 2027. Services will support the project team, managing and checking workmanship, quality and safety of work on the project construction sites and reporting back to the Project Manager (ESC).
CPV: Construction-site supervision services · Consultative engineering and construction services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£80,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: 40% quality (divided into sub-criteria as in the tender documents ) and 60% price . Full details in tender documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Authority reference
2896-TEN-O- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082776- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efc6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
1 Sept 2026 → 25 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published54 days ago1 Sept 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions by41 days ago14 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 91 days25 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender A and Invitation to Tender B, Draft ESC Service agreement , Draft ESC Standard terms and Condition, Document Checklist, ITT explanatory notes
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender