Official UK procurement notice
Corbens Place Phase 2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Maidstone Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMaidstone Borough Council is looking to appoint a contractor to provide high quality design and construction works to deliver new affordable housing schemes. The development proposals will deliver Phase 2 Corbens Place, consisting of 19 Houses and 4 maisonettes with associated car parking and landscaping, just off Tonbridge Road, Maidstone.
The appointed contractor will be required to work alongside the Council's appointed Employers Agent (Calforseaden) and ensure that all the design and construction works are compliant with the planning drawings, design, specification and employer's requirements and are in accordance with good construction works
practice.
Calfordseaden are providing the Council with the services of Employer's Agent which includes Contract Administrator, Principal Designer and Clerk of Works. They will be helping to design and administer the project and JCT Design and Build Works Contract, including producing and checking specification and contract documents, checking progress and quality of works on site, certifying Practical Completion as appropriate, validating and certifying payments and monitoring compliance with employer requirements.
CPV: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£0
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Quality
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 7 May 2025, 14:40 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
DN773618- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019411- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050deeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenderers must submit their response via The Kent Business Portal.
Project Reference - DN773618
Project Name - Construction - Corbens Place Phase 2
Timeline
7 May 2025 → 10 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published7 May 2025, 14:40 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent356 days ago29 Oct 2025
- Latest notice published235 days ago27 Feb 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Standstill ends223 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025- Tender notice published7 May 2025, 14:40 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:57 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Feb 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Contract signature expected11 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKILLCROWN HOMES LIMITED11 Mar 2026 – 12 Jul 2027 | £7,245,000 | 29 Oct 2025standstill to 10 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonSKILLCROWN HOMES LIMITEDSME · Greater London
- did not winTRINITY HOMES (UK) LIMITEDSME · South East England
- did not winERMINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITEDSME · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- ERMINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- SKILLCROWN HOMES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- TRINITY HOMES (UK) LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Project Reference - DN773618 Project Name - Construction - Corbens Place Phase 2 Tenderers interested in this project, must register their interest via The Kent Business Portal. Once registered, all documents will be available, tenderers will also be able to ask any questions thr…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender