Official UK procurement notice
Dartford Town Centre - Westgate Village Development - Works
Authority: Dartford Borough Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Academy Consulting Solutions
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project and development site area incorporates the former Co-op land and property, with the buildings demolished with the exception of the retained façade and partial building facing Spital Street. This extends, for the purpose of the Planning Application, to incorporate Orchard Street and the public highway in Spital Street where it is proposed that there are improvements and amendments to the Adopted Highway. The Council acquired the land and property from Homes England in June 2022 and in 2023, following a competitive process, appointed Peter Barber Architects to prepare a Feasibility Study to explore the options available in land use. A scheme was approved by the Council in 2024 that has been advanced to a Planning Application. Peter Barber Architects are currently developing the RIBA Stage 4 design.
The project incorporates the following:
- 69 homes in buildings (Blocks A–G) up to 4 storeys
- 20% Affordable Housing (as Planning Policy)
- Approximately 22,000 ft² commercial (Class E Space)
- Redevelopment of the former Co-op building to provide entertainment uses (8,500 ft²)
- Public Realm
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- How the procedure runs: Process to include a Pre Qualification stage to assess: 1.Financial Standing 2.Relevant Project Experience 3.Proposed Delivery Team & Resourcing 4.Sustainability, Quality & Added Value 5.Health, Safety & Compliance This is estimated to be issued on Thursday 19th March 2026 with a return deadline of Thursday 16th April 2026. Returns will be evaluated and a shortlist of tenderers then invited to submit a formal tender once internal governance has agreed the next stage.
CPV: Construction work for houses · Flats construction work · Houses construction work · Multi-dwelling buildings construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Dartford Borough Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Dartford Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 108 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 15%
2–311% / 30%
4–633% / 33%
7+56% / 22%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate33% / 37%
Within ±2%50% / 22%
Above estimate17% / 41%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4521Published estimate£25m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 67 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–330%
4–633%
7+22%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 11 Mar 2026, 08:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2026, 08:17 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
DBC00030- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021594- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0666ddFind a Tender
- How it runs
Process to include a Pre Qualification stage to assess:
1.Financial Standing
2.Relevant Project Experience
3.Proposed Delivery Team & Resourcing
4.Sustainability, Quality & Added Value
5.Health, Safety & Compliance
This is estimated to be issued on Thursday 19th March 2026 with a return deadline of Thursday 16th April 2026. Returns will be evaluated and a shortlist of tenderers then invited to submit a formal tender once internal governance has agreed the next stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 14 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 14 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
This opportunity will be publish on the Kent Business Portal.
Timeline
11 Mar 2026 → 29 Oct 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published225 days ago11 Mar 2026, 08:17 GMT
- Tender notice expected216 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by210 days ago26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline191 days ago14 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 7 days28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 7 days29 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published11 Mar 2026, 08:17 GMTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Academy Consulting SolutionsProcuring entitySupport in compiling tender process, tender documents and evaluation
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender