Official UK procurement notice
DN820062 UK4 Tender Notice
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council (SBC) invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced provider for the provision of the Wichelstowe Community Sports Hub Phase 1 Works.
SBC are seeking a contractor to design and build the first phase of the Wichelstowe Community Sports Hub. The budget for the works is fixed and is a made up of a combination of grant and S106 funding. As such the full scheme will not all be delivered in this first Phase. It is anticipated that the Phase 1 works will include groundworks, pavilion, car park, drainage, footpaths and an element of play. The all weather football pitch will be delivered by a third party under the Football Foundation framework.
Full details relating to the Works are provided in the tender documents.
This tender opportunity will be in the form of a 2 Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure, meaning bidders will submit Part 1 first and will then be invited to submit part 2 should they pass the Conditions of Participation set out in Stage 1. Please note that the Stage 2 tender documents are provided in draft at this stage for information and only.Please refer to the timeline in the section below.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
Clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 27th July 2026, 1600 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued on the ProContract tender portal.
Conditions of Participations responses are required to be submitted no later than 3rd August 2026, 1600 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note that this project has been advertised on Find a Tender, however, Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN820062
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible - Above Threshold - Conditions of Participation (Stage 1); Final Tender (Stage 2) Stage 1 – The issue of Conditions of Participation, Tenders must respond to technical questions and meet the threshold stipulated in the Conditions of Participations in order to proceed to the next stage. A shortlist of the 5 top scoring tenders for the technical questions and who have passed all the Conditions of Participation will be invited to Stage 2 – Tender.
CPV: Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants · Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (5)
- Programme: 10%
- Value Engineering Opportunities: 10%
- Delivery Mathodology: 10%
- Price: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Price
- Programme
- Value Engineering Opportunities
- Delivery Mathodology
- Social Value
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Apr 2026, 15:43 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 17:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
DN820062- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060951- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067f55Find a Tender
- How it runs
Competitive Flexible - Above Threshold - Conditions of Participation (Stage 1); Final Tender (Stage 2)
Stage 1 – The issue of Conditions of Participation, Tenders must respond to technical questions and meet the threshold stipulated in the Conditions of Participations in order to proceed to the next stage. A shortlist of the 5 top scoring tenders for the technical questions and who have passed all the Conditions of Participation will be invited to Stage 2 – Tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 3 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 3 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the Attachment area of the ProContract e-tender portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ then Register an Interest before obtaining access and download the Word and Excel formal documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
9 Apr 2026 → 13 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published200 days ago9 Apr 2026, 15:43 BST
- Market engagement185 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the Preliminary Market Engagement documents. Reference DN812473
Suppliers wishing to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement Teams meeting must contact Emma Leake at SBC via the details provided by 24th April 2026 16:00 hrs
The meeting(s) will be arranged following the closure of this period and are anticipated to take place during the weeks commencing 4th May 2026 and 11th May 2026.
- Tender notice published119 days ago29 Jun 2026, 17:41 BST
- Clarification questions by91 days ago27 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline84 days ago3 Aug 2026, 16:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 36h28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 16 days13 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Apr 2026, 15:43 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 17:41 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active29 Jun 2026, 17:41 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Jun 2026, 17:41 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender