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Published 2 Jul 2025, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ESNEFT2694 Colchester Sensory Garden

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsReserved: K02000001SME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£150,000£190,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Aug 2025
Contract term 2 moends 30 Oct 2025 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation Trust includes, but is not limited to, the creation of new sensory garden in Children’s ward and refurbishment of outpatients courtyard. There are minimal works to ground finish in the courtyards and then the construction of the new design issued by the Client. There are various notes on the tender drawings to assist in what works are required by the Trust/Client. In all instances the currently issued and clarified responses through the tendering portal and associated issued tender documentation and designs are to be relied upon as the current version as provided by the appointed design team on behalf of ESNEFT. Any bidders wishing to submit a bid/ tender need to be registered to the Atamis portal. All of the tender documents can be found within the 'Documents tab' within the project on the Atamis portal. The link for this is as below, any issues registering to Atamis please contact [email protected]. All Tender Documents in relation to ESNEFT2694 Colchester Sensory Garden Project Will only be accepted as a submission if submitted in the Atamis portal. atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_… ↗

CPV: Building construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 moSMEVCSEPublished value£150,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 30 Oct 2025 (2 mo)Value: £150,000 exc. VAT · £190,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Open Procedure

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality and Social Value Weighting: 40%
  • Finance Weighting: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality and Social Value Weighting: Quality 30% Social Value 10%
  • Finance Weighting
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    Open Procedure

What this means for your bid
  • 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
2 Jul 2025, 15:45 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2025, 15:26 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036892
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557c9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission not allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Any bidders wishing to submit a bid/ tender need to be registered to the Atamis portal. All of the tender documents can be found within the 'Documents tab' within the project on the Atamis portal. The link for this is as below, any issues registering to Atamis please contact [email protected]. All Tender Documents in relation to ESNEFT2694 Colchester Sensory Garden Project Will only be accepted as a submission if submitted in the Atamis portal. atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_… ↗

Timeline

2 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 15:45 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 15:26 BST
  3. Clarification questions by
    28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Submission deadline
    1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 15:45 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 15:21 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 1 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
    4 Jul 2025, 15:21 BST
    +2 days · was 30 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 15:25 BST
    UK4
  5. Tender notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 15:26 BST
    UK4
Published amendments (3)

Timeline

County

County

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 2 Jul 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJQH-1423-GWPM Colchester District General Hospital,Turner Road, COLCHESTER, East of England, CO4 5JLContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
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