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Essella Road Footbridge

Architectural
construction
engineering and inspection services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Kent County Council: "Essella Road Footbridge". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
5.6Bids / Report
38.1% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 30 active published awards; 21 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
Last source update29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0611ca
What is being bought
Essella Road Footbridge, Ashford, Kent, carries a public footpath over a Network Rail (NR) operational railway, it links a large secondary school with residential catchment area the other side of the railway and is very well used. The responsibility for the maintenance of the footbridge sits with KCC, following an agreement made in 1936 between Southern Railway Company and The Urban District Council of Ashford in County of Kent. The responsibility then transferred over to KCC in 1953, after taking over the role of Highway Authority, at that time. Due to the deterioration of structure, it is KCCs duty to ensure sufficient design and works are carried out to improve the current state and ensure that the footbridge is fit for continued public use. The structure crosses 2 no. tracks on the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury) line between Ashford and Wye stations. The structure also crosses an additional 4 no. tracks and infrastructure forming part of a rail maintenance depot operated by Hitachi. The bridge deck is a 37.5 m single span steel through truss on masonry abutments. Each abutment comprises two voided sections forming a tower beneath the landing at the deck ends, and the approach stairs used to access the structure.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Council require delivery of detailed design work for the Essella Road Footbridge in preparation for construction, including: • a gap analysis of outstanding data; • investigations and information required; and • to provide a budget estimate for each stage. The Council are recommissioning design work via Lot 2 - Highways and Highways Structures of the Medway County Council's Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy Services Framework
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Jan 2026, 11:19 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 20 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · £115,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
PROJECT CENTRE LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£115,000 · signed 20 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Kent County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-30181
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  • Kent County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Maidstone, UKJ45, ME141XQ
    laura.garay2@kent.gov.uk

  • Kent County Council
    reviewBody

    Maidstone

  • Project Centre Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 02625312
    London, UK
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis is a call-off contract via Medway County Councils Civil & Structural Engineering Consultancy Services Framework under 'Lot 2 - Highways and Highways Structures'.