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# Iron Line, Millom, Cumbria

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iron-line-millom-cumbria-ocds-h6vhtk-02e322). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Copeland Borough Council: "Iron Line, Millom, Cumbria". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.colander.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Copeland Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/copeland-borough-council-GB-FTS-105521)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Artistic services, Engineering works and construction works, Landscape architectural services, Landscape protection services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iron-line-millom-cumbria-ocds-h6vhtk-02e322#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e322`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iron-line-millom-cumbria-ocds-h6vhtk-02e322#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [colander.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.colander.co.uk%2Farchitectural-competitions%2Fcolander-competitions%2Firon-line-millom-cumbria)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iron-line-millom-cumbria-ocds-h6vhtk-02e322#participate

## Description
Copeland Borough Council (CBC), led by the Millom Town Deal Board, is delighted to have been awarded a sizeable grant from the
government’s Town Deal, to deliver a transformational programme of investment and development for the Millom and Haverigg area. The
purpose of the funding is to drive long term economic and productivity growth, through investment in connectivity, land use, economic
assets (including cultural assets), skills and enterprise infrastructure.
Millom is a peninsular town in South West Cumbria. Together with the adjacent coastal settlement of Haverigg, it is home to 7,300
residents and serves a large rural catchment of some 11,500 residents. Millom’s growth was founded on the discovery of iron ore in
Hodbarrow in the mid 19th Century, however since the closure of the mines in 1968, the town has been left without a clear economic
purpose. Today, Millom is struggling to maintain a vibrant and viable town centre offer. It is the intention to use the Town Deal grant to
facilitate economic growth, through a place making initiative celebrating the town's exceptional natural environment, and so, underpin a
thriving and resilient community through sensitive public realm design, heritage, and culture.
Millom has a unique and breathtaking setting, framed by the Lake District fells, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. It is this natural
setting and the industrial heritage of the iron works at Hodbarrow that are the catalysts for ambitious plans to drive sustainable economic
growth across the area, by creating thriving independent businesses and a distinctive culture, arts and tourism offer, in close proximity to
the UNESCO heritage site that is the Lake District National Park.
The awarded funding is for four interlinked projects, each of which has been selected by the local community, which together form the
Town Investment Plan:
1. The Iron Line
2. Reactivating heritage buildings
3. Activating community health
4. Connecting Millom and Haverigg
This competition addresses one of these projects: the Iron Line.
The Iron Line is conceived as one element in South Copeland’s tourism offer, a day out for visitors but somewhere to return to because of
its natural beauty and the quality of its educational and commercial offers. The aim of the Iron Line is to transform the area around the
unique coastal lagoon at Millom into a recreational attraction that fuses ecology,heritage and culture within this fully inclusive natural
green space.
As a point of difference, the project must embellish and support Millom’s reputation as a fully accessible place to visit, work and live,
facilitating health and wellbeing within the local population and helping to attract the ‘purple pound’ with a positive approach to
accessibility for all. The Iron Line will target all ages and provide a multi-sensory experience so everyone can participate and enjoy the
unique setting.
However, perhaps the most important issue for any design team will be the balance between natu...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/iron-line-millom-cumbria-ocds-h6vhtk-02e322)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45220000, 71400000, 71420000, 90721100, 92312000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** This is a competition to find the right design team with whom a sensitive yet stimulating intervention can be created within an area of
extraordinary natural beauty, close to the Cumbrian Lake District. It is not a competition to identify a design so...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000170-2022-23471-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Layer Studio**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-39558`
  - Value: £500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000170-2022-23471-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000170-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-05T11:35:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:08:34.908Z
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