New EV Depot - Designer Services - Soft Market Engagement

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    "description": "The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames (RBK) needs to relocate two key partners from their current locations into a new shared site. The proposed site has been identified by RBK Property. The site is currently a car park which is leased to a commercial tenant. The lease end date with this commercial tenant is 16 March 2026. The overall objective is to accommodate both key partners on the site and this will require shared access arrangements. Both users have provided a list of requirements/needs and an architect has been appointed to prepare basic capacity drawings to assist with the formation of the RIBA stage 0 strategic brief. RBK is currently looking to conduct a detailed feasibility up to RIBA stage 2. ",
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        "id": "079037-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079037-2025",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2025-12-02T15:50:53Z"
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        "dueDate": "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00",
        "description": "The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking to engage with the Architectural services market in preparation for the forthcoming procurement of a New EV Depot - Designer Services\nThe purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to gather insights from suppliers to inform the future procurement strategy, contract structure, and scope of services ensuring best value, innovation, and sustainability.\nThe Preliminary Market Engagement documents have been published on the Council's e-procurement portal, London Tenders Portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=088a6e24-96cf-f011-813a-005056b64545\nPlease access the project via the portal to download and complete the Pre Market Engagement questionnaire. Please submit your response via the portal."
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