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Published 13 Aug 2025, 16:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Old Rectory Business Centre

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Real estate services (70) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Jan 2027 · up to 31 Jan 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Old Rectory Business Centre in Northfleet is a Kent County Council (KCC) owned facility that has been offering high quality office space to local businesses since 2009. KCC purchased the property from Gravesham Borough Council in 2004 with the intention of bringing the vacant building back into viable economic use.

The centre is a Grade II* Listed building with a modern Annexe. The centre offers 28 furnished offices providing a minimum of 100 workstations. Presently, it is almost at full occupancy (96%), with a wide variety of businesses operating from the centre.

KCC is planning a procurement process to procure a provider for management services at the Centre from February 2026. Prior to the commencement of the procurement process, we wish to engage with potential suppliers to gather information to help shape our delivery and procurement strategy. Therefore, KCC is seeking questionnaire responses from potential providers able to deliver management services at the Old Rectory Business Centre.

CPV: Real estate services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2027 (1 yr) · up to 31 Jan 2030 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
70000000 Real estate services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
13 Aug 2025, 16:49 BST
Last source update
13 Aug 2025, 17:26 BST
Authority reference
CN250481
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048563
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Real estate services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058764 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Aug 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 16:49 BST
  2. Market engagement
    27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    KCC plan to use the information and feedback we receive to develop our plans for the forthcoming procurement process. The Market Engagement Questionnaire will be used as an opportunity to build upon existing knowledge of the market. This is an open engagement exercise in which any potential providers are invited to participate.

    Please note that participation (or non-participation) in this engagement will confer no advantage or disadvantage during the formal procurement process. Participation in this Market Engagement exercise is not a pre-requisite to participate during the procurement stage. A summary of Market Engagement feedback will be shared with tenderers as part of any subsequent procurement process.

    Please find a link to the advert for the Market Engagement Questionnaire (to be submitted via the Kent Business Portal) here - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

    All responses to this questionnaire should be submitted via the Kent Business Portal, no later than 12pm on Wednesday 27th August 2025. All questionnaire responses will be treated as 'commercial in confidence'.

  3. Contract starts271 days ago
    1 Feb 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 16:49 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 17:26 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

The contact email published in the initial notice has been updated.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDL-8938-YGYW Sessions House, Maidstone, South East, ME14 1XQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure