Official UK procurement notice
PA2 - Archaeological Management Plan & HE1 Works Specification, Wallingford Scheduled Monuments
Authority: Wallingford Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWallingford Town Council, working in partnership with Historic England, seeks a suitably qualified archaeological and heritage consultant to prepare an Archaeological Management Plan and a costed specification for HE1 capital works across the Scheduled Monuments within the Council's public parks in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
The sites covered are the Wallingford Town Walls, the Saxon burh (town) defences, and Wallingford Castle and the Motte. These are nationally important Scheduled Monuments, and elements of the Town Walls are recorded on the Heritage at Risk Register. The work is intended to inform and enable future conservation works, including measures to limit erosion, manage vegetation and shrub coverage, and address unstable trees, while protecting buried archaeology and the historic character of the sites.
The appointed consultant will be expected to assess the monuments, set out a management approach, and produce a clear, costed specification suitable to inform a subsequent, separately procured works programme.
The full brief, scope of works, form of response and pricing schedule are provided in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which tenderers should read in full before submitting.
CPV: Archaeological services · Preservation services of historical sites and buildings
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£40,000
- Condition of participation
Professional standing and technical capability
The work must be led and project-managed by an experienced archaeologist who is, or is working within, a Registered Organisation of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), adhering to CIfA professional standards and guidance. Suppliers must be able to assemble and manage a suitably qualified and experienced team (including relevant sub-contractors) capable of delivering the full scope of the brief, which may include archaeological, ecological, structural engineering (conservation-accredited) and forestry input. Suppliers must be able to provide CVs for key personnel delivering the project and examples of comparable work on heritage or scheduled monument sites.
Insurance
Suppliers must hold, or commit to obtain prior to commencement of the contract, the following minimum levels of insurance:
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million (not applicable to sole traders);
Public Liability Insurance of £1 million;
Professional Indemnity Insurance of £1 million.
Suppliers will be required to self-certify these insurance levels as part of their submission.
Sub-contractors
Where sub-contractors are used, the principal contractor must engage and monitor their work in consultation with the Council and Historic England, and ensure all sub-contractors are suitably qualified and experienced.
Full details of the requirement, the scope of works, the professional team expected, and the pricing schedule are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which suppliers should read in full before submitting.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: Tenders will be assessed on both quality and price, with a 60:40 weighting in favour of quality. The criteria and their weightings are: Quality (60%) Detail of methodology and approach to the works - 50% Proven relevant experience - 10% Price (40%) Pricing and value for money - 40% Suppliers should ensure their submission addresses each of these criteria. Full details of the requirement and what should be included in a response are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which suppliers should read in full before submitting.
- Condition of participation
Professional standing and technical capability
The work must be led and project-managed by an experienced archaeologist who is, or is working within, a Registered Organisation of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), adhering to CIfA professional standards and guidance. Suppliers must be able to assemble and manage a suitably qualified and experienced team (including relevant sub-contractors) capable of delivering the full scope of the brief, which may include archaeological, ecological, structural engineering (conservation-accredited) and forestry input. Suppliers must be able to provide CVs for key personnel delivering the project and examples of comparable work on heritage or scheduled monument sites.
Insurance
Suppliers must hold, or commit to obtain prior to commencement of the contract, the following minimum levels of insurance:
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million (not applicable to sole traders);
Public Liability Insurance of £1 million;
Professional Indemnity Insurance of £1 million.
Suppliers will be required to self-certify these insurance levels as part of their submission.
Sub-contractors
Where sub-contractors are used, the principal contractor must engage and monitor their work in consultation with the Council and Historic England, and ensure all sub-contractors are suitably qualified and experienced.
Full details of the requirement, the scope of works, the professional team expected, and the pricing schedule are set out in the …
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 7 Aug 2026, 16:03 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075429- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06df6dFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders are submitted electronically by email to all three of the following addresses: [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected], using the subject line "PA2 Tender Submission". No electronic auction will be used. Full submission instructions are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief, available at www.wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/pa2-brief/ ↗.
Timeline
7 Aug 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published81 days ago7 Aug 2026, 16:03 BST
- Latest notice published43 days ago14 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- Clarification questions by34 days ago23 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 4 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2026- Tender notice published7 Aug 2026, 16:03 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2026, 13:29 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Sept 2026, 13:09 BSTUK4
Published amendments (2)
Query: Clarification of the scope, outputs and expertise of the Landscape Specialist role, and how it feeds into Tasks 1 and 2. Response: Role. References to "Landscape Specialist" should be read as Landscape Architect. The role combines defined design work with advisory input: designing landscape proposals for the restoration of the Motte following clearance, and advising on vegetation establishm…
Tender Clarification Note 02 Date of issue: 14 September 2026 Issued by: Wallingford Town Council Status of this note This note contains one amendment to the tender brief. It is issued to all tenderers in the interests of fairness and consistency. Tenderers should take its content into account when preparing their submissions. 1. Structural engineer - accreditation requirement Reference: Section 9…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications PA2 Tender Brief - the full requirement, scope of works, form of response and pricing schedule. Suppliers should read this in full before submitting.
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
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