Official UK procurement notice
Port of Dover - Commercial Services Framework
Authority: Dover Harbour Board (Public body)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Framework ceiling (notional)£0framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Tender notice expected 7 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsstarts 8 Feb 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Port of Dover is undertaking a tender exercise to appoint partners for the provision of Commercial & Quantity Surveying Services under a new Framework.
Services to be delivered under this Framework will include:
- Cost planning and estimating
- Tender preparation, administration and evaluation
- General procurement advice
- Post- contract administration - valuations, change management, cost reporting etc
This may cover a wide range of projects across infrastructure, highways, marine civils, building works, asset maintenance and heritage.
How the procedure runs: We anticipate a multi-stage process as follows, which will be further detailed in the tender documents: 1. A Participation Stage to reduce the number of tenderers 2. Remaining tenderers will proceed to the Invitation to Tender Stage, with bids to be assessed on the basis of Commercial and Quality submissions. 3. Following the more…
evaluation of tenders, the Client will undertake interviews with a reduced number of tenderers, based on the scores awarded using the criteria to be detailed in the tender documents. 4. The remaining tenderers will be invited to submit their final tenders, which will form the basis of the award decision, alongside the scoring of the interviews.
CPV: Quantity surveying services · Quantity surveying services for civil engineering works
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 8 Feb 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedPublished valueAED 0
- Value
- AED 0 exc. VAT · AED 0 inc. VAT
71322100 Quantity surveying services for civil engineering works71324000 Quantity surveying services
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical — 30%
- Commercial — 70%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 22 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078010
- How it runs
We anticipate a multi-stage process as follows, which will be further detailed in the tender documents: 1. A Participation Stage to reduce the number of tenderers 2. Remaining tenderers will proceed to the Invitation to Tender Stage, with bids to be assessed on the basis of Commercial and Quality submissions. 3. Following the evaluation of tenders, the Client will undertake interviews with a reduced number of more…
tenderers, based on the scores awarded using the criteria to be detailed in the tender documents. 4. The remaining tenderers will be invited to submit their final tenders, which will form the basis of the award decision, alongside the scoring of the interviews.
How it was run
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
The tender will be administered through our procurement platform. Please register here: supplier.in-tend.co.uk/portofdover/home ↗
Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BST
- Tender notice expectedin 5 days7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 33 days4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 33 days · period end, not a bid countdown4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 112 days22 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 128 days8 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BSTUK3
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Full tender documents will be made available upon publishing the tender notice. Interested parties must register on our procurement platform, in order to be able to receive the documents and submit a tender. Registration is available here: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/portofdover/home
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender