Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement - Granville Flood Alleviation Scheme

Authority: Slough Borough Council (Local council)

WorksSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 19 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 mostarts 2 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Preliminary Market Engagement exercise aims to identify the potential to increase the number and type of organisations who would be interested in tendering for the Project Sponge: Granville Flood Alleviation Scheme

CPV: Drainage and surface works · Drainage construction works · Drainage works · Dredging and pumping works · Flood-defences maintenance works · Flood-prevention works · Irrigation works · River regulation and flood control works · Riverbank protection works · Siteworks · Structural works · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 4 moSME
Contract period: 2 Nov 2026 — 26 Feb 2027 (4 mo)Eligibility: SME eligible
45113000 Siteworks45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work45223200 Structural works45232120 Irrigation works45232450 Drainage construction works45232451 Drainage and surface works

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Drainage and surface worksDrainage construction worksDrainage worksDredging and pumping worksFlood-defences maintenance worksFlood-prevention worksIrrigation worksRiver regulation and flood control worksRiverbank protection worksSiteworks+2 more
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f728

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published12 days ago
    10 Sept 2026, 15:32 BST
  2. Market engagement4 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTin-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/asp… Reference - SBC - 039226
  3. Tender notice expectedin 27 days
    19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 40 days
    2 Nov 2026, 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
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Sept 2026, 15:32 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Slough Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMLW-2634-YYNX Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough, South East, SL1 2EL [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure