Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement - Liden Brook Bridge Maintenance Works – Southern Connector Road
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites market engagement from suitably qualified and experienced service providers ahead of an upcoming tendering activity associated with maintenance and remedial works at Liden Brook Bridge (Southern Connector Road, Swindon).
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) helps the Council develop its detailed understanding of the current supply market by gathering key information from suppliers that will help inform the planning and conduct of future procurement procedures.
Project Description
The Council is working with a design engineer to support the progress of the proposed maintenance works. The primary matters identified for remedial works include excessive translational movement arising in several elastomeric bearings and excessive settlements on the approach to the bridge. There are several other defects that are present in the bridge, which will look to be addressed within the same contract, these include repairs to parapets, approach safety barriers (Vehicle Restraint Systems), bridge joints, riverside maintenance paths, etc – further information is included within the PME documentation.
Full details relating to the PME surrounding the future Works are provided in the PME documents.
CPV: Building completion work · Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction supervision services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment · Site-investigation services · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 30 Apr 2025, 11:40 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Apr 2025, 11:40 BST
- Authority reference
1- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017911- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509feFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 Apr 2025 → 6 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published30 Apr 2025, 11:40 BST
- Market engagement17 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Preliminary Market Engagement - Liden Brook Bridge Maintenance Works – Southern Connector Road
Swindon Borough Council invites market engagement from suitably qualified and experienced service providers ahead of an upcoming tendering activity associated with maintenance and remedial works at Liden Brook Bridge (Southern Connector Road, Swindon).
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) helps the Council develop its detailed understanding of the current supply market by gathering key information from suppliers that will help inform the planning and conduct of future procurement procedures.
Project Description
The Council is working with a design engineer to support the progress of the proposed maintenance works. The primary matters identified for remedial works include excessive translational movement arising in several elastomeric bearings and excessive settlements on the approach to the bridge. There are several other defects that are present in the bridge, which will look to be addressed within the same contract, these include repairs to parapets, approach safety barriers (Vehicle Restraint Systems), bridge joints, riverside maintenance paths, etc – further information is included within the PME documentation.
Full details relating to the PME surrounding the future Works are provided in the PME documents.
This PME exercise is issued on 30 April 2025, and will close on 16 May 2025 1200 hrs noon UK Local time.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16 May 2025, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this engagement.
It is anticipated that the subsequent tender exercise will follow shortly thereafter in the summer months of 2025. This will be a competitive flexible procedure and will be evaluated on a price and quality question basis. All future procurement processes will also be advertised via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
PME Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16th May 2025, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Contract starts388 days ago6 Oct 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Apr 2025, 11:40 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender