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Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Floating Bridge (Chain Ferry) Cowes / East Cowes

Architectural
engineering and planning services
Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works
+7 more
South East (UKJ34)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Isle of Wight Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Floating Bridge (Chain Ferry) Cowes / East Cowes". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityIsle of Wight CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Isle of Wight Council
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Published history for Isle of Wight Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2.2Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BARNARDO'STop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
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Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 78 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BARNARDO'S1 win£9,482,285
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityIsle of Wight Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
Last source update25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationArchitectural, engineering and planning services, Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works, Ferry transport services, Integrated engineering services, Marine construction works, Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment, Shipping operations, Ships and boats
Delivery area
South East (UKJ34)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065c52
What is being bought
The Isle of Wight Council (the Council) has resolved to replace the current Cowes Floating Bridge 6 chain ferry, which serves the communities of Cowes and East Cowes with a new vessel that meets improved performance standards and reduces the financial subsidy provided from the council to the service. To help inform how the Council could tender for this project it has resolved to undertake a preliminary market engagement exercise. This UK2 Notice forms the first stage of that exercise and as such the Council is seeking insight from relevant marine related organisations. The dates set out to this notice are indicative for a design build phase to commissioning into service - but would be informed by the market.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    25 Feb 2026, 15:25 GMT
  3. engagement
    31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    This is an initial engagement process - the Council may conduct further rounds of preliminary market engagement based on findings from initial supplier insight. Specifically the Council has set out a series of questions which we are seeking insight from the marine supplier market. The questionnaire can be accessed by the below link: https://forms.office.com/e/mit9rHfgKz The Council has also produced an accompany document that provides more details on the current context and how to engage. If you would like this document please contact Steve Sandercock (Procurement Consultant) steve.sandercock@iow.gov.uk
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Isle of Wight Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGYX-7387-YJXG
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  • Isle of Wight Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PGYX-7387-YJXG
    County Hall, Newport, UKJ34, PO30 1UD, GB
    procurement@iow.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published