Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of a development partner for the redevelopment of the Land East of Sevenoaks High Street, Sevenoaks
Authority: Sevenoaks District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of a development partner for works and services to deliver the redevelopment of the Land East of Sevenoaks High Street (the "Site"), including reprovision of a leisure centre and construction of residential units.
The Council has identified the opportunity to regenerate the Site. Various feasibility work and other due diligence studies have been undertaken to explore potential redevelopment options for the Site.
The Council's imperative is to re-provide the Sevenoaks leisure centre, improve the public realm (especially to include the link between the High Street and Knole Park) and to inject the town centre with much needed investment to enhance the vitality and vibrance to sustain the market town.
An initial scheme concept design option has been prepared to demonstrate how the Council's requirements could be delivered across the Site, however the Council is looking to Bidders to prepare their own schemes (as set out in the Memorandum of Information issued via the Council's Portal).
In respect of this opportunity, the Council's advisors undertook a comprehensive market engagement exercise during February 2025. They sought to engage with suppliers to establish the level of interest in the development site and the key parameters for undertaking a procurement. To enable market engagement, a brochure was developed and sent out to 11 suppliers who were identified as being a representative group of developers within the marketplace that carry out town centre or other developments with or for public bodies.
Participation in the PME will not influence future supplier selection, nor does it preclude any organisation from participating in the procurement.
The brochure gave details of the opportunity, the contracting authority's vision for the scheme, the illustrative masterplan (dated February 2025), the intended procurement route, and the key questions on which developer feedback was sought. The market engagement also included parties previously consulted by the Council as part of market engagement in 2022 and 2023. The brochure was used to provide overall context and to help facilitate follow-up meetings with interested parties. The responses received (including from meetings held) have informed the authority's requirements, procurement approach, conditions for participation and award criteria, likely suppliers that may be able to supply the services and works, and the intended commercial terms. The PME also established market knowledge of and interest in the opportunity. Steps were taken and will be taken to ensure that suppliers involved in this market engagement are not put at an unfair advantage in any competition in relation to a contract award to be carried out.
A letter setting out the outcomes of the Preliminary Market Engagement is available through the following link:
sevenoaksgovuk-my.sharepoint.com/personal/david_lagzd… ↗ Preliminary Market Engagement&ga=1
- How the procedure runs: The expected process of the procurement is as set out below, and Bidders should refer to 'Section 2: Participation Process' of the Invitation to Participate and the Invitation to Tender (as issued via the Council's Portal) for further detail: Invitation to Participate: Bidders are invited to submit a Participation Submission. Invitation to Tender: subject to there being sufficient Bidders qualifying, the Council's intention is to invite up to three (3) Bidders to tender. If there is a minimal scoring gap between Bidders three (3) and four (4), the Council reserves the right to invite four (4) Bidders to tender. Following the shortlist, the Council will formally issue the Invitation to Tender to the shortlisted Bidders (the "Tenderers"). The Council intends to hold a number of meetings with the Tenderers to discuss their emerging proposals and require the submission of Interim Submissions for the purpose of providing feedback, before issuing a call for Final Tenders. The Council reserves the right to introduce additional meetings or remove meetings throughout the procurement. The Council reserves the right to vary the process at any stage in the procurement. Please note that the 'contract start date' and 'award decision date' included within this Tender Notice are estimates and may be subject to change.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work · Development services of real estate
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£125,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation as set out in the Invitation to Participate.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation as set out in the Invitation to Participate.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
As set out in the Invitation to Participate.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 55%
- Legal: 10%
- Financial: 35%
Published award criteria (3)
- Financial: Financial Criteria as per procurement documents
- Quality: Quality Criteria as per procurement documents
- Legal: Legal Criteria as per procurement documents
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation as set out in the Invitation to Participate.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation as set out in the Invitation to Participate.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
As set out in the Invitation to Participate.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST
- Last source update
- 30 May 2025, 10:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
P1-434- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022381- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fdcbFind a Tender
- How it runs
The expected process of the procurement is as set out below, and Bidders should refer to 'Section 2: Participation Process' of the Invitation to Participate and the Invitation to Tender (as issued via the Council's Portal) for further detail:
Invitation to Participate: Bidders are invited to submit a Participation Submission.
Invitation to Tender: subject to there being sufficient Bidders qualifying, the Council's intention is to invite up to three (3) Bidders to tender. If there is a minimal scoring gap between Bidders three (3) and four (4), the Council reserves the right to invite four (4) Bidders to tender.
Following the shortlist, the Council will formally issue the Invitation to Tender to the shortlisted Bidders (the "Tenderers").
The Council intends to hold a number of meetings with the Tenderers to discuss their emerging proposals and require the submission of Interim Submissions for the purpose of providing feedback, before issuing a call for Final Tenders. The Council reserves the right to introduce additional meetings or remove meetings throughout the procurement.
The Council reserves the right to vary the process at any stage in the procurement.
Please note that the 'contract start date' and 'award decision date' included within this Tender Notice are estimates and may be subject to change.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 27 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Apr 2025 → 31 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published7 Apr 2025, 09:39 BST
- Next notice expected6 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published16 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Latest notice published30 May 2025, 10:13 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by281 days ago15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts266 days ago31 Jan 2026
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Apr 2025, 09:39 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published16 May 2025, 16:33 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £125,000,00016 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Status changed to active16 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Procurement method changed16 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Tender notice published30 May 2025, 10:13 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Following a request for extension, the deadline for submissions has been extended by one week to 17:00 on 27.06.2025. The deadline for questions of clarification has been extended to 12:00 on 20.06.2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Documents
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Documents
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: In the same manner
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender