Official UK procurement notice
Ross Swing Bridge Penzance - Full Refurbishment
Authority: Corserv Solutions Ltd (Public body)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,000,000£1,200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Nov 2025
Contract term 1 moends 30 Jan 2026 · starts 5 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCorserv Solutions Ltd - Cormac division wish to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified contractor to undertake full refurbishment of Ross Swing Bridge Penzance under NEC3 Option A. Works as follows:
- Removal of bridge via barge to said dockyard, works to take place off site.
- Shot blasting and refurbishment, re-painting of bridge structure, masts and masts stays to be completed.
- Fabrication of new steel deck plates which will then be galvanised. Work to be carried out within a dockyard. Installation will take place once bridge is back in situ in Penzance.
- Fabrication of galvanised new parapet. Installation will take place once bridge is back in situ in Penzance.
- Fabrication of new steel footway which will be bonded to new steel deck plate, as per detail.
- Footway to be surface using Calcined Bauxite, to be installed by fabricator.
- Footway to have polyethylene load bearing foam installed. The bridge is to be barged offsite from Penzance in one piece, to undergo refurbishment in a controlled environment for a period no greater than 6 weeks and returned to site in Penzance by barge”. The intention is to award the contract to the most economically advantageous tenderer based on 40% Quality and 60% Commercial. To access the online question template and supporting documents, express an interest and then click the "start my response" button
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,000,000
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
- Quality: 40% Quality
- Commercial: 60% Commercial
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 23 Oct 2025, 15:51 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2025, 15:51 BST
- Authority reference
DN795209- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067914- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d2b8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please express an interest via the supplying the south west portal
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
To access the online question template and supporting documents, express an interest and then click the "start my response" button
Timeline
23 Oct 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published364 days ago23 Oct 2025, 15:51 BST
- Clarification questions by351 days ago5 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline349 days ago7 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Contract starts291 days ago5 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Oct 2025, 15:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsPlease express an interest via the supplying the south west portal https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk To access the online question template and supporting documents, express an interest and then click the "start my response" button
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender