Official UK procurement notice
SC22244 White Horse Wood Country Park Natural Burial Site
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWhite Horse Wood Country Park, located at the top of Detling Hill, is a 65 acre site incorporating maturing woodland, planted in 2000/2001, open spaces and the ruins of Thurnham Castle. The site is located in the Kent Downs AONB and contains Thurnham Castle which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and remnants of an iron age fort.
The site has the potential to operate as a natural burial site as well as a country park. The Council would like to engage with interested parties to understand the potential development of the site, with a particular focus on the following elements;
- Dual operation of White Horse Woods as a public country park for recreation and leisure as well as a natural burial site for both body burial and ash interment.
- Delivery of facilities including but not limited to a multifunctional building and toilets.
- Opportunities for educational learning on site, community engagement and volunteering.
- Opportunity for alternative income generating activities that are in keeping with the development of the country park as described above.
- Sustainable management of the country park post commercial burial activity
Additional information can be found here: www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-communit… ↗
CPV: Funeral and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Market engagement:Planned
Market engagement:
As part of this process, the Council wishes to engage with the market to gain their insights and experience in this field. We intend to conduct some market engagement meetings during October and November 2022. We will send invites to these meetings based on responses to the attached questionnaire. Please express an interest in this opportunity, and then provide your response to the Market Engagement Questionnaire via the Messages facility on the Kent Business Portal.
The Council will use this engagement to inform interested suppliers of our progress and may also ask for feedback on potential proposals as they develop.
Organisations who do not express an interest in response to this PIN will not be precluded from applying to take part in the Council's chosen procurement strategy and conclusion of our engagement findings will be shared with the published call or calls for competition.
Forms for completion:
Please find attached a Market Engagement Questionnaire designed to gather information relating to this tender, which will be used to inform KCC’s strategy for commissioning these services.
Please complete and return via the Messages function on the Kent Business Portal no later than 12:00 noon on 30 September 2022.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 24 Aug 2022, 15:56 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2022, 15:56 BST
- Authority reference
DN629987- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023665- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03629aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Aug 2022 → 3 Apr 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published24 Aug 2022, 15:56 BST
- Tender notice expected3 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
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
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