Official UK procurement notice
Swanage Green Seafront Stabilisation and Enhancement Scheme
Authority: Swanage Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwanage is a popular and thriving visitor destination, situated on the south coast adjacent to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The Green Seafront Ground Stabilisation and Enhancement Project is a transformational coastal regeneration and stabilisation scheme focused on protecting, enhancing and future-proofing a key section of the town's seafront, overlooking the beach.
The project includes:
- ground stabilisation and slope protection works
- public realm improvements, including hard and soft landscaping
- supporting infrastructure works, including drainage, utilities and highways interfaces
The Contracting Authority is considering a Design & Build procurement model, under which the appointed contractor will be responsible for both the detailed design and construction of the works. A New Engineering Contract (NEC) Engineering and Construction Contract will be used.
The procurement model and contracting approach will be finalised following feedback captured during the Preliminary Market Engagement.
The scope is expected to include:
- Technical design and construction of ground stabilisation works to include the following methodologies: soil nailing, soil/slope regrading, new retaining walls, repairs to existing retaining walls
- Technical design and construction of structures, including accessible toilet facilities and hard landscaping including seafront plaza area, paths, viewpoints, ramps, steps and the creation of new site accesses
- Technical design and construction of foul and surface water drainage requirements
- Demolition of a former WWII gun emplacement
- Technical design and construction of the infill of Walrond Road to create a continuous green seafront space reusing site arisings to limit import of materials
- The installation of 46 beach huts
- Technical design and Installation of services (electric/water) to supply events fields, accessible toilets, beach huts and proposed semi-permanent food/drink concession unit
- Enhanced replacement planting.
Anticipated procurement programme
At this stage, the Contracting Authority is working to the following programme:
- Procurement Commence - November 2026
- Contract Start - March 2027
These are indicative dates only and may be subject to change.
The construction programme assumes a 27-week construction programme (including a minimum of a 4-week landscape establishment period) as follows:
- Contractor site access - mid September 2027
- Completion and hand back to contracting authority - late March 2028
CPV: Engineering works and construction works · Geotechnical engineering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Miscellaneous engineering services (CPV 7133), and who usually turns up
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Lot #1CPV 7133Published estimate£6.0m
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 6 Jul 2026, 09:18 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jul 2026, 09:18 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063056- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Jul 2026 → 15 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published108 days ago6 Jul 2026, 09:18 BST
- Market engagement82 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Some of Swanage's most cherished seafront public spaces - Sandpit Field, Weather Station Field, and the Spa beach hut area -are experiencing ongoing ground movement and slope instability. Cracks in retaining walls, uneven ground and erosion are putting the safety, usability, and long-term future of these spaces at risk. Home to the Swanage Carnival and numerous other regional events, Sandpit Field alone attracts over 100,000 visitors per annum - demonstrating the importance of the Green Seafront to Swanage's vibrant economy.
To address this, Swanage Town Council is progressing the Swanage Green Seafront Stabilisation and Enhancement Scheme. This is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a transformational scheme to stabilise, enhance and improve the seafront for the future in our thriving and popular seaside town.
The Council, as the Contracting Authority, intends to undertake an open and transparent Preliminary Market Engagement process comprising the following activities:
- a virtual supplier briefing open to all interested parties
- a structured questionnaire to obtain direct feedback on a series of targeted questions
The virtual supplier briefing will be held on Microsoft Teams by members of the project team at 11am on Thursday 16th July 2026. The event is anticipated to last no longer than one hour including opportunity for Q&A. Following the virtual briefing, the briefing deck and a questionnaire will be distributed. The questionnaire will seek attendees feedback on key elements of the scheme, the anticipated procurement and contracting processes.
The Council has the following objectives for these Engagements:
- to build market awareness of the project and share key information
- develop an understanding of the potential supplier market and ensure the proposed approach is attractive to bidders and delivers a strong and competitive procurement outcome
- validate the Council's balanced risk allocation strategy
The session will be recorded and summarised to ensure suppliers have equal access to the same information.
Organisations who wish to receive an invitation to attend should email [email protected] no later than 17:00 on Tuesday 14th July 2026 and provide all of the following information.
- Name of attendee
- Job role
- Name and address of organisation you are representing
- Email address
On receipt of the above you will be added to the invitation list, and a Microsoft Teams meeting invitation will be issued during Wednesday 15th July. Following this event on 16th July, the questionnaire will be issued to all participants by the Contracting Authority with a response date of 31st July 2026.
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 12 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 144 days15 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jul 2026, 09:18 BSTUK2
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- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender