Official UK procurement notice
Tender for Cafe Design, Refurbishment & associated works at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot & Refurbishment and associated works at The Beacon Arts Centre, Wantage
Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Vale of White Horse District Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Invitation to Tender ("ITT") is issued to those bidders wishing to provide a tender to South Oxfordshire District Council and the Vale of White Horse District Councils ('the Employer') for the Café Design & Refurbishment, Toilets Upgrade and Minor Fire Door Works at The Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot and The Beacon Arts Centre in Wantage (the "Contract"). For more detailed information on the specific requirements at each of the sites, tenderers should refer to document SD 3.1: Works Schedule - Cornerstone Arts Centre & The Beacon Arts Centre.
CPV: Refurbishment work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£650,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality (including social Value): 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality (including social Value)
- Price
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 15 Jul 2025, 06:10 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2025, 06:10 BST
- Authority reference
P-000025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039770- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055ef1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
The councils use the Proactis e-procurement system to run their procurement opportunities.
This opportunity can be found by searching sebp.due-north.com ↗ by clicking on Opportunities, filtering to South Oxfordshire District Council and clicking on the appropriate opportunity.
Timeline
15 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 06:10 BST
- Clarification questions by5 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published15 Jul 2025, 06:10 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Vale of White Horse District CouncilProcuring entityPartner
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender