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Wantage Park Crematorium

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BuyerWest Northamptonshire Council
StatusClosed
Deadline21 Jan 2026
Value£9,100,000
Published9 Dec 2025

What is being bought

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is the burial authority for West Northamptonshire under 214 Local Government Act 1972 and for the purposes of the Cremation Acts of 1902 and 1952. Following assessment of the best ways of meeting the needs of Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, respectively, the Council has concluded that it would best be secured through the delivery of a new crematorium. Therefore WNC are proposing a new additional state-of-the-art crematorium and wake facility at the preferred site of Wantage Park, Round Spinney, Northampton NN3 7TR. The proposed crematorium will include ceremonial spaces and a welcoming café for visitors with the aim of providing a vital facility for the West Northamptonshire community. With this new facility, we would aim to meet the growing needs of our population while providing a peaceful and respectful environment for bereavement services. Wantage Park would include an energy-efficient electric cremator, heat recovery systems, solar panels, and green roofs. These features contribute to significantly lower CO2 emissions. The development’s landscaping would also support local biodiversity, enhancing the natural beauty of the area and providing a peaceful setting for visitors. Wantage Park would also offer the community additional benefits, with the surrounding land transformed into recreational spaces with walking paths and green areas, promoting outdoor activities and well-being. Careful planning will ensure the facility would have minimal visual, traffic, and noise impacts on the surrounding area. Infrastructure improvements, such as a new independent access road and enhanced public footpaths, would further support the local community. The design includes accessible parking, adaptable lighting for neurodiverse individuals, and functional spaces that can be used by all faiths and no faith individuals and community groups. The Mayflower Wake Facility, part of the development, would provide a welcoming space for post-ceremony gatherings, including wakes, receptions, and other events. The facility will need to be open for public use by August 2027. Total gross internal area: 1270.00 m² The contract will be awarded to one contractor as a two-stage D&B (Design and Build). The successful contractor will be selected and awarded for the pre-construction phase (PCSA) (stage 1) within the ‘Invitation to Tender (ITT)’ procurement stage. Anticipated PCSA Contract (Stage 1) Start Date 18/05/2026. Anticipated Mobilisation and/or Transition Period 18/07/2026. Anticipated Construction Start Date (Stage 2) 08/08/2026 The procurement procedure route will follow the Competitive Flexible process under the PA 2023, to include two stages: • PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) Conditions of Participation stage and; • ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage. The Authority intends to invite only those Potential Suppliers to the ITT stage that can evidence previous Crematorium contract experience as part of their Technical and Ability response of the PSQ and Conditions of participation stage and have passed the Pass/Fail elements of the PSQ and passed the Financial checks. The tender is subject to planning consent, the initial phase will be the publication of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Conditions of Participation stage. The Tender stage (ITT) will be published subject to planning consent and budget limitation. Site visits are planned to take place during the ITT stage on 05/02/2026 and 06/02/2026 - it is advisable that the successful Potential Providers invited to the ITT stage attend and are available for those dates.

Delivery location

UKF24, GB

Categories

Building construction work 45210000Construction work for crematoriums 45215300

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 9,100,000
Contract periodFrom 18 May 2026 to 2 Oct 2027

Award criteria
Quality — Award Criteria Questionnaire will be evaluated and scored a maximum of 4 marks following the Scoring Methodology table detailed within the ITT document, a Tender Response may be rejected, where the response to any Quality Question fails to achieve a score of 2, even if it scores relatively well against all other criteria. Moderated scores will be divided by 4 and multiplied by the sub weighting (%) of the question, to give a final score (%) for each question. Full scoring criteria is described within the ITT document. (50%)
Social Value — Criteria is detailed in the Social Value Spreadsheet - criteria is split between Qualitative and Quantitative to be added to the Quality scoring/weightings. (10%)
Price — The Potential Supplier with the lowest overall compliant price will be awarded the full Price score - full details provided within the ITT document. (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Building construction work, Construction work for crematoriumsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Building construction work (45210000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4511,3064 median · 26.3 average (3,089 of 11,306 with a bid count)3.8 average (3,404 of 11,306 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer16Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKF24341 median · 5.6 average (10 of 34 with a bid count)2.1 average (10 of 34 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1,0206 median · 9.9 average (13 of 1,020 with a bid count)3.9 average (14 of 1,020 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059eb0
Latest release ID080895-2025
Latest release timestampTue Dec 09 2025 09:26:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080895-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-01-21T12:00:00+00:00
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-04-07T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home As this procurement process is a Competitive Flexible Procedure, not all the documentation for the procurement has been developed and/or published at the PSQ stage. The Authority has provided sufficient information to enable Potential Suppliers to make an informed decision about whether an opportunity is suitable for them. The documentation provided is within the attachments area on the Authority portal (In-Tend). Potential Suppliers are NOT required to and shall not respond to any document other than the electronic ‘Wantage Park Crematorium Procurement Specific Questionnaire_577’ PSQ (as part of the Conditions of Participation Assessment (“CoP”) and the ‘Financial Standing Assessment’ at the first stage. Any such response to another document shall be discarded by the Authority, and not re-visited during the tender stage should that Potential Supplier progress to issue of the ITT; it shall be for the Potential Supplier to respond to the ITT documentation at that time. Potential Suppliers must read all of the tender documents provided at each stage.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£9,100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Dec 2025tender080895-2025
22 Sept 2025planning058343-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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22 Sept 2025 · 058343-2025 · planning
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  "date": "2025-09-22T09:35:11+01:00",
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      "currency": "GBP",
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    "description": "West Northamptonshire Council (WNC)  is the burial authority for West Northamptonshire under 214 Local Government Act 1972 and for the purposes of the Cremation Acts of 1902 and 1952.  Following assessment of the best ways of meeting the needs of Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, respectively, the Council has concluded that it would best be secured through the delivery of a new crematorium.  Therefore WNC are proposing a new additional state-of-the-art crematorium and wake facility at the preferred site of Wantage Park, Round Spinney, Northampton NN3 7TR. \nThe proposed crematorium will include ceremonial spaces and a welcoming café for visitors with the aim of providing a vital facility for the West Northamptonshire community. With this new facility, we would aim to meet the growing needs of our population while providing a peaceful and respectful environment for bereavement services.\nWantage Park would include an energy-efficient electric cremator, heat recovery systems, solar panels, and green roofs. These features contribute to significantly lower CO2 emissions.\nThe development’s landscaping would also support local biodiversity, enhancing the natural beauty of the area and providing a peaceful setting for visitors.\nWantage Park would also offer the community additional benefits, with the surrounding land transformed into recreational spaces with walking paths and green areas, promoting outdoor activities and well-being. Careful planning will ensure the facility would have minimal visual, traffic, and noise impacts on the surrounding area. \nInfrastructure improvements, such as a new independent access road and enhanced public footpaths, would further support the local community.\nThe design includes accessible parking, adaptable lighting for neurodiverse individuals, and functional spaces that can be used by all faiths and no faith individuals and community groups.\nThe Mayflower Wake Facility, part of the development, would provide a welcoming space for post-ceremony gatherings, including wakes, receptions, and other events.\nThe facility will need to be open for public use by August 2027.\nTotal gross internal area: 1270.00 m²\nThe contract will be awarded to one contractor as a two-stage D&B (Design and Build). The successful contractor will be selected and awarded for the pre-construction phase (PCSA) (stage 1) within the ‘Invitation to Tender (ITT)’ procurement stage.\nWNC would like to at this stage prior to commencing the formal procurement, to seek expressions of interest (EOI) from the market to understand what the appetite is for undertaking this type of Works and establish if Potential Suppliers have previous Crematorium contract experience. \nThe procurement procedure route is undetermined at this stage however it is anticipated that the Competitive Flexible procedure will be followed under the PA23, to include two stages; PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) Conditions of Participation stage and ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage. It is anticipated that the Authority intends to invite only those Potential Suppliers to the ITT stage that can evidence previous Crematorium contract experience as part of their Technical and Ability response of the PSQ and Conditions of participation stage and have passed the Pass/Fail elements of the PSQ and passed the Financial checks.\nThe tender is subject to planning consent, and it is intended that the initial phase will be the publication of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Conditions of Participation stage. The Tender stage (ITT) will be published subject to planning consent and budget limitation.\nDraft procurement timetable (this is a brief guide and may be subject to change):\n•\tMarket Engagement EOI Deadline: 17/10/2025 (this is not a mandatory requirement).\n•\tPlanning Decision: Expected 18 November 2025\n•\tPSQ/Conditions of Participation Phase: Mid October – Mid November 2025\n•\tPSQ/Conditions of Participation Evaluation – Mid November – Beginning December 2025\n•\tITT including Site Visits (Invitation to Tender) Phase (subject to approved Planning Permission): November – December 2025\n•\tITT Evaluation/Moderation/Assessment Summaries – December 2025 – January 2026\n•\tPublication of Contract Award – January 2026 – February 2026 Notice and start of Standstill period – January 2026 – February 2026\n•\tMobilisation: February 2026\n•\tAgreement Commencement: February – March 2026\nPlease submit your EOI to claire.baker@westnorthants.gov.uk  by 17/10/2025 and identify if you have previous experience of Crematorium Construction contracts. The Authority does not require any detailed information at this stage.\nParticipation in this EOI will not impact your ability to engage with the future tender opportunity and is not a mandatory requirement for the Market Engagement stage.\nParticipation in the EOI does not guarantee that a procurement will follow, nor does it determine the final scope or structure of any potential procurement.\nBy EOI at this stage is not an automatic invite to tender. All Potential Suppliers will be required to complete the PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) on the WNC Tenders portal, In-Tend and pass the conditions of participation.",
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Northampton",
        "postalCode": "NN1 1ED",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
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  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
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        "id": "058343-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058343-2025",
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        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
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        "description": "West Northamptonshire Council would like to at this stage prior to commencing the formal procurement, to seek expressions of interest (EOI) from the market to understand what the appetite is for undertaking this type of Works, establish if Potential Suppliers have previous Crematorium contract experience and warn the market of its intention to go out to Tender.\nThe publication of the Tender Notice and In-Tend project live date (PSQ Phase) is anticipated for Mid October 2025. \nPotential Suppliers may wish to register on the Tender portal prior to the PSQ go live date, registration is required to access the Tender documentation.\nPotential Suppliers must register on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) (which is free to use) and are to provide their central digital platform unique identifier code to the Authority as part of their PSQ response. The CDP is available at www.gov.uk/find-tender\nThe ITT stage is subject to Planning Consent.\nPlease submit your EOI to claire.baker@westnorthants.gov.uk by 17/10/2025 and identify if you have previous experience of Crematorium Construction contracts. The Authority does not require any detailed information regarding contract experience at this stage.\nParticipation in this EOI will not impact your ability to engage with the future tender opportunity and is not a mandatory requirement for the Market Engagement stage.\nParticipation in the EOI does not guarantee that a procurement will follow, nor does it determine the final scope or structure of any potential procurement.\nBy EOI at this stage is not an automatic invite to tender. All Potential Suppliers will be required to complete the PSQ (Procurement Specific Questionnaire) on the WNC Tenders portal, In-Tend and pass the conditions of participation."
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