Official UK procurement notice
Woodland Cottages - Lead Designer
Authority: The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFolkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) wishes to select and appoint a design team for the redevelopment of Woodland Cottages, Lyminge and invites prospective suppliers to submit a Tender to meet the Council's requirements.
The project brief is to demolish the existing Airey houses and redevelop the site with new affordable rental homes. This redevelopment provides an opportunity to increase site density, as the existing dwellings currently occupy disproportionately large plots.
Initial viability studies indicate that the scheme must deliver a minimum of 17 new dwellings. Early and ongoing engagement with the Planning Authority will be essential to ensure a deliverable and acceptable scheme. The Local Authority Planning Department has advised that the design should reflect a Kent/Folkestone rural vernacular.
CPV: Architectural services for buildings
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
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 (4)
- rural housing development experience: 20%
- design management & coordination: 20%
- Weighted Resource Total: 30%
- total tender sum: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- total tender sum
- rural housing development experience: a) Please provide three examples of rural housing design projects undertaken within the last five years that were successfully progressed through to planning approval. Describe how you managed relationships with planning officers and other key stakeholders, including the Housing team. b) Please set out how the principles of the local vernacular would be interpreted and incorporated within the design, ensuring that the proposed new dwellings are sympathetic to, and sit harmoniously within, the established character of the village of Lyminge.
- design management & coordination: a) Please describe your approach to coordinating the design team's outputs to ensure alignment, consistency, and quality through to the final Employer's Requirements (ERs). In addition, explain how you will develop and maintain a robust set of ER documents that enable clear, accurate, and unambiguous contractor responses. b) Please describe your proposed process for receiving, coordinating, reviewing, and responding to contractor design submissions and proposals to ensure compliance with the client's requirements and the ER documentation. Confirm how you will deliver this efficiently and robustly, incorporating input from the entire design team. c) Please describe how you will ensure the contractor delivers the design in accordance with the required quality standards. Explain your process for reviewing, responding to, and advising on costs of any design changes to maintain budget control, and how you will safeguard the project's design principles.
- Weighted Resource Total: (refer to ITT instructions document for full description)
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 10 Jun 2026, 13:05 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
FH2606100- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054726- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b1caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Interested suppliers can visit the Kent Business Portal (www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/65S5JUJ8BE ↗). To quote you must complete and return the "Invitation to Tender Response Document" via the portal.
Timeline
10 Jun 2026 → 2 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published134 days ago10 Jun 2026, 13:05 BST
- Clarification questions by87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline83 days ago31 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by62 days ago21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts39 days ago14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent31 days ago22 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published30 days ago22 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
- Standstill ends20 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2026- Tender notice published10 Jun 2026, 13:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published21 Jul 2026, 13:42 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST21 Jul 2026, 13:42 BST+9 days · was 22 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST
- Contract award notice published22 Sept 2026, 10:42 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Tender submission deadline extended to 31 July. Enquiry date and estimated contract start date also pushed back by one week.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann NisbetSME2 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: planned allowance for extension of time to accommodate project delays | £238,468 | 22 Sept 2026standstill to 2 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ANN NISBET LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender