Notice Information
Notice Title
Hethersett Medical Centre Development
Notice Description
South Norfolk Council is procuring a development partner to deliver a new GP surgery in the village of Hethersett (Hethersett Medical Centre) on behalf of the Council. Hethersett Medical Centre is to be delivered in 2 Phases - Phase 1 (Services) and Phase 2 (Works). Phase 1 relates to pre-construction services and Phase 2 relates to works to take the development to practical completion as further described in Appendix C (Specification). (the Project). For the purposes of this procurement the Council will require developers at Stage 1 of this procurement to offer a fixed price for RIBA stage 1-3 (up to and including securing planning permission) however as explained in the Specification, Phase 1 of the Project may include some additional services. Stages 2 & 3 of this Procurement will be a negotiation phase with the two highest scoring bidders at Stage 1.
Planning Information
South Norfolk Council, (SNC), is inviting contractors interested in the opportunity to deliver the Hethersett Medical Centre to participate in Preliminary Market Engagement. It is intended to procure the contract through the Competitive Flexible Procedure subject to the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024. SNC invites contractors who would like to participate in the market engagement to express their interest by emailing procurement@eastsuffolk.gov.uk. You can also register on In-tend for free in advance of the tender being published free of charge, via the link provided in this notice: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/eastsuffolk Recognising potential commercial and stakeholder sensitivities around the project, SNC require any potential PME participants to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement prior to the release of a detailed briefing pack and background information appendices for review. Please contact Procurement@eastsuffolk.gov.uk to express an interest in the project and request the detailed briefing pack and additional appendices. An NDA will be sent out to suppliers to complete - once this has been signed, then the additional briefing pack and additional appendices will be released to the supplier. Suppliers may submit any questions or queries regarding the matters described in this presentation or the project generally via In-tend, or if that is not possible, contact procurement@eastsuffolk.gov.uk. Please note that suppliers will have the opportunity to attend a 1:1 meeting with SNC via MS Teams to discuss this opportunity between 16 August - 5 September 2025. Please notify East Suffolk Council to confirm your attendance by contacting procurement@eastsuffolk.gov.uk and a confirmed meeting date and time, along with details for the MS Teams call, will be sent out to suppliers thereafter. The deadline to request a meeting is: Friday 15 August 2025 at 12pm. (Please note that the questions on the Questions for Developers page of the briefing pack will form the basis for this meeting). Developers are welcome to also ask questions of SNC regarding this opportunity. Please note that SNC ask suppliers to identify any confidential feedback in response to these questions as SNC feedback in response to developer questions will be shared with all parties. SNC request each party submits a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, regardless of whether any clarifications are being submitted, stating whether you intend to participate in the Initial Tender Stage of this procurement. Following the conclusion of the PME exercise – and assuming sufficient expressions of interest – SNC will incorporate feedback received into the proposed formal ITT process likely to commence on or around the 15th September 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0568c2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030877-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
45215120 - Special medical building construction work
85120000 - Medical practice and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £6,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 May 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 26 Jul 2026 - 27 Oct 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH NORFOLK COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR7 0WF
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH63 East Suffolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- East Suffolk
- Electoral Ward
- Kirkley & Pakefield
- Westminster Constituency
- Lowestoft
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030877-2026
2nd April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044151-2025
30th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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