Notice Information
Notice Title
New EV Depot - Designer Services - Soft Market Engagement
Notice Description
The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames (RBK) needs to relocate two key partners from their current locations into a new shared site. The proposed site has been identified by RBK Property. The site is currently a car park which is leased to a commercial tenant. The lease end date with this commercial tenant is 16 March 2026. The overall objective is to accommodate both key partners on the site and this will require shared access arrangements. Both users have provided a list of requirements/needs and an architect has been appointed to prepare basic capacity drawings to assist with the formation of the RIBA stage 0 strategic brief. RBK is currently looking to conduct a detailed feasibility up to RIBA stage 2.
Planning Information
The Royal Borough of Kingston is seeking to engage with the Architectural services market in preparation for the forthcoming procurement of a New EV Depot - Designer Services The purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to gather insights from suppliers to inform the future procurement strategy, contract structure, and scope of services ensuring best value, innovation, and sustainability. The Preliminary Market Engagement documents have been published on the Council's e-procurement portal, London Tenders Portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=088a6e24-96cf-f011-813a-005056b64545 Please access the project via the portal to download and complete the Pre Market Engagement questionnaire. Please submit your response via the portal.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ed3a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079037-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £550,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Mar 20264 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Dec 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- Contact Name
- Commissioning Team
- Contact Email
- commissioning@kingston.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 0208547 6670
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- Postcode
- KT1 1EU
- Post Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Electoral Ward
- Kingston Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079037-2025
2nd December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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