Notice Information
Notice Title
Archaeological Contractor - Bradbourne Re-bourne Rejuvenate
Notice Description
Sevenoaks District Council (SDC) wishes to improve the facilities available to the communities surrounding Bradbourne Lakes. Development Phase Funding for this purpose was approved mid-2024, with most of the funding coming from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Delivery Phase application is submitted in November 2025 for approval in March 2026. Part of this project includes a funded two-year (in 2026 and in 2028) heritage and archaeology-led intervention working with young people. This will take the form of an adapted version of a Historic England (HE) project known as Rejuvenate. Project Rejuvenate in 2023 followed work exploring how Historic England might work collectively to use heritage and archaeology as a tool for building self-determination and resilience in vulnerable young people. This brief relates to that element of the Lottery-funded programme only. The successful contractor is required to design a version of the Rejuvenate model applicable to the Sevenoaks Bradbourne Lakes context. It is expected that this will take the form of 5-week session, intervention around a theme with bespoke activities. The Bradbourne Rejuvenate project will take the form of a working partnership between Sevenoaks District Council (SDC), archaeological and heritage organisations, West Kent Mind (WKM) and Sevenoaks District Community Safety Partnership (CSP), all working to create interventions that will help young people encountering significant disadvantage to reach their full potential. SDC is delivering Rejuvenate as part of Bradbourne Re-bourne project as project lead, HE as Quality assurance, CSP as supply and support mechanism, archaeologist specialist as delivery execution and WKM admin and support. WKM offers guidelines, mental support scaffolding and safeguarding lead but leaves archaeologist more creative freedom to deliver an interesting programme. The Rejuvenate initiative developed by Historic England, forms a key strand of the wider Bradbourne Re-Bourne project, which aims to restore and interpret the historic Bradbourne Lakes and engage local communities in understanding their ecological and heritage value. The project will use archaeology and heritage-based activities to improve wellbeing and life chances for vulnerable young people, particularly those at risk of involvement in anti-social behaviour. In this iteration, the contractor will need to devise the programme collaboratively with West Kent Mind as a co-partner. Details of their 'offer' are set out within this document. Discussion with West Kent Mind at the earliest stage is therefore a prerequisite of this project. Money for independent evaluation of the results of the project will be covered from within the broader Lottery project, so there is no need to quote for independent evaluation report. However, the project will need to deliver evaluation material in partnership with West Kent Mind and in line with earlier Rejuvenate projects, and budget time for communication with an evaluator and producing the project evaluation material.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066f2d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025276-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Mar 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Apr 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2026 - 30 Jun 2026 1-6 months
- 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
- SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SEVENOAKS, KENT
- Postcode
- TN13 1HG
- Post Town
- Tonbridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ46 West Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ4 Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Electoral Ward
- Sevenoaks Town and St John's
- Westminster Constituency
- Sevenoaks
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025276-2026
19th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=634892
Proposed form of agreement
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