Notice Information
Notice Title
Design element for the new development of Florence Park Sea Cadet and Community Centre, Chichester
Notice Description
The Council invites response to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified suppliers ("Suppliers") for the provision of a professional services design team for design services to develop the new Florence Park Sea Cadet and Community Centre. It should be noted that work consist of the following: a) Support the Council with the design, planning and structural designs following the feedback from pre-application advice. b) This invite to tender represents all work required for the development to progress through RIBA stages 3-4. The final stage RIBA Stages 5-6 will be dependent on external funding applications. c) With the above exception for the external works, where the appointed professional services design team will be required to undertake RIBA stages 3 onwards, for all other aspects of the work they will be required to provide the professional services to undertake all the relevant tasks through the RIBA stages, including surveys, technical studies, business planning and the design of a practical and economically viable solutions through to contract administration. Full details are to be included in the accompanying documents in the Tender Pack and included with this Tender Notice. Prices included, both for construction phases and the estimated tender costs related to the professional services element (this Tender Notice) are estimates and will ultimately be determined as part of the relevant competitive processes.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Services related to the scope and core of this contract.
Renewal: Extensions will depend on approvals of funding and land ownership confirmation on further phases of work and supplier performance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06a150
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047917-2026
- 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
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71200000 - Architectural and related services
71300000 - Engineering services
71420000 - Landscape architectural services
71500000 - Construction-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £415,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £415,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 May 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Jun 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 21 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 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
- CHICHESTER CITY 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
- CHICHESTER
- Postcode
- PO19 1LQ
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
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- Local Authority
- Chichester
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chichester
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047917-2026
22nd May 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16643
Above Threshold-ITT-Part A-Open Instruction_Final (to be read first) -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16644
Above Threshold-ITT-Part B-Open Response_Final (to be submitted as part of supplier response). -
-
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16647
Appendix 2(b) - Core Design Team_(Roles-Resp) Final -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16648
Appendix 3 - Key Contract Conditions_Final -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16650
Appendix 4-2553-OPDS-Florence Park-Pre-Planning-Doc (Outline planning design statement) -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16651
Appendix 5 - Preliminary_Enquiry_Letter_redacted (1) -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16652
Schedule 1_Price (to be submitted as part of tender) -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-16654
Clarification Log_v0.1 Clarifications will be published against the Contract Notice on Find a Tender. If interested in tendering for this project please ensure you add a "watch this notice" for alerts as from time to time additional information or clarifications may be published related to this tender. It will be the responsibility of Bidders to ensure they are aware of all published clarifications and ensure that their bid has taken these into account.
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