Notice Information
Notice Title
Road Construction Supervision
Notice Description
A direct Award to appointing another temporary member of staff until a permanent one is found. Given the urgency to maintain service continuity, further informal market testing indicated limited availability of appropriately skilled interim resource able to mobilise immediately.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06aeb4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053327-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - without competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £110,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jun 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Jun 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 29 Jun 2026 - 24 Dec 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST SUSSEX COUNTY 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
- LEWES
- Postcode
- BN7 1UE
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lewes
- Electoral Ward
- Lewes Priory
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewes
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053327-2026
5th June 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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