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Riverside Country Park viewing platform, SEPT 2026, Rainham in Medway - Design & Build

Medway Council

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07 Sep 2026 at 12:50

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Medway Council is procuring the design and build of a new viewing platform at Sharps Green Pond, within Riverside Country Park in Rainham, Kent. This is a construction works requirement for a specialist contractor able to develop the design and deliver the completed platform. The scope is identified as platforms and facilities construction work. The work will be carried out at the country park and is intended to provide a viewing facility beside the pond. The council is the public-sector buyer. The opportunity is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, making it relevant to construction firms and specialist design-and-build contractors with the resources and practical capability to undertake a small, site-specific public works project.

The procurement has reached the tender stage: Medway Council invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. Suppliers could submit enquiries until 2 October 2026 at 12:00, and the tender submission deadline was 5 October 2026 at 12:00. Bids were submitted electronically. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 November 2026 to 30 November 2027. Its estimated value is £80,000 excluding VAT, or £96,000 including VAT. There is one package of work. Offers are evaluated on quality and price, with quality weighted at 60% and price, including the stated 5% social value component, weighted at 40%. The requirement is below the applicable threshold.

This opportunity suits specialist construction contractors that can provide an integrated design-and-build service for an outdoor viewing platform. Strong candidates are likely to have practical experience designing and constructing platforms or comparable visitor, park, landscape or small civil-engineering structures, together with the ability to coordinate design development and physical construction. Suppliers need sufficient capacity to complete the work within the stated contract period and to manage delivery at a country-park pond location. The 60% quality weighting makes technical approach, build quality, site planning and delivery methodology commercially important alongside price. The explicit SME suitability also makes this relevant to smaller construction businesses, specialist contractors and design-and-build firms able to undertake a discrete public-sector works package.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Riverside Country Park viewing platform, SEPT 2026, Rainham in Medway - Design & Build

Notice Description

Medway Council invites specialist contractors to tender for the design and build of a new viewing platform for Sharps Green Pond located at Riverside Country Park in Rainham, Kent. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chatham:-Platforms-facilities-construction-work./2U842R5ADN To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2U842R5ADN

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f36a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084375-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45255120 - Platforms facilities construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£80,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£80,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
5 Oct 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2026 - 30 Nov 2027 1-2 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
Medway Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CHATHAM
Postcode
ME4 4TR
Postcode Area
Rochester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ41 Medway
Delivery Location
TLJ41 Medway
Local Authority
Medway
Electoral Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Westminster Constituency
Rochester and Strood

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