--- title: "Soft Market Testing - Tower Bridge Visitor Attraction Masterplan" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION" published: "2024-12-03" --- # Soft Market Testing - Tower Bridge Visitor Attraction Masterplan Buyer: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b4da706-75c3-416f-abca-00405eb9a946.json) ## Summary The City of London Corporation is in the planning stage for a potential project titled "Soft Market Testing - Tower Bridge Visitor Attraction Masterplan." This project falls under the industry category of architectural design services and includes design consultancy and support services. The procurement location is London, United Kingdom (postal code EC2P 2EJ). The buying organisation, City of London Corporation, is engaging in pre-procurement market engagement (PPME) to develop a masterplan for redeveloping the Tower Bridge visitor attraction, surrounding properties, and public areas. Key dates include the engagement end date on 7 January 2025, with submissions due by 12:00 noon on the same day. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in architectural design, consultancy, and support services. It is particularly suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) due to the outlined suitability considerations. Participating businesses will help shape the future procurement process and gain insights into the requirements. Although participation in the early market engagement does not guarantee an advantage in future procurement stages, it allows organisations to influence project planning and demonstrates capability to the City of London Corporation. ## Notice The City of London Corporation (the 'City') is carrying out pre-procurement market engagement ('PPME') in relation to the provision of a design team to develop a masterplan for redeveloping the visitor attraction within the current footprint, the surrounding properties owned by City Bridge Foundation and areas in the public realm. The City will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the City is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the City. Additional information: This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to a forthcoming procurement the City of London Corporation (the City) for the provision of a design team to develop a masterplan for redeveloping the visitor attraction within the current footprint, the surrounding properties owned by City Bridge Foundation and areas in the public realm. The soft market testing will involve the submission of a SMT questionnaire - to be received by 12:00 (noon) 7 January 2025. If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the market testing questionnaire which can be found on the City's E-procurement portal at www.capitalesourcing.com. Please ensure the questionnaire is uploaded to the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a2bfb17-80d1-4cf2-a102-1bc0597a1782 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Dec 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Jan 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2P 2EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 71220000 - Architectural design services - 79415200 - Design consultancy services - 79933000 - Design support services ## Release History - 3 Dec 2024 at 16:08 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a2bfb17-80d1-4cf2-a102-1bc0597a1782 - 3 Dec 2024 at 12:53 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76660203-4c2a-4af1-8ee7-990e934f4882 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a2bfb17-80d1-4cf2-a102-1bc0597a1782 3rd December 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76660203-4c2a-4af1-8ee7-990e934f4882 3rd December 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.capitalesourcing.com Soft Market Testing - Tower Bridge Visitor Attraction ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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