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title: "Riverside Country Park viewing platform, SEPT 2026, Rainham in Medway - Design & Build"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f36a"
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buyer: "Medway Council"
published: "2026-09-07"
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# Riverside Country Park viewing platform, SEPT 2026, Rainham in Medway - Design & Build

Buyer: Medway Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f36a

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084375-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 30 Nov 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £80,000 |
| Lots value | £80,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Medway Council |
| Locality | CHATHAM |
| Postcode area | Rochester |
| Postcode | ME4 4TR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ41 Medway |
| Local authority | Medway |
| Electoral ward | Chatham Central & Brompton |
| Westminster constituency | Rochester and Strood |
| Delivery location | TLJ41 Medway |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45255120 - Platforms facilities construction work

## Release History

- 7 Sep 2026 at 12:50 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084375-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084375-2026
  7th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2U842R5ADN
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chatham:-Platforms-facilities-construction-work./2U842R5ADN
- https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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