Tender

Principal Designer and Principal Contractor for the design and repair of Sherwood Lake dam bank

  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-069180

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d5c6

Published 28 October 2025, 7:05pm



Scope

Description

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) are looking to procure the services of an experienced marine contractor to design and implement a repair solution for a leaking bank at Sherwood Lake dam wall. Whilst the lake wall acts as a dam the lake does not fall under the Reservoirs Act 1975 as it only holds 10,000 cubic meters of water and not the minimum 25,000 cubic meters for the act to apply.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Royal-Tunbridge-Wells:-River-regulation-and-flood-control-works./27F5CWZZ4V

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/27F5CWZZ4V

Total value (estimated)

  • £42,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 December 2025 to 16 January 2026
  • 1 month, 16 days

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

  • 45246000 - River regulation and flood control works
  • 45246400 - Flood-prevention works
  • 45246410 - Flood-defences maintenance works

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Enquiry deadline

7 November 2025, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

14 November 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes


Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Cost

Cost

Cost 60%
Quality

Quality Criteria

Quality 40%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Contracting authority

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLDX-6964-RZQX

Town Hall, Mount Pleasant Road

Royal Tunbridge Wells

TN1 1RS

United Kingdom

Contact name: Jack Cuthbertson

Telephone: 01892 554070

Email: jack.cuthbertson@tunbridgewells.gov.uk

Region: UKJ46 - West Kent

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government