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The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe

Mechanical & Electrical Housing Asset Consultancy 2026-29

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71315210
Value£1.5m
Deadline29 Jul 2026
Published23 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 23 Jun 20265 days leftCloses 29 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Ms Mhairi Richards
mhairi.richards@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk
+441303853401

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) wishes to select and appoint a suitable consultant for M&E project design and project management on a number of social housing properties and invites prospective suppliers to submit a Tender to meet the Council's requirements.

The Contract is expected to start on 14 September 2026 and will continue for a period of 30-31 months (2.5 years) until 31 March 2029 (without options to extend).

Interested suppliers can visit the Kent Business Portal (https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/947A4F9XRB).

To quote you must complete and return the "Invitation to Tender Response Document" via the portal.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Contract is expected to start on

The Contract is expected to start on 14 September 2026 and will continue for a period of 30-31 months (2.5 years) until 31 March 2029 (without options to extend).

02

To quote you must complete and return

To quote you must complete and return the "Invitation to Tender Response Document" via the portal.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance (often £5–10m)
  • Show at bidChartered leads (CEng / RIBA / RICS) named with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb80
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
059146-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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