Town Planning Heritage and Built Environment Advisor

Tunbridge Wells Borough CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-052767Procurement Act 2023pending

Estimated value

Awarded value

Awarded 02 Sept 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

03 Sept 2025

Description

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) acquired the long leasehold interest of the Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre (RVP) in Royal Tunbridge Wells in October 2023. TWBC has appointed RivingtonHark as Development Manager to coordinate a feasibility study of the centre which will be reported to council members in July 2025. In order to achieve the desired programme identified below, which is to report planning consent and RIBA Stage 3 design and cost plan on the subject sites by October 2026, TWBC is procuring a design and planning team who, will be available for appointment immediately subject full council approval in July.

Scope

Reference
DN776173
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Jul 2025 to 31 Oct 2026
Possible extension to 31 Dec 2026

Any appointment shall only extend beyond each milestone at the discretion of TWBC.

CPV classifications
71315200
71410000
71530000
Contract locations
South East England, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Costcost25.00%
Qualityquality60.00%
Interviewquality15.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

02 Sept 2025

Contract start

30 Sept 2025

Contract end

31 Oct 2026

Awarded to
ME