Stotfold Cemetery - Toilet and Storage
Open
Closes in 17 days
Key facts
- Closing date
- Monday 2 November 2026, 12:00 (UK time) Closes in 17 days
- Buyer's estimated value
- £168,000 (excl. VAT) The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
- Clarification questions deadline
- 16 October 2026, 12:00
- Contract period
- 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2027
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Notice type
- Tender notice (UK4)
Decision brief
Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.
- How bids will be scored
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- Price and value for money 33% : Total cost, clarity of breakdown, treatment of provisional sums, assumptions, exclusions, VAT, and whether the price appears realistic for the scope
- Relevant experience and technical capability 22% : Experience with historic/traditional masonry buildings, structural repairs, accessible WC refurbishments, cemetery or sensitive public sites, asbestos-related works, ecology constraints, and solar lighting installations.
- Quality of proposed methodology 22% : Understanding of the scope, approach to heritage-sensitive repairs, sequencing, protection of graves/memorials/pathways, lime mortar/brick matching, asbestos controls, bat/ecology supervision, waste management, and qual…
- Submission quality and completeness 12% : Whether the contractor has submitted all requested information and responded fully to the schedule of works.
- Programme and availability 11% : Earliest start date, realistic duration, ability to complete continuously once started, allowance for planning/building control/ecology constraints, and management of lead times
- Conditions of participation (what you must show)
- None published in the notice. They may be in the tender documents.
- Contract length and extensions
- 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2027.
- How to submit
- www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk Electronic submission: allowed.
- Changes the buyer has announced
- A supplemental questions document has been uploaded The document clarifies that the contractor must manage and price all ecological requirements. It sets staged payments based on completed, verified work, with 10% retention, separate pricing for optional items, and safeguards for variations, evidence and defective work.
- Tender documents
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New to public tenders? Plain-English guide to this page
- Framework
- An agreement that sets terms for work the buyer may order later, often from several suppliers. The value shown usually covers the whole agreement, not one job.
- Open for bids / closing date
- You must submit by the closing date and time, normally through the buyer's own online portal. Late bids are normally refused.
- Clarification questions
- A deadline for asking the buyer questions about the tender. It is earlier than the closing date.
- Conditions of participation
- What the buyer asks suppliers to show before they can be considered, such as experience, insurance or accreditations.
- Bids are scored on
- How the buyer will compare bids, usually a split between price and quality. A 60/40 split in favour of quality means the cheapest bid will not necessarily win.
- Lots
- A tender can be split into parts. You can often bid for only the lots that suit you.
- Area (ITL)
- The buyer names an official statistical area for where the work is, not a street address. Check the tender documents for the actual sites.
- UK4 and other notice codes
- Official codes for the type of notice. A "tender notice" means bids are being invited.
General explanations written by Tenderpatch, not part of this notice.
Description
Stotfold Town Council is seeking tenders from suitably experienced contractors to undertake renovation works to the Cemetery Toilet Block to provide 2 unisex WCs one of which to be DDA compliant, solar panels and battery to support trace heating and storage space.
Pre-Application advice has been received from Central Bedfordshire Council detailing requirements of the works. A summary of these is included in the Schedule of Works and the full Pre-Application Advice is available.
The toilet block has been given non-designated heritage asset status by Central Bedfordshire Council.
A planning application will be required for these works.
A building condition survey has identified several structural issues to be addressed as part of the renovation.
The Town Council's budget for this project is approximately £190,000-£210,000 including VAT. The Council reserves the right not to proceed, or to amend the scope of works, where tenders exceed the available budget.