Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 May 2025, 15:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Central Morecambe - Development Opportunity Sites

Official notice

Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Lancashire County Council

WorksAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Leveraging the development of Eden Project Morecambe, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council (the councils) have high aspirations for Morecambe. The councils are working with a multi-disciplinary professional services team to establish the basis to drive positive change within Central Morecambe over the next decade.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Leveraging the development of Eden Project Morecambe, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council (the councils) have high aspirations for Morecambe. The councils are working with a multi-disciplinary professional services team to establish the basis to drive positive change within Central Morecambe over the next decade. The aim is to enhance its role as a local service centre and boost its commercial, cultural and leisure offer. The councils seek to understand market appetite for bringing forward development, the opportunities and challenges faced and how these may be overcome.

CPV: Construction work · Real estate services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2029 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
Last source update
30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028854
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workReal estate services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0529ea Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
  2. Market engagement
    27 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST

    The Councils have issued a pre-market engagement (PME) notice and a Request for Information (RFI) to understand the market interest and capacity in taking forward Central Morecambe sites in line with the outline strategic objectives, their potential uses and the best delivery model to ensure successful outcomes.

    The Market Engagement Information Pack is available on the Proactis ProContract web portal 'The Chest'. Interested parties are invited to download and engage with this pre market engagement by:

    1. Go to procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities ↗
    2. Select 'Lancaster City Council' from the Organisation list
    3. Search for Project ref. DN776302 or title 'Central Morecambe - Development Opportunity Sites'
    4. Select 'express interest in this opportunity
    5. Download the Market Engagement Information Pack and complete the attached questionnaire by the deadline date.

    The deadline for responses is Friday 27th June 2025.

  3. Contract starts215 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Lancaster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTQG-8236-WVNZ Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square , Lancaster, North West, LA1 1PJContact name, email

Other public bodies

  • Lancashire County CouncilProcuring entityFunding partnerGB-PPON: PBBJ-2179-TNXM Preston, North WestContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure