Official UK procurement notice
Port of Dover - Commercial Services Framework
Authority: Dover Harbour Board (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Port of Dover is undertaking a tender exercise to appoint partners for the provision of Commercial & Quantity Surveying Services under a new Framework.
Services to be delivered under this Framework will include:
- Cost planning and estimating
- Tender preparation, administration and evaluation
- General procurement advice
- Post- contract administration - valuations, change management, cost reporting etc
This may cover a wide range of projects across infrastructure, highways, marine civils, building works, asset maintenance and heritage.
- How the procedure runs: We anticipate a multi-stage process as follows, which will be further detailed in the tender documents: 1. This Participation Stage is administered with the intent to identify up to 8 (eight) qualified Suppliers to proceed to the next stage of the procurement, based on the supplied scoring criteria. 2. These remaining Suppliers will be assessed on the basis of Quality and Commercial Submissions, given a 70/30 weighting respectively. 3. The 5 (five) Suppliers highest scoring Suppliers will be invited to tender stage interviews, and to enter further commercial negotiations. 4. The highest scoring 3(three) Suppliers will be awarded places on the Framework based on an evaluation of the interviews and a final commercial submission.
CPV: Quantity surveying services · Quantity surveying services for civil engineering works
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 22 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework
The Framework will operate under the conditions of the NEC4 Framework Contract, with individual Work Order and Time Charge Orders to be awarded as NEC4 Professional Services and NEC4 Professional Services Short Contracts, following mini-competition or direct award as set out in the ITT Stage documents.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Interview: 70%
- Final Commercial Submission: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Final Commercial Submission: Negotiation & Interview Stage - Final Award Decision (details of other stages within the tender documents)
- Interview: Negotiation & Interview Stage - Final Award Decision (details of other stages within the tender documents)
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Port of Dover - Commercial Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Dover Harbour Board buys Engineering design services (CPV 7132), and who usually turns up
Dover Harbour Board has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Engineering design services (CPV 7132) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 75% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 79% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 54 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 31% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%
2–30%
4–60%
7+83%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7132No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–316%
4–612%
7+72%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITEDEarlier contract | Port of Dover - Multi- Disciplinary Design Frameworkstarted Feb 2026 | Port of Dover Multi-Disciplinary Design Framework | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| RPS Consulting Services LtdEarlier contract | Port of Dover - Multi- Disciplinary Design Frameworkstarted Feb 2026 | Port of Dover Multi-Disciplinary Design Framework | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £60m134 awards in 36m · last this month | 33 live · £19m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=27 | |
WSP UK LimitedLarge | £487m125 awards in 36m · last this month | 51 live · £411m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £20m86 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £6.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=2 | |
| £45m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £40m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
SYSTRA LimitedLarge | £8.3m32 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 8 live · £17m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=10 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Feb 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094920- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078010Find a Tender
- How it runs
We anticipate a multi-stage process as follows, which will be further detailed in the tender documents:
- This Participation Stage is administered with the intent to identify up to 8 (eight) qualified Suppliers to proceed to the next stage of the procurement, based on the supplied scoring criteria.
- These remaining Suppliers will be assessed on the basis of Quality and Commercial Submissions, given a 70/30 weighting respectively.
- The 5 (five) Suppliers highest scoring Suppliers will be invited to tender stage interviews, and to enter further commercial negotiations.
- The highest scoring 3(three) Suppliers will be awarded places on the Framework based on an evaluation of the interviews and a final commercial submission.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The tender will be administered through our procurement platform. Please register here: supplier.in-tend.co.uk/portofdover/home ↗
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 22 Feb 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BST
- Tender notice published20 days ago7 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
- Next notice expected20 days ago7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 8 days · period end, not a bid countdown5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 100 days5 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 116 days22 Feb 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2026- Planned procurement notice published2 Oct 2026, 16:04 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 16:31 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active7 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Full tender documents will be made available upon publishing the tender notice. Interested parties must register on our procurement platform, in order to be able to receive the documents and submit a tender. Registration is available here: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/portofdover/home
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender