Official UK procurement notice
SKDC-1611 Archaeological Advice Services
Authority: South Kesteven District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Rutland County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Kesteven District Council "The Council" is seeking a single provider "Contractor" for the provision of historic environment advice to assist the Council in relation to its activities relating to planning both Development Management (planning applications/pre-application requests/condition compliance etc) and planning policy. The Contract will cover the provision of advice for buried heritage advice (archaeological advice).
CPV: Archaeological services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£192,000
What 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090290- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778f0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published33 days ago23 Sept 2026, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by12 days ago14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 days ago21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 2 days30 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 16:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Rutland County CouncilBeneficiary authority
- Welland ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityBuyer
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender