Official UK procurement notice
Temporary Bridges for the 2026, 28 & 30 River Festivals
Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£130,000≈ £27k / year · £156,000 inc. VAT15.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Jun 2025awarded 1 Aug 2025
Awarded to The Pontoon and Dock Company Ltd
Contract term 4 yrs 10 moends 2 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedford Borough Council is inviting tenders for the provision of a specialist service to provide Temporary Bridges for the next 3 Bedford River Festivals hosted in summer 2026 2028 and 2030. Bridges are to be supplied, installed and removed.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£130,000
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Price and Quality split - details in the ITT
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 4 Jun 2025, 10:15 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029739- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c18Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published4 Jun 2025, 10:15 BST
- Submission deadline26 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published2 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
- Contract starts392 days ago1 Oct 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025- Tender notice published4 Jun 2025, 10:15 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published2 Sept 2025, 14:27 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2025, 14:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £110,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pontoon and Dock Company Ltd | £110,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Pontoon and Dock Company Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £110,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2030
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Pontoon and Dock Company LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender