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Dover District Council · Local authority
In brief
Dover District Council has announced plans to buy architecture and engineering work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £300,000 including VAT.
The contract runs for 18 months, up to 2 years with extensions, starting 1 January 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 5 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Dover District Council (DDC) is undertaking a programme of regeneration across key town centre sites and is seeking to engage with the market in advance of procuring professional consultancy services.
Interested parties can request a copy of the Council's Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise by emailing procurement@dover.gov.uk . Completed copies of the questionnaire must be completed and returned to majorprojects@dover.gov.uk before noon on the 1st July 26.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 055294-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 055305-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 059851-2026
About the buyer
Dover District CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
45Awards
27Suppliers it has used most for architecture and engineering
- Lawson Queay Chartered Surveyors2 contracts
- Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd1 contract
- Martello Building Consultancy1 contract
- Modus Construction Consultants Limited1 contract
- Sherpa Environmental Ltd1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open architecture and engineering tenders- £280mestimated
- £152kestimated
- £5mframework ceiling
- £5mframework ceiling
- £300mestimated
From notice 055294-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 11 June 2026, last updated 25 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.