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Braintree District Council · Local authority

In brief

Braintree 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 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, starting 22 February 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 16 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

• Demand for temporary accommodation has increased significantly in recent years, with households presenting with a wider range of support, behavioural, safeguarding and accessibility needs. The Council is therefore seeking to provide high-quality, accessible accommodation that is better suited to the needs of modern homelessness services and reduces reliance on costly nightly paid accommodation. • A feasibility study has been undertaken which identified a preferred layout comprising: • Six self-contained temporary accommodation units; • Three wheelchair-accessible apartments designed to meet M4(3) standards; • Three one-bedroom apartments; • Staff office accommodation; • Meeting/interview…Read the full description
• Demand for temporary accommodation has increased significantly in recent years, with households presenting with a wider range of support, behavioural, safeguarding and accessibility needs. The Council is therefore seeking to provide high-quality, accessible accommodation that is better suited to the needs of modern homelessness services and reduces reliance on costly nightly paid accommodation. • A feasibility study has been undertaken which identified a preferred layout comprising: • Six self-contained temporary accommodation units; • Three wheelchair-accessible apartments designed to meet M4(3) standards; • Three one-bedroom apartments; • Staff office accommodation; • Meeting/interview facilities; • Associated cycle storage, refuse storage and ancillary external works. • The Council intends to appoint a multidisciplinary professional consultancy team to review and validate the existing feasibility work, undertake any further surveys and investigations required, secure planning and statutory approvals, develop the design through the appropriate RIBA stages, support procurement of a construction contractor and provide contract administration and cost management services through to project completion. • Surveys and investigations likely to be required are: • Structural investigations. • Refurbishment and Demolition Asbestos Survey. • Measured building survey. • Topographical survey. • Utilities investigations. • Drainage investigations. • Energy and environmental assessments. • Any other specialist surveys considered necessary.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. 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.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 101810-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 102395-2026

About the buyer

Braintree District CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

42

Awards

35

Suppliers it has used most for architecture and engineering

All tenders and awards from Braintree District Council

Similar open tenders

All open architecture and engineering tenders
  1. Asbestos Management Framework

    Home GroupNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, ScotlandArchitecture and engineering, Construction

    Closing soon10 hours leftExpress interest8 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £5mframework ceiling
  2. Asbestos Management Framework

    Home GroupNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, ScotlandArchitecture and engineering, Construction

    Closing soon10 hours left8 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £5mframework ceiling
  3. Integration Technical Operations Assurance & Environment (ITOAE)

    East West Rail Company LimitedEast Midlands, East of England, South EastArchitecture and engineering, Environmental services

    Closing soon10 hours leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £300mestimated
  4. Balfour Beatty - Roads North of the Thames - LTC - Bridge Bearings

    Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering LimitedEast of England, South EastConstruction, Architecture and engineering

    Closing soon15 hours leftSuitable for SMEs

    £500kestimated
  5. Ecology Survey

    Severn Trent Water LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, WalesArchitecture and engineering, Environmental services

    Open7 days leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £40mframework ceiling

From notice 101810-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 28 October 2026, last updated 29 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 29 October 2026.