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East Surrey College

ESC GPN and GPS Boiler Replacement Project - EOI / Participation Stage

ConstructionCPV 44621200
Value£320k
Deadline10 Aug 2026
Published29 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 29 Jul 202611 days leftCloses 10 Aug 2026
Who to contact
tenders@esc.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

This notice relates to the EOI / participation shortlisting stage only. Participation responses must be submitted by email to tenders@esc.ac.uk by Monday 10 August 2026 at 12:00 noon. Clarification questions must be submitted by email to tenders@esc.ac.uk by Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 12:00 noon. The College is not using an external e-tendering portal for this below-threshold procurement. Submissions must be made to the College tender mailbox stated above. Full pricing, detailed technical proposals, detailed design drawings and site-specific RAMS are not required at this stage. Suppliers should submit their participation response in accordance with the EOI / Participation Stage Shortlisting Document. Late, incomplete or non-compliant responses may not be considered.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£320ktotal contract value
median £135k
this tender£0£4.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Construction Materials & Structures band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 10,341 valued Construction Materials & Structures tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Orbital South Colleges / East Surrey College is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced contractors for the replacement, upgrade or improvement of the existing boiler plant serving the Gatton Point North and Gatton Point South sites at East Surrey College.

This is a below-threshold competitive works procurement.

This first stage is an EOI / participation shortlisting stage only.

Full pricing, detailed technical proposals, detailed design drawings and site-specific RAMS are not required at this stage.

The purpose of this stage is to assess supplier suitability to be invited to the formal tender stage.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
071856-2026
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