OpenStage · tender 30 days to close

Seaford Tourist Information Centre Services

TransportCPV 63513000

Value£250k

Deadline4 Sept 2026

Published5 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 5 Aug 202630 days leftCloses 4 Sept 2026

Who to contact

James White

james.white@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£250ktotal contract value

median £246k

this tender£0£11.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Supporting Transport & Travel Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,020 valued Supporting Transport & Travel Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Lewes District Council has published 15 notices across all categories.

Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →

Match for your company

Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.

The brief

The Seaford Tourist Information Centre provides visitors with a range of services including local advice, maps, free literature, and booking services for local attractions and travel.

It offers guidance on activities in Lewes and the surrounding area, information on accommodations, and sells local souvenirs and merchandise.

The centre also handles ticket and voucher sales for local theatres and entertainment, plus discounted travel ticket.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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.

Short a bid team? Get matched and we’ll help you scope the bid →

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Lewes District Council, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads Lewes District Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance