Published date: 14 May 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 13 June 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Cemetery works - 45215400

Location of contract

DT3 4DX

Value of contract

£20,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

TGMS1248.4

Published date

14 May 2025

Closing date

13 June 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

18 August 2025

Contract end date

3 October 2025

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We are pleased to invite your company, on behalf of our client Chickerell Hill Town Council, to submit a tender for the provision of the below service.


Construction of an extension to St. Mary's Burial Ground

Please find the following Tender Documents comprising:

1. Specification including summary of Contract Preliminaries & Form of Tender (TGMS1348.3 St. Mary's Burial Ground Extension construction specification 30 11 24).
2. Tender Drawing: Tgms1348.3-1 St Marys Burial Ground Extension - Site Layout.
3. Work Schedules (in Excel - for ease of return); TGMS1348.3 St Marys Burial Ground Extension Work Schedules 30 11 24.
4. Tender return documents (in Word - for ease of return); TGMS1348.4 St. Mary's Burial Ground Extension Tender Return Document 14 05 25.
5. TGMS Tender Assessment Criteria Cemeteries 70-30 2025.

Your tender submission should comprise the following:

1. Completed Form of Tender.
2. Completed Work Schedules (in excel).
3. Completed Method Questionnaire.
4. Completed Sub-contractors Questionnaire.
5. Completed References Questionnaire.
6. Proposed programme of works on weekly resolution.

Please note, the tenders will be assessed on the basis of 70% cost, 30% quality as per the attached criteria.

The signed tender submission is to be returned by email to both tenders@tgms.co.uk by no later than 17:00 on Friday the 13th of June 2025. Using your email software, please request both delivery and read receipts.


Please note the following:

1. Check the tender documents and notify us immediately if there are any omissions.
2. All items in the Work Schedules are to be priced in GBP. Any costs relating to items which are not priced will be deemed to have been included elsewhere in your tender.
3. Tenderers should note that all bids will be carefully scrutinised and, after making any necessary enquiries, any bids which are considered not to be credible, whether on the basis of price or resourcing, will be eliminated.
4. Any questions you may have regarding any part of these documents are to be presented in email to tenders@tgms.co.uk by no later than Friday the 6th of June 2025. All tenderers will receive a copy of all the questions submitted, together with replies, via email by Monday the 9th of June 2025.
5. Tenderers are prohibited from contacting councillors or council staff to encourage or support their tender outside the prescribed process.
6. In order to facilitate the proper comparisons of tenders, no unauthorised alterations to the tender documents shall be made. Tenders containing unauthorised alterations or qualifications may be rejected. If you desire to make any changes, your proposals should be submitted to us in time to be considered and, if approved, circulated to all tenderers.

Arrangements for undertaking a site visit during the tender period can be found in Section 2.1.2 of the Specification. It is recommended that Contractors should visit the site to familiarise themselves with site constraints.

More information

Attachments

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Dr Richard Earl

Address

4 Doolittle Mill Road Froghall Road
BEDFORD
MK45 2ND
England

Telephone

07736 476300

Email

richard.earl@tgms.co.uk