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Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to appoint a suitably experienced operator for a new community and sporting facility. MBC are the freeholder of a site, located at Bicknor Road in Parkwood where there were previously two buildings which have been demolished as part of a redevelopment scheme to provide new residential accommodation and a community/ sports hall (as shown in Appendix B). The new community and sporting facility will offer some 6296m2 of space and the intention is for the new facility to be operational from Summer 2025. The new facility will be in the heart of the community, and MBC are looking for an organisation to bring this new facility to life and provide benefit to the community. A successful planning consent was achieved in December 2022 and details of the planning application, drawings and design statement are contained in Appendix C. Interested parties’ attention is drawn to the planning conditions for the new sporting and community facility and they must operate the new facility in line with the conditions imposed. The Council are interested to hear from suitably experienced organisations who can manage and maintain the building in a way that will benefit the whole community. The Council require that all tenders provide detailed information regarding the day-to-day operation of the building (including details of opening hours), planned activities / use, and will need to show full understanding of compliance with health and safety and all other statutory regulations.

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to appoint a supplier to resurface tarmac and dressed Type 1 footpaths in Whatman Park, Maidstone ME16 0JB an open space managed for informal recreation and nature conservation. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 11th March 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 18th April 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 25th April 2024 Evaluation: w/c 22nd April 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c 20th May 2024 Indicative Project timeline • Start of Contract Period 2nd September 2024 • End of contract period 22nd November 2024

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking to develop new arts and cultural activities that will help to build pride in place, reanimate the town centre, contribute to community cohesion and generate economic impact for local businesses. Not only will an improved cultural offer encourage tourism and provide safe options for people to reunite with friends and family, it will also contribute to the Council's wider ambitions for cultural place-making, regeneration and economic growth for Maidstone. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 14th February 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12.00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Tuesday 30th April 2024 Evaluation: w/c 6th May 2024 Appointment of contractor: by Friday 24th May 2024 Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking to develop new arts and cultural activities that will help to build pride in place, reanimate the town centre, contribute to community cohesion and generate economic impact for local businesses. Not only will an improved cultural offer encourage tourism and provide safe options for people to reunite with friends and family, it will also contribute to the Council's wider ambitions for cultural place-making, regeneration and economic growth for Maidstone. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 29th January 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12.00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Tuesday 30th April 2024 Evaluation: w/c 6th May 2024 Appointment of contractor: by Friday 24th May 2024 Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to deliver a project to desilt, support aquatic habitats, improve amenity & access to nature, at three pond sites across Maidstone • Mallards Way Open Space ME15 8XH • Mote Park ME15 8JW • Whatman Park ME16 0GB This tender will require the successful contractor to complete the works required at all three sites. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 30th April 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 4th June Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 13th June Evaluation: w/c 17th June Appointment of contractor: w/c 8th July Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is undertaking the conversion of an existing redundant agricultural building at its Vinters Park Crematorium site to a café & florists' facility along with the extension of the cloister and refurbishment and modernisation of the patio / pool area. These 3 projects are being let as a single package of work. Key Dates and Timeline: Tender release: 3rd of June 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 24th of June 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 1st of July 2024 Evaluation: w/c 1st of July 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c TBC

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is undertaking the conversion of an existing redundant agricultural building at its Vinters Park Crematorium site to a café & florists' facility along with the extension of the cloister and refurbishment and modernisation of the patio / pool area. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 5th of June 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 26th of June 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 3rd of July 2024 Evaluation: w/c 1st of July 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c TBC

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to purchase a generator with a power rating of between 80KVA to 100KVA to mitigate against the disruption caused by a power outage. The depot at Bircholt Road is an important part of Maidstone Borough Council's service responsibility, therefore vital that a level of service is attainable during periods of local or national outages. For that reason, we require a generator that will support the continuity of key services. There are several aspects that need to be considered, including: • Powering the fuel pump used for the fleet of vehicles still running on diesel • Charging the fleet of electric vehicles • Charging the electric ground maintenance equipment • Maintaining a level of power within the MBC depot office to run the systems needed to support the actions outlined above. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 20th June 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm Thursday 11th July 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Thursday 18th July 2024 Evaluation: w/c 22nd July 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c 29th July 2024 Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is seeking to refurbish its streetlighting across the town centre and to implement a Central Management System (CMS) to monitor the lighting operations. It also requires a method for each lighting unit to display a coloured indication (blue) to provide for the ability to switch on a trail of lighting throughout the town to indicate a Tourist Trail of places of historic interest. To express interest in this project, please register your interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). You will then be able to view and respond to this opportunity. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 10th June 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 19th July 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 26th July 2024 Evaluation: w/c 5th August 2024 Interviews: 15th/16th August 2024 Appointment of contractor: 30th August 2024

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is undertaking the conversion of an existing redundant agricultural building at its Vinters Park Crematorium site to a café & florists' facility along with the extension of the cloister and refurbishment and modernisation of the patio / pool area. These 3 projects are being let as a single package of work. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 9th of August 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 30th of August 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 6th of September 2024 Evaluation: w/c 9th of September 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c TBC

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to refurbish and fit-out units 2 - 4 Granada House to create a community arts hub and maker space comprising 7 individual studios, meeting/workshop rooms, an exhibition space and retail area. New tea station, accessible toilet, storage and social space. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement: Tender release: 8th August 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 30th August 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 6th September 2024 Evaluation: w/c 9th September 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c 16th September 2024

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate banking and card merchant services (excluding investment services). Tenderers must register their interest through the Kent Business Portal in order to express their interest to view and respond to the documents (registration is free). Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: Friday 2nd August 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm Friday 30th August 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Friday 6th September 2024 Evaluation: w/c Monday 9th September 2024 Appointment of contractor: December 2024 Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to extend and carry out refurbishment and improvement works to Medway Street car park, located in the town centre of Maidstone. The Borough Council own both the public pay and display car park, located at Medway Street and the adjacent car park (currently not within the car parking order). Although adjacent, there are significant differences in the site levels and to amalgamate the sites a vehicular ramp would need to be constructed. The extension area currently has a surface that is below the standard expected and required to be used as a public car park, both areas would require resurfacing and relining as part of the proposed works. To comply and make the car park an attractive offer to park, a low-level lighting scheme would need to be installed. In addition to these works, it would be prudent to carry out some repairs and improvements to the site boundaries, install additional pay and display metres and new signage. Key Dates & Timeline: Tender release: 31st July 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 23rd August 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 30th August 12:00pm Evaluation: w/c 2 September 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c 9 September 2024

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to appoint a LANTRA accredited consultant via an industry recognised Arboriculture Consultant, to plot and record tree data onto mapped base software and thus helping us to meet, as landowners, our duty of care.

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to award a contract for corporate banking and card merchant services (excluding investment services). Tenderers must register their interest through the Kent Business Portal in order to express their interest and to view and respond to the documents (registration is free). Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: Friday 2nd August 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm Friday 30th August 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Friday 6th September 2024 Evaluation: w/c Monday 9th September 2024 Appointment of contractor: December 2024 Contract Start Date: 1st April 2025

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to appoint a LANTRA accredited consultant via an industry recognised Arboriculture Consultant, to plot and record tree data onto mapped base software and thus helping us to meet, as landowners, our duty of care. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: July 22nd 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm August 30th 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm September 6th 2024 Evaluation: w/c September 6th 2024 Appointment of contractor: w/c September 30th 2024 Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to procure recruitment advertising services for both MBC and Swale Borough Council (SBC). Maidstone Borough Council's district covers an area of 155 square miles lying between the North Downs and the High Weald in the middle of the County of Kent. Maidstone is the County Town and is surrounded by numerous villages of varying sizes. The heart of the district lies mid-way between the Channel Ports and London and is traversed by the M20 motorway. The Borough has a population of approximately 170,000. Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to procure recruitment advertising services for both MBC and Swale Borough Council (SBC). Maidstone Borough Council’s district covers an area of 155 square miles lying between the North Downs and the High Weald in the middle of the County of Kent. Maidstone is the County Town and is surrounded by numerous villages of varying sizes. The heart of the district lies mid-way between the Channel Ports and London and is traversed by the M20 motorway. The Borough has a population of approximately 170,000.

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to obtain quotations to award a contract to a suitably experienced and qualified organisation to provide BACs approved software for the payment and collection of supplier & customer invoices, direct debits, payroll, & council tax. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 11th of September 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 1st of October 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 8th of October 2024 Evaluation: w/c 7th of October 2024 Interviews: 14th , 15th or 16th October 2024 Appointment of contractor: 18th of October 2024 To express interest and access the documents on Kent Business Portal: The link to register is - https://procontract.due-north.com/register Project reference is DN742652

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking for quotes from suitably experienced and qualified contractors to undertake its asset valuations for yearend financial reporting and insurance purposes. The current assets (see appendix A) are likely to increase over the next 10 years as we continue to increase our Housing portfolio for affordable housing. We are aiming to increase the stock up to around 1,000 Affordable and 350 private rented sector properties. Key and Timeline: Tender release: Wednesday 4th September 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm Wednesday 2nd October 2024 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm Wednesday 9th October 2024 Evaluation: w/c Monday 14h October 2024 Appointment of contractor: by 18th October 2024 Contract Start Date: 11th November 2024 Please express your interest via the Kent Business Portal: Link to register: https://procontract.due-north.com/register Project Reference: DN741637