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PA2 - Archaeological Management Plan & HE1 Works Specification, Wallingford Scheduled Monuments

Wallingford Town Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 17:36.

Opportunity overview

Wallingford Town Council, working in partnership with Historic England, seeks a suitably qualified archaeological and heritage consultant to prepare an Archaeological Management Plan and a costed specification for HE1 capital works across the Scheduled Monuments within the Council's public parks in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. The sites covered are the Wallingford Town Walls, the Saxon burh (town) defences, and Wallingford Castle and the Motte. These are nationally important Scheduled Monuments, and elements of the Town Walls are recorded on the Heritage at Risk Register. The work is intended to inform and enable future conservation works, including measures to limit erosion, manage vegetation and shrub coverage, and address unstable trees, while protecting buried archaeology and the historic character of the sites. The appointed consultant will be expected to assess the monuments, set out a management approach, and produce a clear, costed specification suitable to inform a subsequent, separately procured works programme. The full brief, scope of works, form of response and pricing schedule are provided in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which tenderers should read in full before submitting.

Classification

  • CPV71351914 — Archaeological services
  • CPV92522000 — Preservation services of historical sites and buildings

Lots

  • Lot 1£40k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06df6d
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
Tenders are submitted electronically by email to all three of the following addresses: countrysidestewardship@historicengland.org.uk, Otis.gilbert@historicengland.org.uk, and estates@wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk, using the subject line "PA2 Tender Submission". No electronic auction will be used. Full submission instructions are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief, available at https://www.wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/pa2-brief/.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
2 Oct 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
23 Sept 2026, 17:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Tender Clarification Note 02 Date of issue: 14 September 2026 Issued by: Wallingford Town Council Status of this note This note contains one amendment to the tender brief. It is issued to all tenderers in the interests of fairness and consistency. Tenderers should take its content into account when preparing their submissions. 1. Structural engineer - accreditation requirement Reference: Section 9 (Professional Advisers); Task 1c (Movement survey, Ruins of the College of St Nicholas); Task 1d (Survey of existing path structural condition on the Motte); and the specification for structural repairs. Status: Amendment to the brief. Clarification: References in the brief to a "Conservation Accredited Engineer" should be read as "a conservation-accredited engineer, or an engineer with proven experience on these or similar local scheduled monuments." Where a tenderer proposes an engineer who is not conservation-accredited, the relevant experience should be evident from the CV already required under Section 11 (Form of Response). No additional information is required. This amendment has been agreed with Historic England. Tender timetable All other requirements of the brief and the tender timetable are unchanged. Tenders should be submitted by 12pm (noon) on Friday 2 October 2026. Further queries Any further queries should be directed to Wallingford Town Council at estates@wallingfordtowncouncil.gov.uk. Any resulting clarifications will likewise be issued to all tenderers.
Id
086852-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
48,000
Amount
40,000
Currency
GBP

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
Professional standing and technical capability The work must be led and project-managed by an experienced archaeologist who is, or is working within, a Registered Organisation of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), adhering to CIfA professional standards and guidance. Suppliers must be able to assemble and manage a suitably qualified and experienced team (including relevant sub-contractors) capable of delivering the full scope of the brief, which may include archaeological, ecological, structural engineering (conservation-accredited) and forestry input. Suppliers must be able to provide CVs for key personnel delivering the project and examples of comparable work on heritage or scheduled monument sites. Insurance Suppliers must hold, or commit to obtain prior to commencement of the contract, the following minimum levels of insurance: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million (not applicable to sole traders); Public Liability Insurance of £1 million; Professional Indemnity Insurance of £1 million. Suppliers will be required to self-certify these insurance levels as part of their submission. Sub-contractors Where sub-contractors are used, the principal contractor must engage and monitor their work in consultation with the Council and Historic England, and ensure all sub-contractors are suitably qualified and experienced. Full details of the requirement, the scope of works, the professional team expected, and the pricing schedule are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which suppliers should read in full before submitting.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2027, 23:59

Award criteria

Description
Tenders will be assessed on both quality and price, with a 60:40 weighting in favour of quality. The criteria and their weightings are: Quality (60%) Detail of methodology and approach to the works - 50% Proven relevant experience - 10% Price (40%) Pricing and value for money - 40% Suppliers should ensure their submission addresses each of these criteria. Full details of the requirement and what should be included in a response are set out in the PA2 Tender Brief and its appendices, which suppliers should read in full before submitting.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351914
Description
Archaeological services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
92522000
Description
Preservation services of historical sites and buildings

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
A-20374
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
PA2 Tender Brief - the full requirement, scope of works, form of response and pricing schedule. Suppliers should read this in full before submitting.
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
A-20375
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Entry 3
Id
A-20376
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/pdf
Entry 4
Id
A-20377
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Format
application/pdf
Entry 5
Id
086852-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Sept 2026, 13:09
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Wallingford Town Council
Id
GB-PPON-PYLY-8324-MBYM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYLY-8324-MBYM

Address

Street Address
8A castle street
Locality
Wallingford
Postal Code
OX10 8DL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Name
toby
Telephone
01491 835373

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wallingford · UKJ14 · OX10 8DL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 075429-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 078990-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 086852-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·