Single Supplier Framework for the provision of Rural Access Infrastructure Design, Engineering and Construction Support Services
- Buyer
- South Downs National Park Authority
- Value
- £500,000
- Closes
- 10 November 2026
- Where
- Midhurst, the South East
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
South Downs National Park Authority is looking for a single supplier to design, engineer, and help build new walking paths and improve existing ones across the South Downs, including famous routes like Centurion Way and the South Downs Way. The work covers new paths, upgrades to existing paths, and schemes linked to their Active Travel Network Plan through to 2040.
What the buyer wants
• Design and engineering services for rural walking paths and access infrastructure • Construction support and project management for new path builds and path improvements • Ongoing support for multiple access projects across the South Downs National Park area
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a framework contract worth around £500,000 and demands specialist rural engineering and design expertise. Most sole traders and general builders will lack the professional qualifications, insurance, and track record needed to win this contract.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
More open tenders from South Downs National Park Authority
- Sussex Heritage Coast Visitor Management Plan, South Downs National Park Authority, £80,000, closes 29 October 2026
Similar open civil engineering contracts
- Footways Maintenance Survey (Lot 3) (2027), West Sussex County Council, £60,000, closes 10 November 2026
- Lot 4 - SCRIM Road Surveys (2027), West Sussex County Council, £30,000, closes 30 November 2026
- Civils Support DPS - South East Region, Magnox Limited, £9,500,000, closes 10 February 2028
- Civil Support DPS - South Region - Pre-Qualification, Nuclear Restoration Services Limited, £4,685,000, closes 27 October 2028
- Greenwich Professional Services Consultancy Dynamic Purchasing System, University of Greenwich, £10,000,000, closes 31 January 2029
- Contract for Groundworks at Felindre Phase 1, City & County of Swansea, £90,000, closes 27 October 2026
Check whether your business could win this, free
Get a plain-English bid plan for this tender with the bid coach