How to win: Mundy Playing Fields - Package 1: Sewage Treatment Plant & Potable Water Supply

About this contract

The procurement is for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a new potable water supply and on-site sewage treatment system to serve the pavilion and associated facilities at Mundy Playing Fields, Thornbury. The works include approximately 380-400 metres of new 63mm potable water main from Kington Lane to the pavilion, including excavation, pipework, valves and fittings, pressure testing, chlorination, certification, liaison with Bristol Water and full reinstatement. The procurement also includes a minimum 40 population equivalent packaged sewage treatment plant, foul drainage connections, inspection chambers, control and alarm systems, percolation testing, drainage field design and installation, environmental permitting support, decommissioning of the existing cess pit, commissioning and handover documentation. The services and works must be supplied as a complete contractor-designed and contractor-delivered package by a suitably competent supplier with experience in potable water infrastructure, sewage treatment plant installation and public-realm groundworks. The contractor will be required to provide all labour, plant, materials, supervision, design cal

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Thornbury Town Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £90,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 10 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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