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| Title: | Development Partner Innovation Park Medway_Northern Site |
| Notice type: | UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice |
| Authority: | Medway Council |
| Nature of contract: | Works |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Open procedure |
| Short Description: | The fundamental aim and objective of IPM North was to provide contemporary commercial space that would attract inward-investment and enable innovation and business growth in Medway with a focus on Rochester. Additionally, IPM North would help the Council attract new businesses and realise the reinvestment of business rates. This is also one of the core benefits of the North Kent Enterprise Zone. IPM North was promoted following a raft of Council-instructed research and evidence which demonstrated that Medway and Rochester contained areas of economic and social deprivation and a disproportion of investment in high-technology and research and development (R&D) space, compared to other locations in Kent and the south-east. IPM North, when fully operational, was expected to encourage collaboration, the sharing of skills, ensure flexibility of workspaces to foster face-to-face communication and to allow for technology change and at the same time strengthen links with local universities which already provide highly skilled talent and world-class research and development facilities. The core aims and objectives of the IPM North development remain the same including: • Creating a hub for knowledge-based employment and innovation. • Improving the number and quality of jobs. • Retaining and increasing the local skills base. • Creating an innovation environment that fosters entrepreneurial activity. • Achieve long-term economic sustainability. • Delivering an adaptive development to meet changing demand. PREFERRED DELIVERY APPROACH The Council has considered the delivery options for IPM North and its preferred delivery approach is to procure a development partner with a development agreement entered by both parties with a clear set of obligations and performance requirements. This model has been chosen by the Council to retain strategic control over the development and provide them with a more balanced risk profile than direct delivery, a joint venture, or a land sale. |
| Published: | 13/02/2026 15:33 |
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Scope
Scope: Development Partner Innovation Park Medway_Northern Site
Description:
The fundamental aim and objective of IPM North was to provide contemporary commercial space that
would attract inward-investment and enable innovation and business growth in Medway with a focus on
Rochester. Additionally, IPM North would help the Council attract new businesses and realise the
reinvestment of business rates. This is also one of the core benefits of the North Kent Enterprise Zone.
IPM North was promoted following a raft of Council-instructed research and evidence which
demonstrated that Medway and Rochester contained areas of economic and social deprivation and a
disproportion of investment in high-technology and research and development (R&D) space, compared
to other locations in Kent and the south-east.
IPM North, when fully operational, was expected to encourage collaboration, the sharing of skills,
ensure flexibility of workspaces to foster face-to-face communication and to allow for technology change
and at the same time strengthen links with local universities which already provide highly skilled talent
and world-class research and development facilities.
The core aims and objectives of the IPM North development remain the same including:
• Creating a hub for knowledge-based employment and innovation.
• Improving the number and quality of jobs.
• Retaining and increasing the local skills base.
• Creating an innovation environment that fosters entrepreneurial activity.
• Achieve long-term economic sustainability.
• Delivering an adaptive development to meet changing demand.
PREFERRED DELIVERY APPROACH
The Council has considered the delivery options for IPM North and its preferred delivery approach is to
procure a development partner with a development agreement entered by both parties with a clear set
of obligations and performance requirements.
This model has been chosen by the Council to retain strategic control over the development and provide
them with a more balanced risk profile than direct delivery, a joint venture, or a land sale.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Chatham:-Site-development-work./RC6TYQA52U
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/RC6TYQA52U
Total value (estimated):
GBP 100,000,000 excluding VAT GBP 120,000,000 including VAT
Contract dates (estimated)
01/06/2027 to 29/12/2034
CPV Classifications:
45111291 - Site-development work.
70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate.
Delivery regions:
UKJ41 Medway
Engagement
Engagement deadline
03/03/2026
The engagement has not yet been carried out.Engagement process description:
Please see the attached brief.
Please can you return your completed questions via email to Jon Pinkerton and Ben Le Coq at Carter Jonas by 3rd March 2026, as well Nigel Ford at Medway Council
Contracting authority
Medway Council, PWYH-3898-LDQR
Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TR, United Kingdom
Tel. 01634332088, Email: nigel.ford@medway.gov.uk
Contact: Nigel Ford
Organisation type: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Devolved regulations that apply: None