Awarded contract

Thames Freeport Sustainable Construction Programme

Details

Buyer: Thames Freeport
Supplier(s): Rainmaking Innovation Ltd
Value: £833,333
Topic: Design and execution of research and development
Published: 14 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

A sustainable construction programme is being established that will address market barriers in modern methods of construction and challenges in the decarbonisation of homes. It will define future assets that can support the regional construction, homes and buildings market to create new value through innovation. Lot 1: A sustainable construction programme is being established that will address market barriers in modern methods of construction and challenges in the decarbonisation of homes. It will define future assets that can support the regional construction, homes and buildings market to create new value through innovation.

Timeline

Completed: Award date27 August 2025
Completed: Award published14 November 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Thames Freeport is a government-designated Freeport tax site covering Tilbury, DP World London Gateway and Ford's Dagenham plant, and procures through its own delivery team. A board drawing on Barking and Dagenham, Thurrock and Havering councils oversees its programmes. Tenders are published through Find a Tender and the Delta eSourcing portal. Larger schemes, such as its Sustainable Construction Programme, run as competitive procedures under the Procurement Act 2023. The Skills Programme was delivered through an appointed external delivery partner, Matt Hamnett & Associates. Programme teams handle supplier enquiries by email once a tender is live.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Thames Freeport's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

73300000 · Design and execution of research and development

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@thames-freeport.gov