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020208 - Longford Park - People, Place and Nature Project – Evaluation Services

Buyer: Trafford Council →

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BuyerTrafford Council
StatusClosed
Deadline3 Apr 2026
Value£24,000
Published13 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Trafford Council seeks a skilled evaluation consultant/team to evaluate the £6m People, Place and Nature Project at Longford Park, supported by over £3m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Delivery location

UKD3, GB

Categories

Research and development services and related consultancy services 73000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£24,000
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2026 to 31 Dec 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (100%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research and development services and related consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 739222 median · 41.9 average (169 of 922 with a bid count)3.1 average (182 of 922 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD33242 median · 242 average (1 of 3 with a bid count)43 average (1 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)149Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066996
Latest release ID022879-2026
Latest release timestampFri Mar 13 2026 11:40:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022879-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-03T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-03T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsPlease submit your tender response via 'The Chest' procurement portal (www.the-chest.org.uk).
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£24,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
13 Mar 2026tender022879-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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