Find a TenderPlanned procurement
Published 12 Mar 2026, 10:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

25EED011 - Kirkcudbright Academy - Refurbishment

Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)

Works
Planned pipeline value£2,200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kirkcudbright Academy - Refurbishment

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for school buildings · Installation of doors and windows · Installation of doors and windows and related components · Installation of windows · Refurbishment work · Roof repair and maintenance work · Secondary school construction work · Stonework

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The scope of works includes replacement of several flat roofs and replacement of a…Planned

The scope of works includes replacement of several flat roofs and replacement of a pitched roof including rain water goods and fascia/soffit replacement, window refurbishment/replacement, stone repair to a listed building, external security door replacement, replacement of a calorifier, replacement of fan convectors, external stair replacement, internal decoration, partial ceiling grid replacement and upgrade of changing areas. Additional information: The contract is estimated to be for a period of 46 weeks with the contractor expected to start on site during March 2027 and be complete by February 2028.

Delivery: Scotland · Kirkcudbright Academy, St Mary’s Wynd, DG6 4JU

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Dumfries and Galloway Council buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up

Dumfries and Galloway Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Other building completion work (CPV 4545) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerDumfries and Galloway Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 35 of 44 known-size awards · market: CPV 4545 · Scotland, n=13
80%85%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Scotland.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 28 of 44 known-location awards · market: CPV 4545 · Scotland, n=11
64%82%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=91
—33 days

Half of these awards were announced within 33 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 6 of 24 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4545 · Scotland, n=12
25%25%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer40 lots with bid counts · all categories
25% had one bid
The market11 lots with bid counts · CPV 4545 · Scotland
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid25% / 9%
Buyer: 10 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
2–335% / 27%
Buyer: 14 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
4–628% / 27%
Buyer: 11 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
7+13% / 36%
Buyer: 5 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 11 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · all categories
70% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4545 · Scotland
60% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate70% / 60%
Buyer: 7 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%20% / 40%
Buyer: 2 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1The scope of works includes replacement of several flat roofs and replacement of a…CPV 4545Published estimate£2.2m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 11 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 11 similar lots
1 bid9%
1 of 11 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–327%
3 of 11 similar past lots received 2–3 (27%).
4–627%
3 of 11 similar past lots received 4–6 (27%).
7+36%
4 of 11 similar past lots received 7+ (36%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £2.2m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Mar 2026, 10:59 GMT
Last source update
12 Mar 2026, 10:59 GMT
Authority reference
DGCP-0672
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-022222
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction workConstruction work for school buildingsInstallation of doors and windowsInstallation of doors and windows and related componentsInstallation of windowsRefurbishment workRoof repair and maintenance workSecondary school construction workStonework
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM92)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066823 Find a Tender

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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Mar 2026 → 14 Sept 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published224 days ago
    12 Mar 2026, 10:59 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected39 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Procurement Team, Carruthers House, Dumfries, Scotland, DG1 2HPContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.