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Published 23 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

4-6 Short Street Repair Works

Authority: Cambridge City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£95,000£95,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 14 Oct 202617:00 BST · 19d 14h left
Clarification cut-off 9 Oct 202610:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 8 mostarts 26 Oct 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 2division 45 · n=3 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cambridge City Council is seeking a contractor for a package of internal and external repairs to the existing building, including masonry and brickwork repairs, roofing, joinery and timber repairs, drainage, ventilation, decorations and associated remedial works, together with specialist basement waterproofing works. The basement waterproofing element includes Contractor design and is required to achieve the specified BS 8102:2022 Grade 3 performance requirements.

The premises will remain occupied throughout the works. The Contractor is required to plan, manage and provide the works accordingly and to make appropriate provision for the continued occupation of the premises during the works. The property is used as assisted living accommodation and the Contractor must take this into account when planning and providing the works.

The property is subject to Listed Building Consent and the works are to be provided in accordance with the Scope and the requirements of the contract, including the approved listed building proposals. Relevant asbestos information forms part of the tender information and must be taken into account in planning and providing the works. The asbestos survey identifies known asbestos-containing materials and areas which were inaccessible at the time of survey and require further inspection before disturbance.

CPV: Other building completion work · Restructuring work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 8 moPublished valueAED 95,000
Contract period: 26 Oct 2026 — 14 Jun 2027 (8 mo)Delivery: East of EnglandTurnover guideline: ~AED 190,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
AED 95,000 exc. VAT · AED 95,000 inc. VAT
45450000 Other building completion work45454000 Restructuring work

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

Quality - 60% Price - 40%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Cambridge City Council buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545) — and who usually turns up

Cambridge City Council’s own published record, next to the East of England 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

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Cambridge City Council

contract notices in 36 months: 5 in CPV 4545 · 25 in division 45 (2 route not published) · 90 in all categories (2 without competition · 5 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 lots. All 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

2division 45 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 45 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 16 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 36m · n=16 pairs
Deadline → award date
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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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

27ddivision 45 · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 91 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=91 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=5 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 100%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=16
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 16 lot pairs · all categories, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 13%
  • Within ±2% 81%
  • Above estimate 6%

16 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

East of England · Other building completion work (CPV 4545)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 136 in CPV 4545 (114 competed, 10 route not published) · 1,404 in division 45 (1,075 competed, 229 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 47 lots. 29 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 18 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5CPV 4545 · 36m · n=47 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 47 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

17%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=47 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 42 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4545 · 36m · n=42 pairs
Deadline → award date
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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 25 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

60dCPV 4545 · 36m · n=25 notices
SME bidders
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 45 lots.

Last 36 months.

73%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=45 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4545), last 36 months: 101 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

66%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=101 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=47
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 47 lots on 35 contested notices · CPV 4545, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 17%
  • 2–3 19%
  • 4–6 23%
  • 7+ 40%

Median 5 · 47 lots on 35 contested notices · CPV 4545.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=42
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 42 lot pairs · CPV 4545, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 24%
  • Within ±2% 48%
  • Above estimate 29%

42 lot pairs · CPV 4545.

robust · n=16
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 16 lots (all categories), applied to the £95,000 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Cambridge City Council (all categories, n=16 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £95,000 that is about £95,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Other building completion workRestructuring work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07786e Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
14 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £95,000 excludes VAT (£95,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published2 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 20 days
    14 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 31 days
    26 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 11:50 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridge City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCBT-6819-NDPJ The Guildhall, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 1BY [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender