Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Nov 2026, 09:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

A60 Redhill Cutting · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Via East Midlands LTD (Public body)

WorksBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Jul 2028 · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Via is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement, to understand the range of potential solutions available in the market, and to assist with drafting a potential future tender specification for rock slope stabilisation and remediation works at the A60 Mansfield Road, Redhill Cutting, Nottingham.

CPV: Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways · Geotechnical engineering services · Ground-stabilisation work · Road-maintenance works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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

How Via East Midlands LTD buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up

Via East Midlands LTD’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

How often do SMEs win?
i

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

Buyer: 4 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 4523 · East Midlands, n=84
80%81%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.

Buyer: 6 of 7 known-location awards · market: CPV 4523 · East Midlands, n=99
86%28%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 6 decided notices · market: CPV 4523 · East Midlands, n=20
27 days29 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 27 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 2 of 10 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4523 · East Midlands, n=97
20%27%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
0% had one bid
The market20 lots with bid counts · CPV 4523 · East Midlands
5% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (5) / the market (20) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
2–320% / 45%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
4–640% / 20%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
7+40% / 30%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 20 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer9 lots with estimate and award · all categories
22% below estimate
The market22 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4523 · East Midlands
41% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (9) / the market (22) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate22% / 41%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%44% / 32%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate33% / 27%
Buyer: 3 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

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

Lot #1CPV 452312 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 20 past lots.

—No model forecast yet5% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 20 similar lots
1 bid5%
1 of 20 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–345%
9 of 20 similar past lots received 2–3 (45%).
4–620%
4 of 20 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+30%
6 of 20 similar past lots received 7+ (30%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

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

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Nov 2026, 09:21 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 09:21 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105510
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subwaysGeotechnical engineering servicesGround-stabilisation workRoad-maintenance works
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b601 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published7 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 09:21 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 14 days
    27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Via intends to gather this information through written responses to this RFI.

    All responses will be kept strictly private and confidential and will only be used to inform the next steps and possible procurement approach Via should take.

    All required documents can be found on the below link:

    Please login to the Supplier Network to view the Opportunity:

    Please send RFI any queries and response via the procurement portal detailed above.

    Return of RFI document is requested by 20/11/2026, PME period will remain open for a further 7 days to allow for clarification/ further detail calls.

  4. Contract startsin 229 days
    1 Jul 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 09:21 GMT
    UK2

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

VIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 09903246 · GB-PPON: PRWJ-7547-VYNP Bilsthorpe Depot Bilsthorpe Business Park, Bilsthorpe, East Midlands, NG22 8STContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure