Official UK procurement notice
Acle Bridge toilet block access, landscaping and drainage improvements
Authority: Broads Authority (Public body)
The Broads Authority is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to carry out access, landscaping and drainage improvement works at our Acle Bridge toilet block. The works will involve breaking up and removing existing surfacing, raising ground levels, installing new paving and creating sloped access points.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Broads Authority is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to carry out access, landscaping and drainage improvement works at our Acle Bridge toilet block.
The works will involve breaking up and removing existing surfacing, raising ground levels, installing new paving and creating sloped access points. Additional works will include soft landscaping and improvements to the existing sloped access connecting to the Public Right of Way.
CPV: Landscaping work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£100,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Tenders will be evaluated using a method known as MAT (most advantageous tender). The Authority will consider both quality and price in the evaluation of tenders. These reflect the relative importance and are scored as follows: Price 60%, Methodology 15%, Technical Capability 20%, Risk Assessment 5%.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £200,000 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Broads Authority buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
Broads Authority’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: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 7 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14% / 0%
2–314% / 23%
4–643% / 62%
7+29% / 15%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate33%
Within ±2%25%
Above estimate42%
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Lot #1CPV 4511Published estimate£100k
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1 bid7%
2–326%
4–652%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 6 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£84k–£100k
Estimate£100k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Focus Washrooms LtdWorked for this buyer | Refurbishment of two Broads Authority toilet and shower facilitiesended Mar 2026 | — | £169k | Similar wording and category |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £15m16 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £14m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £78m6 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £3.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £1.4m17 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 4 live · £444k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £333k4 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £44k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=2 | |
| 7 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2026, 11:41 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105096- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b3ceFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
All tenders to be submitted to [email protected]
Timeline
5 Nov 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published16h ago5 Nov 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Today6 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 21 days27 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 65 days11 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Nov 2026, 11:41 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Full tender documents will be available via the website above.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender