Official UK procurement notice
Alterations and extension to the old Police Station Building PQQ stage
Authority: Newport Pagnell Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe works entail alterations and extension to the Old Police Station building on Newport Pagnell High Street and are further described on the tender drawings.
The final building will be shared by two separate organisations (i) Newport Pagnell Town
Council and (ii) Newport Pagnell Historical Society. The completed building will be operated
as two separate demises, with separate entrances.
The front of the building will be adapted for use by the Town Council for offices, meeting
rooms and supporting spaces. The old courtroom will be refurbished to provide a council
chamber for public meetings. The rear of the building will be adapted for use as a local
museum. A new extension measuring 6m x 6m and 3.5m high will provide a new separate
entrance and exhibition space. The two functions of the building, council offices and museum,
will be separated by a Party Wall.
Please note this is at the PQQ stage only and the date for the return of the PQQ is 20th January 2026
CPV: Building construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Price/Cost: The total costs of the proposed works will be considered as part of the most economically advantageous tender. Detailed pricing requirements will be provided in the invitation to tender. This is currently at the PQQ stage
- Quality: The quality of the proposed works including the methodology programme and project delivery approach will be evaluated. This is currently at the PQQ stage.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Building construction work (CPV 4521) in South East England, and who usually turns up
Newport Pagnell Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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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.
1 bid13%
2–330%
4–629%
7+29%
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.
Below estimate35%
Within ±2%21%
Above estimate44%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 4521Estimate not published
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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 56 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–330%
4–629%
7+29%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 14 Jan 2026, 10:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 10:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002973- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060561Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Jan 2026 → 1 May 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published281 days ago14 Jan 2026, 10:23 GMT
- Tender notice expected279 days ago15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by276 days ago19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline206 days ago30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by205 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts174 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published14 Jan 2026, 10:23 GMTUK3
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender