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Published 23 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Alterations and Refurbishment · UK public procurement notice

Authority: South Tyneside Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£81,000£97,200 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 20d 23h left
Clarification cut-off 6 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 moends 8 Mar 2027 · starts 11 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The works comprise refurbishment and reconfiguration of a house on East Boldon Road, Boldon, including extensive stripping out, alterations, replacement finishes, mechanical and electrical works, sanitary installations, external alterations and redecoration to facilitate use as a respite foster care facility.

It includes the conversion of the current out-building into a habitable space. Including a WC, utility / laundry space, additional storage and internal alterations to the main house. New kitchen and bathroom, full refurbishment and decoration

CPV: Building construction work · Refurbishment work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 moSMEPublished value£81,000
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 – 8 Mar 2027 (2 mo)Value: £81,000 exc. VAT · £97,200 inc. VAT
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£162,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

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

Lot awarding rule: 80% pricing 20% quality

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

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £162,000 (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 South Tyneside Council buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up

South Tyneside Council’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: 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 buyerSouth Tyneside Council · all categories
The marketOther building completion work (CPV 4545) · North East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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: 32 of 50 known-size awards · market: CPV 4545 · North East England, n=36
64%86%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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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.

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

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 48 of 89 known-location awards · market: CPV 4545 · North East England, n=57
54%25%

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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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: CPV 4545 · North East England, n=7
46 days28 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

Both shares are minimums: 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 42 of 89 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4545 · North East England, n=53
47%21%

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 buyer17 lots with bid counts · all categories
29% had one bid
The market14 lots with bid counts · CPV 4545 · North East England
29% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid29% / 29%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 7%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 7%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
7+12% / 57%
Buyer: 2 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 14 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 buyer14 lots with estimate and award · all categories
36% below estimate
The market17 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4545 · North East England
29% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate36% / 29%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 17 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 18%
Buyer: 7 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 17 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 53%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 17 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 #1CPV 452 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£81k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 180 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet11% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 180 similar lots
1 bid11%
19 of 180 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–319%
34 of 180 similar past lots received 2–3 (19%).
4–628%
51 of 180 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+42%
76 of 180 similar past lots received 7+ (42%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £81k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

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
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
23 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
23 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
Authority reference
C9125
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100371
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workRefurbishment work
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078ebd Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK
Submission portal named on this notice: OPEN-UK
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Documentation is available on the OPEN system. Tenders must be submitted via this system.

Web link: open-uk.org ↗

OPEN reference: OPEN-PR-23102026111432171

Published estimate £81,000 excludes VAT (£97,200 including VAT).

Timeline

23 Oct 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    23 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Today
    23 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 21 days
    13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 79 days
    11 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
    UK4

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

South Tyneside Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYPB-8737-VBHG Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, North East, NE33 2RLContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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