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Published 30 Oct 2026, 15:32 GMT

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AM0002MFC - Greyfriars - Construction of Market & Food Court

Authority: Gloucester City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£2,290,000£2,748,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 3 Dec 202612:00 GMT · 33 days left
Contract term 5 moends 31 May 2027 · starts 11 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Project Title: Gloucester Greyfriars Project

Location: Eastgate Shopping Centre and Food Court

Construction Period: January 2027–May2027 – Incorporating Principal Designer at RIBA Sages 4-6

Client:?Gloucester City Council

Key Requirements

  • Existing building needs repurposing and regeneration: strip out is completed but there may be unknown service runs, possible hazardous materials, structural constraints
  • Fire strategy compliance: smoke control, compartmentation, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Martyn’s Law Act?2023 measures integrated into design
  • Timescales: strictly tied to Levelling Up Fund drawdown deadlines; design decisions must be made promptly to avoid programme critical delays to Cultural Hub Build Programme
  • Budget discipline: follow and understand overall budget caps for each building element
  • Administer and report on compliance and value
  • Sustainability: Car Park roof mounted PV array, improved thermal envelope, LED lighting, high efficiency Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Services

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 moPublished value£2,290,000
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 – 31 May 2027 (5 mo)Value: £2,290,000 exc. VAT · £2,748,000 inc. VAT
Turnover guideline: ~£4,580,000/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
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality to include Social Value (10%): 80%
  • Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality to include Social Value (10%)

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £4,580,000 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Gloucester City Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up

Gloucester City 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: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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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 buyerGloucester City Council · all categories
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · South West England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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: 7 of 10 known-size awards · market: division 45 · South West England (authority’s region), n=882
70%77%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 South West England (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 17 of 20 known-location awards · market: division 45 · South West England (authority’s region), n=1,171
85%42%

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

How long to a decision?
i

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: 7 decided notices · market: division 45 · South West England (authority’s region), n=207
36 days45 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 36 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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 3 of 19 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 45 · South West England (authority’s region), n=1,331
16%34%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with bid counts · all categories
25% had one bid
The market270 lots with bid counts · division 45 · South West England (authority’s region)
10% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid25% / 10%
Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 28 of 270 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 25%
Buyer: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 68 of 270 lots with published bid counts.
4–613% / 29%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 78 of 270 lots with published bid counts.
7+63% / 36%
Buyer: 5 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 96 of 270 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 buyer7 lots with estimate and award · all categories
71% below estimate
The market239 lots with estimate and award · division 45 · South West England (authority’s region)
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate71% / 43%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 102 of 239 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%14% / 28%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 67 of 239 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 29%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 70 of 239 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 455 monthsPublished estimate£2.3m

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 270 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 270 similar lots
1 bid10%
28 of 270 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–325%
68 of 270 similar past lots received 2–3 (25%).
4–629%
78 of 270 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+36%
96 of 270 similar past lots received 7+ (36%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 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 £2.3m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

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
30 Oct 2026, 15:32 GMT
Last source update
30 Oct 2026, 15:32 GMT
Authority reference
AM0002MFC
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103368
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0794ed Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Procontract ref = DN831540

Published estimate £2,290,000 excludes VAT (£2,748,000 including VAT).

Timeline

30 Oct 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published9h ago
    30 Oct 2026, 15:32 GMT
  2. Today
    31 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 33 days
    3 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 71 days
    11 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Oct 2026, 15:32 GMT
    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

Gloucester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPNG-4413-GZXP Gloucester City Council, Herbert Warehouse, The Docks, South West, GL1 2EQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender