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Published 9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Angus Rural Mobility Hub - Enabling Infrastructure Works

Authority: Angus Council (Local council)

Two-stageWorksRestricted procedure
Published estimate£4,650,000exc. VAT
Submission deadline 9 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 30d 10h left
Candidates invited to tender 5–8published shortlist size

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The project comprises the enabling infrastructure only required for a new Mobility Hub.

  • Two-stage procedure: 5 to 8 candidates will be invited to tender around 2 Dec 2026.

CPV: Construction work · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Drainage works · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Landscaping work · Site preparation and clearance work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1We are seeking a Main/ Principal Contractor to carry out the enabling infrastructure…Published value£4,650,000
We are seeking a Main/ Principal Contractor to carry out the enabling infrastructure works for a new Mobility Hub. Additional information: The successful contractor will be required to provide a Performance Bond, equivalent to 10% of the Contract Sum, for the enitire duration of the contract.
Delivery: Scotland · Forfar, AngusTurnover guideline: ~£9,300,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Second stage
5–8 candidates invited to tender
Variant bids
not allowed
45111200 Site preparation and clearance work45112700 Landscaping work45232452 Drainage works45233000 Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads45340000 Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work

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: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — 30
  • Price — 70

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

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number — sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £9,300,000 (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 Angus Council buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) — and who usually turns up

Angus Council’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. 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

This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot

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: 139 of 152 known-size awards · market: CPV 4523, n=41
91%80%

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.

Here, local means registered in Scotland.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 140 of 140 known-location awards · market: CPV 4523, n=26
100%85%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no dates · market: no dates
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No published decision dates to compare.

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.

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 4 of 25 awarded contracts without a rival · market: n=34
16%24%

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 buyer159 lots with bid counts · all categories
27% had one bid
The market29 lots with bid counts · CPV 4523
21% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid27% / 21%
Buyer: 43 of 159 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
2–343% / 41%
Buyer: 69 of 159 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
4–625% / 28%
Buyer: 39 of 159 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 29 lots with published bid counts.
7+5% / 10%
Buyer: 8 of 159 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 29 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 buyerNo matched awards
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The market14 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4523
21% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate21%
Market: 3 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50%
Market: 7 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate29%
Market: 4 of 14 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 #1We are seeking a Main/ Principal Contractor to carry out the enabling infrastructure…CPV 452321% single-bidPublished estimate£4,650,000
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 29 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—21% single-bid risk
Past bids on 29 similar lots
1 bid21%
6 of 29 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–341%
12 of 29 similar past lots received 2–3 (41%).
4–628%
8 of 29 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+10%
3 of 29 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the winning 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 guide, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet — the published estimate is £4.7m, 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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueMatch
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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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.
SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
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Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
  • Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
  • “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Requests to participate open
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
Authority reference
93001052
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095491
Classification (CPV)
Construction workConstruction, foundation and surface works for highways, roadsDrainage worksFencing, railing and safety equipment installation workLandscaping workSite preparation and clearance work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078458 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms
The successful contractor must provide a Performance Guarantee Bond, equivalent to 10% of the Contract Sum, for the entire duration of the contract period.

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845003. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits requirements will be detailed within the Tender Documents. (SC Ref:845003) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=845003

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland
Submission portal named on this notice: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Shortlist
5–8 candidates invited to tender
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice published1 day ago
    9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 30 days
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expectedin 53 days
    2 Dec 2026

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

Angus Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar, Scotland, DD8 1AN Louis Perera [email protected] +44 3452777778 Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria