Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Burgess Park Sports Ground Football Leagues Market Engagement Questionnaire

Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southwark Council is exploring future arrangements for the delivery and management of football league activity at Burgess Park Sports Ground, Cobourg Road, London SE5. The Council wishes to engage with organisations experienced in the delivery and administration of football leagues and competitions to better understand the market and help shape any future procurement approach.

CPV: Sporting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs)
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How London Borough of Southwark buys Sporting services (CPV 9260), and who usually turns up

London Borough of Southwark’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: Sporting services (CPV 9260) →

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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 buyerLondon Borough of Southwark · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 30 of 63 known-size awards · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=13
48%62%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 45 of 67 known-location awards · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=17
67%53%

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

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: division 92 · Greater London, n=19
68 days31 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 68 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 12 of 53 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9260 · UK-wide, n=18
23%50%

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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This buyer27 lots with bid counts · all categories
7% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 9260 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (27) / the market (5) · select a colour for counts
1 bid7% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–319% / 0%
Buyer: 5 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–641% / 100%
Buyer: 11 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+33% / 0%
Buyer: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer14 lots with estimate and award · all categories
36% below estimate
The market31 lots with estimate and award · division 92 · Greater London
39% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (14) / the market (31) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate36% / 39%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 31 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 39%
Buyer: 7 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 12 of 31 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 23%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 31 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 926024 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

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 24 past lots.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 24 similar lots
1 bid8%
2 of 24 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–338%
9 of 24 similar past lots received 2–3 (38%).
4–646%
11 of 24 similar past lots received 4–6 (46%).
7+8%
2 of 24 similar past lots received 7+ (8%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £1 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
22 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
Authority reference
DN829206
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089798
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Sporting services
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777e1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published53 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
  2. Market engagement23 days ago
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    The Authority is undertaking preliminary market engagement to better understand the current market, supplier capability and capacity, and potential approaches to delivering the proposed requirements for ground football leagues.

    Interested suppliers are invited to participate by completing the Market Engagement Questionnaire. The engagement is intended to help the Authority understand available solutions, identify potential opportunities and challenges, and inform the development of the procurement strategy and specification.

    Suppliers should submit their completed questionnaire by 22nd October 2026 via the messaging facility on ProContract. Information received through this engagement process may be used to inform the development of any subsequent procurement exercise.

    procontract.due-north.com ↗

    Participation in this preliminary market engagement does not constitute part of a formal process and will not provide any supplier with an advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement.

  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 77 days
    31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 136 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 16:04 BST
    UK2

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

London Borough of Southwark

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXTW-7647-VDLV 160 Tooley street, London, London, SE1 2QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure