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Published 7 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Carriageway Micro Asphalt and Pre-Patching 2027

Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,000,000£1,200,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 4 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 27d 21h left
Clarification cut-off 28 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 mostarts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Carriageway micro asphalt and pre patching in various locations around the Wigan Borough.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 moSMEPublished value£1,000,000
Contract period: 1 May 2027 — 30 Sept 2027 (5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North WestTurnover guideline: ~£2,000,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
45000000 Construction 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
Price: 60%Social value: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price — 60%
  • Quality and Social Value — 40%

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number — sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,000,000 (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 Wigan Council buys Construction work (CPV 45) — and who usually turns up

Wigan Council’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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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

Question for the bid
This buyerWigan Council · all categories
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · North West 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: 23 of 37 known-size awards · market: division 45, n=366
62%72%

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.

Here, local means registered in North West England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 33 of 49 known-location awards · market: division 45, n=537
67%47%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.

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 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: 10 decided notices · market: n=272
49 days41 days

Half of these awards were announced within 49 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 21 of 54 awarded contracts without a rival · market: n=516
39%20%

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 buyer27 lots with bid counts · all categories
7% had one bid
The market397 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
10% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid7% / 10%
Buyer: 2 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 40 of 397 lots with published bid counts.
2–341% / 27%
Buyer: 11 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 106 of 397 lots with published bid counts.
4–637% / 28%
Buyer: 10 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 113 of 397 lots with published bid counts.
7+15% / 35%
Buyer: 4 of 27 lots with published bid counts. Market: 138 of 397 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 buyer20 lots with estimate and award · all categories
40% below estimate
The market275 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate40% / 43%
Buyer: 8 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 117 of 275 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%30% / 27%
Buyer: 6 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 73 of 275 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate30% / 31%
Buyer: 6 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 85 of 275 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 #1Suitable for SMEs 5 monthsPublished value£1,000,000
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.

The bar shows 397 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—10% single-bid risk
Past bids on 397 similar lots
1 bid10%
40 of 397 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–327%
106 of 397 similar past lots received 2–3 (27%).
4–628%
113 of 397 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+35%
138 of 397 similar past lots received 7+ (35%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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 £1.0m, 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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueMatch
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0782b4 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
For tenders to be submitted electronically, please visit website www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
Published estimate £1,000,000 excludes VAT (£1,200,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    7 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 21 days
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 205 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 13:29 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wigan Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCGG-6481-TZPW PO Box 100, Wigan, North West, WN1 3DS

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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