Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 11 Mar 2025, 11:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Cecil Street, King Street and Neswick House

Official notice

Authority: Plymouth Community Homes (Public body)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£4,500,000≈ £2.8m / year · £5,400,000 inc. VAT38.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Apr 2025awarded 7 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to BELL GROUP LTD
Contract term 1 yr 7 moends 1 Apr 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To carry out the refurbishment works to Cecil Street, King Street and Neswick House

CPV: Decoration work · Installation of doors and windows · Refurbishment work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 7 moSMEPublished value£4,500,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Apr 2027 (1 yr 7 mo)Value: £4,500,000 exc. VAT · £5,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

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 were scored
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20%
  • Cost: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: Social Value
  • Cost
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
11 Mar 2025, 11:10 GMT
Last source update
24 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 May 2025
Authority reference
LR/Cecil_King_Neswick/028/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008672
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Decoration workInstallation of doors and windowsRefurbishment work
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb62 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
11 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Mar 2025 → 3 Oct 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    11 Mar 2025, 11:10 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by
    11 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    11 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    23 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent
    10 Jul 2025
  6. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025
  7. Latest notice published398 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
  8. Standstill ends389 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    11 Mar 2025, 11:10 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    24 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    24 Sept 2025, 09:00 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    4 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,780,2861 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BELL GROUP LTD3 Oct 2025 – 26 Feb 2027£2,780,2867 Jul 2025standstill to 3 Oct 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one40—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Plymouth Community Homes

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PQHR-8758-LZBN Plumer House Tailyour Road, Plymouth, South West, PL6 5DHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Bell Group LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWHC-6372-LGDQ Bell Business Park, Rochsolloch Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML6 9BGContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender