Official UK procurement notice
Ceredigion - Provision of Food Hygiene and Food Standards Inspection Services for Ceredigion County Council
Authority: Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCeredigion County Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers regarding the potential procurement of food hygiene and food standards inspection services.
The Council is considering the appointment of one or more appropriately qualified Environmental Health Practitioners or Food Safety Practitioners to undertake official food hygiene and food standards interventions throughout the County of Ceredigion.
The service is likely to include:
Food Hygiene inspections.
Food Standards inspections.
Combined dual inspections.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme inspections and rating determinations.
Risk rating of food businesses in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice.
Submission of inspection reports and supporting documentation.
Identification and escalation of any significant food safety risks requiring further intervention by the Council.
Providers should have demonstrable experience of undertaking official controls in accordance with Food Standards Agency requirements and the Food Law Code of Practice. Contractors may be expected to provide suitably authorised and competent officers capable of undertaking both food hygiene and food standards work.
Interested organisations should contact the Council's Procurement mailbox on [email protected] to request an Expression of Interest (EOI) form. Completion of an EOI does not guarantee participation in any subsequent procurement process.
Mae Cyngor Sir Ceredigion yn ceisio datganiadau o ddiddordeb gan ddarparwyr sydd â'r cymwysterau priodol mewn perthynas â chaffaeliad posibl gwasanaethau archwilio hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd.
Mae'r Cyngor yn ystyried penodi un neu fwy o Ymarferwyr Iechyd Amgylcheddol neu Ymarferwyr Diogelwch Bwyd sydd â'r cymwysterau addas i ymgymryd ag ymyriadau swyddogol ym maes hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd ledled Sir Ceredigion.
Mae'r gwasanaeth yn debygol o gynnwys:
Archwiliadau Hylendid Bwyd.
Archwiliadau Safonau Bwyd.
Archwiliadau cyfunol sy'n cwmpasu'r ddau faes.
Archwiliadau a phenderfyniadau sgorio o dan y Cynllun Sgorio Hylendid Bwyd.
Graddio risg busnesau bwyd yn unol â Chod Ymarfer Cyfraith Bwyd.
Cyflwyno adroddiadau archwilio a dogfennaeth ategol.
Nodi ac uwchgyfeirio unrhyw risgiau diogelwch bwyd sylweddol sy'n gofyn am ymyrraeth bellach gan y Cyngor.
Dylai darparwyr feddu ar brofiad amlwg o gynnal rheolaethau swyddogol yn unol â gofynion yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd a Chod Ymarfer Cyfraith Bwyd. Efallai y bydd disgwyl i gontractwyr ddarparu swyddogion sydd wedi'u hawdurdodi'n briodol ac sy'n gymwys i gyflawni gwaith ym maes hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd.
Dylai sefydliadau sydd â diddordeb gysylltu â blwch post Caffael y Cyngor ar [email protected] i ofyn am ffurflen Datganiad o Ddiddordeb. Nid yw cwblhau Datganiad o Ddiddordeb yn gwarantu cyfranogiad mewn unrhyw broses gaffael ddilynol.
CPV: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services · Hygiene services · Other community, social and personal services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services · Technical inspection and testing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council buys Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163), and who usually turns up
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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 Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Wales (Cymru).
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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.
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.
1 bid22% / 20%
2–343% / 20%
4–621% / 0%
7+14% / 60%
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.
Below estimate33% / 47%
Within ±2%54% / 30%
Above estimate13% / 23%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 7163Published estimate£60k
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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 108 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–323%
4–629%
7+33%
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.
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 match score 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- 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
- 13 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096607- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0786b1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published1 day ago13 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- Today14 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 28 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Ceredigion County Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers regarding the potential procurement of food hygiene and food standards inspection services.
The Council is considering the appointment of one or more appropriately qualified Environmental Health Practitioners or Food Safety Practitioners to undertake official food hygiene and food standards interventions throughout the County of Ceredigion.
The service is likely to include:
Food Hygiene inspections.
Food Standards inspections.
Combined dual inspections.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme inspections and rating determinations.
Risk rating of food businesses in accordance with the Food Law Code of Practice.
Submission of inspection reports and supporting documentation.
Identification and escalation of any significant food safety risks requiring further intervention by the Council.
Providers should have demonstrable experience of undertaking official controls in accordance with Food Standards Agency requirements and the Food Law Code of Practice. Contractors may be expected to provide suitably authorised and competent officers capable of undertaking both food hygiene and food standards work.
Interested organisations should contact the Council's Procurement mailbox on [email protected] to request an Expression of Interest (EOI) form. Completion of an EOI does not guarantee participation in any subsequent procurement process.
Mae Cyngor Sir Ceredigion yn ceisio datganiadau o ddiddordeb gan ddarparwyr sydd â'r cymwysterau priodol mewn perthynas â chaffaeliad posibl gwasanaethau archwilio hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd.
Mae'r Cyngor yn ystyried penodi un neu fwy o Ymarferwyr Iechyd Amgylcheddol neu Ymarferwyr Diogelwch Bwyd sydd â'r cymwysterau addas i ymgymryd ag ymyriadau swyddogol ym maes hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd ledled Sir Ceredigion.
Mae'r gwasanaeth yn debygol o gynnwys:
Archwiliadau Hylendid Bwyd.
Archwiliadau Safonau Bwyd.
Archwiliadau cyfunol sy'n cwmpasu'r ddau faes.
Archwiliadau a phenderfyniadau sgorio o dan y Cynllun Sgorio Hylendid Bwyd.
Graddio risg busnesau bwyd yn unol â Chod Ymarfer Cyfraith Bwyd.
Cyflwyno adroddiadau archwilio a dogfennaeth ategol.
Nodi ac uwchgyfeirio unrhyw risgiau diogelwch bwyd sylweddol sy'n gofyn am ymyrraeth bellach gan y Cyngor.
Dylai darparwyr feddu ar brofiad amlwg o gynnal rheolaethau swyddogol yn unol â gofynion yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd a Chod Ymarfer Cyfraith Bwyd. Efallai y bydd disgwyl i gontractwyr ddarparu swyddogion sydd wedi'u hawdurdodi'n briodol ac sy'n gymwys i gyflawni gwaith ym maes hylendid bwyd a safonau bwyd.
Dylai sefydliadau sydd â diddordeb gysylltu â blwch post Caffael y Cyngor ar [email protected] i ofyn am ffurflen Datganiad o Ddiddordeb. Nid yw cwblhau Datganiad o Ddiddordeb yn gwarantu cyfranogiad mewn unrhyw broses gaffael ddilynol.
- Tender notice expectedin 90 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 169 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Oct 2026, 14:41 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender