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Published 27 May 2026, 09:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Commercial Asset Management System

Authority: Oxford City Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£1,800,000≈ £360k / year · £2,160,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 5 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 22d 9h left
Clarification cut-off 26 Oct 202617:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 May 2032 · up to 31 May 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for an asset & property management and property services system (AMPS)

CPV: Industry specific software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 5 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,800,000
Contract period: 1 Jun 2027 – 31 May 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 May 2036 with extensionsValue: £1,800,000 exc. VAT · £2,160,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£719,212/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: Option to extend for two further periods of two years

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: 76%Price: 24%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 24 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £719,212 (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 Oxford City Council buys Industry specific software package (CPV 4810), and who usually turns up

Oxford City 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: Industry specific software package (CPV 4810) →

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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 buyerOxford City Council · division 48
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: 2 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 4810 · South East England, n=21
40%48%

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 South East England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 4810 · South East England, n=34
33%24%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East 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: 17 decided notices · market: CPV 4810 · UK-wide, n=14
77 days42 days

Half of these awards were announced within 77 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 1 of 8 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4810 · South East England, n=44
13%77%

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 buyer17 lots with bid counts · all categories
6% had one bid
The market23 lots with bid counts · CPV 4810 · UK-wide
17% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid6% / 17%
Buyer: 1 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
2–335% / 35%
Buyer: 6 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 35%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
7+29% / 13%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 23 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 buyer15 lots with estimate and award · all categories
33% below estimate
The market12 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4810 · UK-wide
75% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33% / 75%
Buyer: 5 of 15 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60% / 17%
Buyer: 9 of 15 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate7% / 8%
Buyer: 1 of 15 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 12 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 #1CPV 481060 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.8m
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.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

5expected bids5% single-bid risk
forecast from 12 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid5%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 5%. This is a forecast.
2–328%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 28%. This is a forecast.
4–652%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 52%. This is a forecast.
7+15%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 15%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

Based on 22 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

£1.7m6% below estimate
22 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£1.5m–£1.8m
Half of likely prices fall between £1,519,400 and £1,800,000.
Estimate£1.8m
The buyer published an estimate of £1,800,000 for this lot.
A 29% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

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
Artifax Software LimitedLive contractEvent Management Booking Systemruns to Mar 2029——45% match

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
16 wins in South East England20 panel places
£47m170 awards in 36m · last this month62 live · £164m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

7% below n=20
7 wins in South East England8 panel places
£43m70 awards in 36m · last this month15 live · £6.0m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=9
6 wins in South East England
£21m62 awards in 36m · last this month33 live · £10.0m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

33% above n=1
3 wins in South East England2 panel places
£18m15 awards in 36m · last this month3 live · £8.8m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

18% below n=5
1 win in South East England2 panel places
£2.3m4 awards in 36m · last this month1 live · £76k
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=1
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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 May 2026, 09:39 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 4 Jan 2027
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093436
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Industry specific software package
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a56d Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £1,800,000 excludes VAT (£2,160,000 including VAT).

Timeline

27 May 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published140 days ago
    27 May 2026, 09:39 BST
  2. Next notice expected105 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published12 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
  4. Today
    14 Oct 2026
  5. Clarification questions byin 13 days
    26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
  6. Submission deadlinein 22 days
    5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected byin 83 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract startsin 230 days
    1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2026, 09:39 BST
    UK1
  2. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
  5. Deadline published: 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Oxford City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJQW-3663-YMYQ Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford, South East, OX1 1BXContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender