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Published 23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Completion Works at Parkhead Crescent Newry

Authority: Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd (Public body)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£350,000£420,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 27 Oct 202623:59 GMT · 33d 12h left
Contract term 5 mostarts 2 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · the market 5division 45 · n=313 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Completion Works in relation to 10. No houses to include the completion, testing and hand over the Works in full accordance with the Employer’s Requirements and specification and meet all statutory and regulatory obligations.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 5 moPublished value£350,000
Contract period: 2 Nov 2026 — 5 Apr 2027 (5 mo)Turnover guideline: ~£700,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£350,000 exc. VAT · £420,000 inc. VAT
45000000 Construction work

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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

Selection criteria and award criteria at 100% price

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

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Construction work (CPV 45) in Northern Ireland — and who usually turns up

Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Northern Ireland market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45)

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in division 45 · 1 in all categories

Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction work (CPV 45) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · authority’s region

Northern Ireland · Construction work (CPV 45)

contract notices delivered in Northern Ireland in 36 months: 393 in division 45 (302 competed, 29 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 313 lots. 58 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 255 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5division 45 · 36m · n=313 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 313 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

15%division 45 · 36m · n=313 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 164 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 45 · 36m · n=164 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 52 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

69ddivision 45 · 36m · n=52 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 306 lots.

Last 36 months.

28%division 45 · 36m · n=306 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 218 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

98%division 45 · 36m · n=218 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=313
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 313 lots on 172 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 15%
  • 2–3 19%
  • 4–6 26%
  • 7+ 41%

Median 5 · 313 lots on 172 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=164
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 164 lot pairs · division 45, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 32%
  • Within ±2% 29%
  • Above estimate 38%

164 lot pairs · division 45.

robust · n=164
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the Northern Ireland market’s usual movement over 164 lots (division 45), applied to the £350,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Northern Ireland (division 45, n=164 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £350,000 that is about £350,000, middle half £318,850£386,400 (quartiles from Northern Ireland · division 45). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile 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 columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. 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
23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07783b Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £350,000 excludes VAT (£420,000 including VAT).

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 34 days
    27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Contract startsin 39 days
    2 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

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
    23 Sept 2026, 10:00 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Alpha Housing (NI) Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PLWY-4992-WRGL Alpha House 6 Edgewater Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9JQ [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender