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Published 13 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Concession - Cafe facilities at Mampitts Hub, Shaftesbury

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Shaftesbury Town Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdConcessionSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: South West (UKK25)
Concession value (operator's revenue)£80,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submission deadline 25 Jan 202712:00 GMT · 72 days left
Clarification cut-off 13 Jan 202723:59 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2030 · up to 31 Aug 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The Council is seeking to appoint a Concessionaire to run a café facility at the newly constructed community centre at Mampitts Green, Shaftesbury. The appointed Supplier (aka the Concessionaire) would pay a commission-based licence fee, £8,000 annual payment to operate the Café.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council is seeking to appoint a Concessionaire to run a café facility at the newly constructed community centre at Mampitts Green, Shaftesbury.

The appointed Supplier (aka the Concessionaire) would pay a commission-based licence fee, £8,000 annual payment to operate the Café.

Full details around the Tender can be found in the accompanying documentation attached to this tender notice.

This tender is an opportunity to submit a commission-based tender for the specified services.

CPV: Canteen and other restricted-clientele cafeteria services · Canteen management services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions · Retail trade services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£80,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 – 31 Aug 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2037 with extensionsValue: £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Performance and delivery of the concessionaire.
55511000 Canteen and other restricted-clientele cafeteria services55512000 Canteen management services55523000 Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions55900000 Retail trade services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

Lot awarding rule: Quality 100% Please refer to tender pack (Part A).

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

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

How Shaftesbury Town Council buys Canteen services (CPV 5551), and who usually turns up

Shaftesbury Town Council has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Canteen services (CPV 5551) →

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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 buyerShaftesbury Town Council · all categories
The marketCanteen services (CPV 5551) · South West England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 0 of 0 known-size awards · market: division 55 · South West England, n=77
0 of 048%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: division 55 · South West England, n=98
1 of 130%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 55 · South West England, n=35
—66 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 0 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 55 · South West England, n=90
0 of 130%

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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This buyerNo bid counts published
The market68 lots with bid counts · division 55 · South West England
13% had one bid
% of the market's 68 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid13%
Market: 9 of 68 lots with published bid counts.
2–332%
Market: 22 of 68 lots with published bid counts.
4–646%
Market: 31 of 68 lots with published bid counts.
7+9%
Market: 6 of 68 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market47 lots with estimate and award · division 55 · South West England
30% below estimate
% of the market's 47 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate30%
Market: 14 of 47 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%47%
Market: 22 of 47 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate23%
Market: 11 of 47 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 5536 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£80k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 55. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 68 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 68 similar lots
1 bid13%
9 of 68 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–332%
22 of 68 similar past lots received 2–3 (32%).
4–646%
31 of 68 similar past lots received 4–6 (46%).
7+9%
6 of 68 similar past lots received 7+ (9%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £80k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Concession
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 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT
Authority reference
ITT-001-11/2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108089
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Canteen and other restricted-clientele cafeteria servicesCanteen management servicesCatering services for other enterprises or other institutionsRetail trade services
Delivery area
South West (UKK25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbdb Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
25 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
13 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please see Tender Pack Part A for full details.

Published estimate £80,000 excludes VAT (£96,000 including VAT).

Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    13 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 61 days
    13 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 72 days
    25 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 291 days
    1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 15:01 GMT
    UK4

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

Shaftesbury Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHPJ-2787-MVWX Shaftesbury Town Council, The High Street, Shaftesbury, South West, SP7 8LYContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (12)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDFAppendix H Dorset Hall Comparisons
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsXLSXClarifications will be published against the Contract Notice on Find a Tender. If interested in tendering for this project please ensure you add a "watch this notice" for alerts as from time to time additional information or clarifications may be published related to this tender.…
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDFAppendix B Drawing AXB 1309-T-110-A Proposed Ground Floor Plan

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender