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Published 25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

COV - Holbrooks Primary School Extension - Main Works Contractor

Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£2,400,000≈ £1.3m / year · £2,879,998 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202623:59 BST · 28d 5h left
Contract term 1 yr 10 mostarts 1 Mar 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 1division 45 · n=7 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Extension and refurbishment works at Holbrooks Primary School, Coventry.

CPV: Construction work · Construction work for school buildings · Primary school construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 1 yr 10 moPublished valueAED 2,400,000
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 — 31 Dec 2028 (1 yr 10 mo)Delivery: West MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~AED 2,607,143/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
AED 2,400,000 exc. VAT · AED 2,879,998 inc. VAT
45000000 Construction work45214200 Construction work for school buildings45214210 Primary school construction work

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

Technical/Quality will account for 100.00% of the evaluation and will be based on the responses to the technical criteria outlined in the PSQ.

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 Coventry City Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521) — and who usually turns up

Coventry City Council’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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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

Coventry City Council

contract notices in 36 months: 3 in CPV 4521 · 13 in division 45 (1 route not published) · 130 in all categories (41 without competition · 19 route not published)

Bids per lot
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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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 7 lots. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 11).

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

1division 45 · 36m · n=7 lots
Single-bid lots
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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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 7 lots.

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

71%division 45 · 36m · n=7 lots
Award vs estimate
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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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 4 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

22% belowdivision 45 · 36m · n=4 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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

84ddivision 45 · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 264 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=264 notices
Awarded without competition
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 3 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=7
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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 7 lots on 4 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 71%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 29%

Median 1 · 7 lots on 4 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=4
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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 4 lot pairs · division 45, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 75%
  • Within ±2% 0%
  • Above estimate 25%

4 lot pairs · division 45.

The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Building construction work (CPV 4521)

contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 262 in CPV 4521 (183 competed, 44 route not published) · 1,228 in division 45 (879 competed, 222 route not published)

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 sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 58 lots. 41 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 17 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).

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

3CPV 4521 · 36m · n=58 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 sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 58 lots.

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

21%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=58 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 sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 65 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4521 · 36m · n=65 pairs
Deadline → award date
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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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 39 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

60dCPV 4521 · 36m · n=39 notices
SME bidders
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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 sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 51 lots.

Last 36 months.

74%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=51 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 sector (CPV 4521), last 36 months: 116 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

72%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=116 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=58
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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 58 lots on 53 contested notices · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 21%
  • 2–3 31%
  • 4–6 24%
  • 7+ 24%

Median 3 · 58 lots on 53 contested notices · CPV 4521.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=65
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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 65 lot pairs · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 32%
  • Within ±2% 32%
  • Above estimate 35%

65 lot pairs · CPV 4521.

moderate · n=4
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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 4 lots, so only the direction is shown, not a pound figure.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Coventry City Council (division 45, n=4 pairs) land a median 22% below. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.
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
25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
Authority reference
COV-27083
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workConstruction work for school buildingsPrimary school construction work
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ad5 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 allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please register via Coventry City Council's e-procurement system - CSW-JETS via https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils’/Authorities’ opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work. Once you more…are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation by selecting the CSW-JETS portal.
Published estimate £2,400,000 excludes VAT (£2,879,998 including VAT).

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract startsin 156 days
    1 Mar 2027, 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
    25 Sept 2026, 15:41 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMJC-6861-XJPP Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RR [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