Official UK procurement notice
CPU26-27-19 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Building Services Minor Works Open Framework
Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNeath Port Talbot County Borough Council (NPTCBC) are planning to procure a multi-Lot Minor Works Open Framework in the next few months and wish to use this UK2 Pre-Market Engagement Notice to invite suppliers to attend a Business Wales-supported ‘Meet The Buyer’ event at Blanco's Hotel & Restaurant, Green Park, Port Talbot SA12 6NT
on the morning of Wednesday 2nd September 2026 (tea/coffee provided from 8.30am to be ready to start at 9.30am until 1pm.).
NPTCBC wish to use this preliminary event to engage with the current supplier market regarding the potential opportunities available within the proposed Minor Works Open Framework Lot categories below:
- Roofing;
- Specialist Flooring;
- Scaffolding;
- Mechanical a) Air-conditioning; b) Heating; c) Plumbing;
- Electrical;
- General Minor Works below £50,000;
- General Minor Works between £50,000 and £250,000;
- Fencing;
- Glazing;
(please note that the above list may be subject to change prior to the tender going live)
NPTCBC officers will outline the scope of Minor Works along with the proposed Lotting structure detailed above, as well as the Open Framework procurement process and the provisional timetable from live publishing through to final award. The Social Value elements required by the framework in relation to each Lot will also be discussed, with Business Wales in attendance to provide advice and guidance on how to bid for opportunities through Sell2Wales
Companies involved in the provision of the above categories are warmly invited to attend this pre-market engagement event which will include initial presentations and then opportunities for suppliers to break into discussion groups with NPTCBC officers. This informal opportunity will include typical examples of the types of construction and maintenance works likely to be included within the framework scope, as well as the call-off processes and Open Framework re-assessment procedures.
In order for us to cater adequately, please could we ask you to book via the link below, noting that suppliers are restricted to 2 attendees per business:
wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/neath-port… ↗
This project is supported by the Welsh Government through the UK Local Growth Fund in Wales and the event is delivered by Business Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government
CPV: Building installation work · Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, for crematoriums and public conveniences · Construction work for school buildings · Floor and wall covering work · Heating works · Installation of doors and windows and related components · Roof works and other special trade construction works
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “CPU26-27-19 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for Neath Port Talbot…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
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 83 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 bid4% / 0%
2–320% / 0%
4–640% / 10%
7+36% / 90%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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 4521Published estimate£20m
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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 39 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–610%
7+90%
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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 earlier-work matches 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
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 10:57 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 10:57 BST
- Authority reference
CPU26-27-19- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074576- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published77 days ago6 Aug 2026, 10:57 BST
- Market engagement50 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (NPTCBC) are planning to procure a multi-Lot Minor Works Open Framework in the next few months and wish to use this UK2 Pre-Market Engagement Notice to invite suppliers to attend a Business Wales-supported ‘Meet The Buyer’ event at Blanco's Hotel & Restaurant, Green Park, Port Talbot SA12 6NT
on the morning of Wednesday 2nd September 2026 (tea/coffee provided from 8.30am to be ready to start at 9.30am until 1pm.).
NPTCBC wish to use this preliminary event to engage with the current supplier market regarding the potential opportunities available within the proposed Minor Works Open Framework Lot categories below:
- Roofing;
- Specialist Flooring;
- Scaffolding;
- Mechanical a) Air-conditioning; b) Heating; c) Plumbing;
- Electrical;
- General Minor Works below £50,000;
- General Minor Works between £50,000 and £250,000;
- Fencing;
- Glazing;
(please note that the above list may be subject to change prior to the tender going live)
NPTCBC officers will outline the scope of Minor Works along with the proposed Lotting structure detailed above, as well as the Open Framework procurement process and the provisional timetable from live publishing through to final award. The Social Value elements required by the framework in relation to each Lot will also be discussed, with Business Wales in attendance to provide advice and guidance on how to bid for opportunities through Sell2Wales
Companies involved in the provision of the above categories are warmly invited to attend this pre-market engagement event which will include initial presentations and then opportunities for suppliers to break into discussion groups with NPTCBC officers. This informal opportunity will include typical examples of the types of construction and maintenance works likely to be included within the framework scope, as well as the call-off processes and Open Framework re-assessment procedures.
In order for us to cater adequately, please could we ask you to book via the link below, noting that suppliers are restricted to 2 attendees per business:
wales.business-events.org.uk/en/events/neath-port… ↗
This project is supported by the Welsh Government through the UK Local Growth Fund in Wales and the event is delivered by Business Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government
- Tender notice expected2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 10:57 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