Official UK procurement notice
CSGCC2627/200 - Design, Supply and Installation of an Accessible Immersive Learning Vehicle
Authority: Coleg Sir Gar (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College is seeking to purchase a mobile immersive learning vehicle to provide a flexible and innovative experiential learning environment. The requirement is expected to be based around an accessible vehicle of approximately 3.5 tonnes, capable of travelling between college locations and other suitable sites.
The vehicle will incorporate immersive audio, visual, sensory and interactive technology to recreate realistic environments and scenarios. The solution will primarily support learners with Additional Learning Needs (ALN), while also providing opportunities for use across the wider College curriculum.
The College is seeking a complete, fully operational solution, including the vehicle, conversion, accessibility adaptations, immersive technology, installation, integration, commissioning, staff training and ongoing maintenance and support.
The College recognises that delivering this requirement may involve several specialist organisations. Bids are therefore welcomed from individual suppliers, partnerships or suppliers working with subcontractors, provided there is clear responsibility and accountability for the delivery, integration and ongoing support of the complete solution.
CPV: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · Software package and information systems · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£280,000
- Economic & financial standing
N/A
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents for full requirements
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Appendix A - Quality: 70%
- Appendix B - Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Appendix A - Quality: Evaluation of the supplier’s vehicle design, accessibility, immersive technology, educational functionality, project delivery, technical integration, training, warranty, ongoing support, sustainability, and community benefits.
- Appendix B - Price: Cost of initial purchase, maintenance, warranty, support, licences and upgrades.
- Economic & financial standing
N/A
- Technical & professional ability
See tender documents for full requirements
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £560,000 (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
Radio, television, communication (CPV 32) in Wales (Cymru), and who usually turns up
Coleg Sir Gar has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Radio, television, communication (CPV 32) →
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.
Across this market, small firms won 48% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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 Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 16% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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 37 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.
Across this market, at least 44% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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 bid22%
2–356%
4–622%
7+0%
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.
Below estimate67%
Within ±2%25%
Above estimate8%
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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.
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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 #1Published estimate£280k
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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.
1 bid11%
2–333%
4–639%
7+17%
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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 13 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.
Middle 50%£221k–£280k
Estimate£280k
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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BTLarge | £96m24 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 6 live · £85m iPublic 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 |
| £289k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £529k iPublic 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. | 21% below n=3 | |
| £2.9m13 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £462k iPublic 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. | 27% below n=2 | |
| £99k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 39% below n=1 | |
NIAVAC LTDSME | £900k2 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | 1 live · £900k iPublic 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. | 24% below n=2 |
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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 18:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
CSGCC2627/200- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100203- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787c0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
See tender documents.
- Risks
Expenditure to be completed by 31 March 2027.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 23 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published9 days ago14 Oct 2026, 14:52 BST
- Next notice expected3 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice publishedearlier today22 Oct 2026, 18:23 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 17 days9 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 24 days16 Nov 2026
- Contract startsin 31 days23 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 32 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2026, 14:52 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published22 Oct 2026, 18:23 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 Oct 2026, 18:23 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Oct 2026, 18:23 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Nov 202622 Oct 2026, 18:23 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
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Coleg CeredigionContracting authorityPublic undertakingWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (9)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 2
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 3
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 4
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 4b
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 5
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 4a
- Bidding documents and specifications Document 1
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender