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Published 28 Sept 2026, 19:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CTC Little Rissington — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of the SouthEast (Public body)

WorksCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£800,000£800,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · 24d 14h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 6 moup to 11 mo with extensions · starts 2 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · the market 5CPV 4421 · n=17 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Works at Little Rissington. This tender is for the cabin and installation.

  • How the procedure runs: By invitation only. Using suppliers currently on a CCS Framework, but as it expires in a couple of days, we will not be able to complete our activity in time to award under the Framework. A decision was taken to run a competitive flexible procedure using those same suppliers as we already pre-engaged with them and they have the more…right skills and qualifications to undertake the works. Any supplier that requests documents outside of the seven identified suppliers will not be able to tender for the provision.

CPV: Building construction work · Modular and portable buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 6 moSMEPublished value£800,000
Contract period: 2 Nov 2026 — 30 Apr 2027 (6 mo) · up to 11 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£1,600,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£800,000 exc. VAT · £800,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
In case of unexpected weather during the winter months or delays in the lead time of the cabins.
44211100 Modular and portable buildings45210000 Building 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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%

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

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

Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421) in South East England — and who usually turns up

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of the SouthEast has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the South East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421) →

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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

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of the SouthEast

contract notices in 36 months: 5 in division 44 · 16 in all categories (1 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. All 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed. Small sample.

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

3all categories · 36m · n=1 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. Small sample.

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

0%all categories · 36m · n=1 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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—no comparable estimate → award 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 all categories, last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.

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

Last 36 months.

14dall categories · 36m · n=1 notices
Notice updates
i

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: 23 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=23 notices
Awarded without competition
i

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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 44 · 36m · n=5 notices
How procedures are run robust · n=5
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 5 notices · division 44, last 36 months.

  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

5 notices · division 44. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · authority’s region

South East England · Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 43 in CPV 4421 (32 competed, 7 route not published) · 330 in division 44 (245 competed, 53 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 sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 17 lots. 8 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 9 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

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

5CPV 4421 · 36m · n=17 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 4421), last 36 months: 17 lots.

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

0%CPV 4421 · 36m · n=17 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 4421), last 36 months: 8 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4421 · 36m · n=8 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 sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 10 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

50dCPV 4421 · 36m · n=10 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 sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 12 lots.

Last 36 months.

67%CPV 4421 · 36m · n=12 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 4421), last 36 months: 23 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

65%CPV 4421 · 36m · n=23 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=17
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 17 lots on 15 contested notices · CPV 4421, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 35%
  • 4–6 35%
  • 7+ 29%

Middle value 5 · 17 lots on 15 contested notices · CPV 4421.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
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 8 lot pairs · CPV 4421, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 38%
  • Within ±2% 63%
  • Above estimate 0%

8 lot pairs · CPV 4421.

robust · n=8
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 South East England market’s usual movement over 8 lots (CPV 4421), applied to the £800,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in South East England (CPV 4421, n=8 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £800,000 that is about £800,000, middle half £696,000–£800,000 (quartiles from South East England · CPV 4421). 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
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
28 Sept 2026, 19:48 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 19:48 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workModular and portable buildings
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077bec Find a Tender
How it runs
By invitation only. Using suppliers currently on a CCS Framework, but as it expires in a couple of days, we will not be able to complete our activity in time to award under the Framework. A decision was taken to run a competitive flexible procedure using those same suppliers as we already pre-engaged with them and they have the right skills and qualifications to undertake the works. Any supplier that requests more…documents outside of the seven identified suppliers will not be able to tender for the provision.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £800,000 excludes VAT (£800,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    28 Sept 2026, 19:48 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 4 days
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 25 days
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 32 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 34 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
    28 Sept 2026, 19:48 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of the SouthEast

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHLW-9274-WYGR Seely House, Shoe Lane, Aldershot, South East, GU112HJ [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender