Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Jan 2026, 12:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

CWC26004MW - The Maltings Centre Demolition

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 moends 23 Jan 2026 · starts 8 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wolverhampton Council is looking to obtain an estimated cost for the possible demolition of the Maltings Building. The cost to include the following and as per the CSA document attached:-

  • Provision of all necessary supervision, labour, and resources to carry out the duties of principal contractor. Welfare facilities and Heras fencing for duration of the works.
  • Allowance for Asbestos.
  • Soft Strip structure prior to demolition.
  • Demolition of existing structures down to ground floor slab level.
  • Breakout slabs, foundations and underground pipework, cabling and ductwork etc in in its entirety.
  • Note: the Council is in the process of disconnecting mains incoming services
  • Removal of materials required to be removed from site
  • Permeable surface over site for car parking purposed: soft landscaping to remain.

CPV: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 moSME
Contract period: 8 Jan 2026 – 23 Jan 2026 (1 mo)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Wolverhampton City Council buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up

Wolverhampton City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →

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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 buyerWolverhampton City Council · division 45
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 4511 · West Midlands, n=44
3 of 466%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

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

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 17 of 19 known-location awards · market: CPV 4511 · West Midlands, n=64
89%42%

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

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4511 · West Midlands, n=10
—22 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 22 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

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

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 6 of 17 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4511 · West Midlands, n=71
35%35%

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer45 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 4511 · West Midlands
10% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 10%
Buyer: 6 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 30%
Buyer: 16 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–622% / 50%
Buyer: 10 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+29% / 10%
Buyer: 13 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
20% below estimate
The market14 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4511 · West Midlands
36% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate20% / 36%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60% / 29%
Buyer: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 36%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 45111 monthSME suitableNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

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 10 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 10 similar lots
1 bid10%
1 of 10 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–650%
5 of 10 similar past lots received 4–6 (50%).
7+10%
1 of 10 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

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.

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.

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
Below threshold
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
7 Jan 2026, 12:07 GMT
Last source update
7 Jan 2026, 12:07 GMT
Authority reference
CWC26004MW
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001023
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG39)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0600e1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published294 days ago
    7 Jan 2026, 12:07 GMT
  2. Contract starts293 days ago
    8 Jan 2026
  3. Market engagement277 days ago
    23 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

    If you feel that your organisation can contribute to this PME exercise, please complete the questionnaire and submit through the WCC e-tendering system www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗

    As part of the PME process the Council may invite participants to provide a remote demonstration of their solution, the date and times will be confirmed following the closure of the PME exercise

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Jan 2026, 12:07 GMT
    UK2

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

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1SHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure