Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 26 Apr 2026, 10:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EBC PR Hersham Recreation Ground, Runway Replacement

Authority: Elmbridge Borough Council (Local council)

Dynamic marketWorksUtilitiesSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Market period 1 moends 2 Nov 2026 · starts 8 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Elmbridge Borough Council is approaching the market, seeking for the replacement of: Rail Runway and associated Safety Surfacing, at Hersham Recreation Ground. Within the Borough.

We will be meeting with suppliers to discuss requirements and potential solutions between the following date: Friday 8th May 2026 at 10am at Hersham recreation Ground

If you are interested in taking part please contact via email: [email protected]

Please title your email: Attn. of the Greenspaces Manager - Hersham Runway Meeting

CPV: Building installation work · Playground equipment

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
1 mo from 8 Oct 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 moSME
Contract period: 8 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026 (1 mo)
Eligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
What this means for your bid
  • “EBC PR Hersham Recreation Ground, Runway Replacement” is a dynamic market: 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 Elmbridge Borough Council buys Playground equipment (CPV 3753), and who usually turns up

Elmbridge 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: Playground equipment (CPV 3753) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerElmbridge Borough Council · this authority
The marketPlayground equipment (CPV 3753) · UK-wide
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: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 3753 · UK-wide, n=11
—100%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

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.

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 3753 · UK-wide, n=12
—8%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South East England.

How long to a decision?
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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 3753 · UK-wide, n=5
21 days40 days

Half of these awards were announced within 21 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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: division 37 · UK-wide, n=18
—17%

No awards recorded for this authority in this market.

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 buyerNo bid counts published
The market37 lots with bid counts · CPV 3753 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
2–311%
Market: 4 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
4–614%
Market: 5 of 37 lots with published bid counts.
7+76%
Market: 28 of 37 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.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

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.

2

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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 37531 monthSME suitableEstimate not published
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 37 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 37 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 37 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–311%
4 of 37 similar past lots received 2–3 (11%).
4–614%
5 of 37 similar past lots received 4–6 (14%).
7+76%
28 of 37 similar past lots received 7+ (76%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 14 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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
KOMPAN LimitedEarlier contractEBC EC Oatlands Recreation Ground Sand Pit and Play Equipmentstarted Nov 2025—£98kMatched as the earlier contract

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
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
26 Apr 2026, 10:59 BST
Last source update
27 Apr 2026, 15:19 BST
Authority reference
Pre-tender site meeting
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038138
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building installation workPlayground equipment
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068b23 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
—

Timeline

26 Apr 2026 → 8 Oct 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published179 days ago
    26 Apr 2026, 10:59 BST
  2. Latest notice published178 days ago
    27 Apr 2026, 15:19 BST
  3. Market engagement167 days ago
    8 May 2026, 23:59 BST

    Elmbridge Borough Council is approaching the market, seeking for the replacement of: Rail Runway and associated Safety Surfacing, at Hersham Recreation Ground. Within the Borough.

    We will be meeting with suppliers to discuss requirements and potential solutions between the following date: Friday 8th May 2026 at 10am at Hersham Recreation Ground

  4. Tender notice expected163 days ago
    12 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts15 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Apr 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Apr 2026, 10:59 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Apr 2026, 15:19 BST
    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

Elmbridge Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNNR-6659-GVMN Civic Centre, High Street, Esher, South East, KT10 9SDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure