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Published 21 Sept 2026, 08:37 BST

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EBCT 469 - Employment Land Needs Assessment

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Erewash Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF13)
Published estimate £40,000£48,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · 31d 21h left
Clarification cut-off 13 Oct 202616:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 mostarts 23 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 5all categories · n=7 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Erewash Borough Council (EBC) wishes to commission an Employment Land Needs Assessment (ENLA) to support preparation of its new Local Plan which will contribute to establishing the Borough's development needs.

The objective is to provide up to date evidence on economic prospects and forecasts of the scale of future business space needs for the Borough of Erewash. This will involve assessment of prevailing market conditions, assessment of existing sites or concentrations of employment land, and estimating the quantitative need for future business space within the borough up to 2040.

Full details can be found within the tender documents.

CPV: Urban planning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£40,000
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 — 22 Feb 2027 (3 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: East MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£80,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£40,000 exc. VAT · £48,000 inc. VAT
71410000 Urban planning services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%

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

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

How Erewash Borough Council buys Urban planning services (CPV 7141) — and who usually turns up

Erewash Borough Council’s own published record, next to the East Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Urban planning services (CPV 7141) →

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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

Erewash Borough Council

contract notices in 36 months: 2 in division 71 · 25 in all categories (4 direct)

Bids per lot5all categories · 36m · n=7 lots
Single-bid lots0%all categories · 36m · n=7 lots
Award vs estimate15% belowall categories · 36m · n=9 pairs
Deadline → award date35dall categories · 36m · n=1 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=65 notices
Awarded without competition16%all categories · 36m · n=25 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=7
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 14%
  • 4–6 71%
  • 7+ 14%

Median 5 · 7 lots on 4 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9
  • Below estimate 56%
  • Within ±2% 22%
  • Above estimate 22%

9 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

East Midlands · Urban planning services (CPV 7141)

contract notices delivered in East Midlands in 36 months: 6 in CPV 7141 (5 contested) · 453 in division 71 (385 contested)

Bids per lot2CPV 7141 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 7141 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 71 · 36m · n=98 pairs
Deadline → award date52ddivision 71 · 36m · n=87 notices
SME bidders0%CPV 7141 · 36m · n=3 lots
Winners based in the region50%CPV 7141 · 36m · n=4 awards
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 100%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2 · 3 lots on 1 contested notices · CPV 7141.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=98
  • Below estimate 39%
  • Within ±2% 43%
  • Above estimate 18%

98 lot pairs · division 71.

robust · n=9 Awards in Erewash Borough Council (all categories, n=9 pairs) land a median 15% below: on this notice’s £40,000 that is about £33,960. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2026, 08:37 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 08:37 BST
Authority reference
EBCT 469
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Urban planning services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775fd Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To ensure a fair, open and transparent procurement process, we will only accept expressions of interest, clarification queries and tenders for this opportunity via the EastMidsTenders e- portal. procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Published estimate £40,000 excludes VAT (£48,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    21 Sept 2026, 08:37 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 22 days
    13 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 32 days
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 62 days
    23 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
    21 Sept 2026, 08:37 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Erewash Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJQT-8342-ZMZN Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, East Midlands, DE7 5RP [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender