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Published 4 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ENQ1406 - LED Screens, Staging, PA Equipment and Lighting Equipment for Derby LIVE Events

Authority: Derby City Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£95,000£114,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 11 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 6 days left
Contract term 4 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 20 Nov 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This quotation is for the supply, installation and de-rig of staging, LED screens, PA and Lighting equipment for Derby LIVE Events. For the purposes of this procurement, substantive business operations means a genuine and ongoing business presence within the Derby City Council administrative area from which material business activities are undertaken.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This quotation is for the supply, installation and de-rig of staging, LED screens, PA and Lighting equipment for Derby LIVE Events.

**Please note this procurement has been reserved to suppliers with substantive business operations within the administrative boundary of Derby City Council. The Council is committed to supporting local economic growth, community wealth building and increasing opportunities for local businesses to participate in Council procurement activity. This procurement has therefore been reserved to suppliers with substantive business operations within Derby City.

For the purposes of this procurement, substantive business operations means a genuine and ongoing business presence within the Derby City Council administrative area from which material business activities are undertaken. A registered office address, correspondence address, mailbox service or virtual office alone will not be considered sufficient.**

The procurement process adopted by the Council is based on the Procurement Act2023 (the "Act") and the Procurement Regulations 2024 (the "Regulations".)

The contract is estimated to commence on 20th November 2026 and expires on 31st March 2027.

The deadline for returns is 12:00 on 11th November 2026. Please note it is recommended that you register an interest and obtain the documentation before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a bid.

Documents are available at

www.sourceeastmidlands.org ↗

Please search for ENQ1406

Please note: we will only accept registrations of interest through the e-tendering.

CPV: Event services · Platforms lighting · Public address systems · Stage construction works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 4 moSMEPublished value£95,000
Contract period: 20 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (4 mo)Value: £95,000 exc. VAT · £114,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£190,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

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

Lot awarding rule: Bidders must complete the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document. Derby City Council shall consider quotations submitted and shall make a decision as to whether or not to proceed with any given quotation by 19th November 2026. Derby City Council shall communicate whether or not we intend to proceed with the quotation following this date. Further information can be found in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document on: https://www.sourceeastmidlands.org

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

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £190,000 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

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

How Derby City Council buys Lamps and light fittings (CPV 3152), and who usually turns up

Derby 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: Lamps and light fittings (CPV 3152) →

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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 buyerDerby City Council · all categories
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: 64 of 119 known-size awards · market: CPV 3152 · UK-wide, n=40
54%78%

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 East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 80 of 186 known-location awards · market: CPV 3152 · East Midlands, n=8
43%0%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside 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: 17 decided notices · market: CPV 3152 · UK-wide, n=16
37 days23 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 37 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 148 of 218 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3152 · UK-wide, n=69
68%39%

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?

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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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer38 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market18 lots with bid counts · CPV 3152 · UK-wide
6% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 6%
Buyer: 5 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
2–332% / 28%
Buyer: 12 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
4–632% / 56%
Buyer: 12 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
7+24% / 11%
Buyer: 9 of 38 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 18 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer38 lots with estimate and award · all categories
11% below estimate
The market18 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3152 · UK-wide
56% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate11% / 56%
Buyer: 4 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%76% / 39%
Buyer: 29 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13% / 6%
Buyer: 5 of 38 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 18 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 31524 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£95k
Expected competition
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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.

3expected bids6% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 2
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid6%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 6%. This is a forecast.
2–340%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 40%. This is a forecast.
4–637%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 37%. This is a forecast.
7+17%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 17%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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 8 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.

£95kMatches estimate (59% chance)
8 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£95k
The middle half of likely prices meets at £95,000.
Estimate£95k
The buyer published an estimate of £95,000 for this lot.

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
2 panel places
£553m16 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago4 live · £1.9bn
i

Public 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.

30% below n=1
8 panel places
£7.2m18 awards in 36m · last this month4 live · £5.3m
i

Public 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=6
£2.4m16 awards in 36m · last this month7 live · £282k
i

Public 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.

no comparable pairs
£510k6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago3 live · £429k
i

Public 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.

6% below n=5
£3.5m4 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £1.5m
i

Public 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.

6% above 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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
  • 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
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
4 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT
Last source update
4 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT
Authority reference
ENQ1406
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104850
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Event servicesPlatforms lightingPublic address systemsStage construction works
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b347 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £95,000 excludes VAT (£114,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 Nov 2026 → 20 Nov 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published10h ago
    4 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT
  2. Today
    5 Nov 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 6 days
    11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 14 days
    20 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Nov 2026, 16:15 GMT
    UK4

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

Derby City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVM-1383-ZBXP The Council House, Corporation Street, Derby, East Midlands, DE1 2FSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender