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Published 24 Sept 2026, 14:27 BST

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Framework Agreement for the Execution of General Building Works (Housing) - Lots 1 & 2

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsWorksOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Construction Materials & Prefab (44)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Framework ceiling (notional)£11,400,000envelope for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 21 Oct 202612:00 BST · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 14 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Framework period 1 yrup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 15 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 5division 44 · n=15 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Swansea Council (the Client) requires established and competent Contractors to undertake and deliver multi-disciplined planned maintenance works in both void (empty) and occupied properties throughout the City & County of Swansea. It is of the clients best understanding that the void to tenanted property ratio will be 90% Vacant/Void properties to 10% Tenanted properties

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST.
  • No preliminary market engagement: As per section 17(1)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023, The Council has utilised its subject matter experts knowledge to identify the preferred and most relevant approach to the market given the requirements of this particular procurement activity.

CPV: Construction materials and associated items · Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Places
up to 4 suppliers
Framework period
1 yr · up to 3 yrs from 15 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework

Please see procurement documents

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Lot 1 - External WorksRenewal 1 yrPublished value£2,400,000
Lot 1 will require Contractors to undertake Planned Maintenance and Adaptation works relating to external works of domestic dwellings, which is to include elements of the following trade disciplines: Groundworks, Bricklaying, Formwork & Concrete Application (concrete ramps/paths) and Galvanised-Steel Hand Railing to various properties within the boundaries of Swansea in accordance with the details set out or referred to in the contract particulars and specification.
Contract period: 15 Jan 2027 — 14 Jan 2028 (1 yr) · up to 3 yrs with extensions
Value
£2,400,000 exc. VAT · £2,880,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
with the option to extend up to 24 months
44000000 Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)44100000 Construction materials and associated items45000000 Construction work

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2 – Internal WorksRenewal 1 yrPublished value£9,000,000
Lot 2 will require Contractors to undertake Maintenance works relating to both the internal and external fabric of domestic dwellings, which is to includes elements of the following trade disciplines: Carpentry, Plastering, Decoration, Flooring, Plumbing, Electrical, Roofing, UPVC Windows & Doors (labour only maintenance and replacement), Brickwork and Cleaning to various properties, including communal areas, within the boundaries of Swansea in accordance with the details set out or referred to in the contract particulars and specification.
Contract period: 15 Jan 2027 — 14 Jan 2028 (1 yr) · up to 3 yrs with extensions
Value
£9,000,000 exc. VAT · £10,800,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
with the option to extend up to 24 months
44000000 Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)44100000 Construction materials and associated items45000000 Construction work

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
How bids are scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — Question 1A – Quality 5% Question 1B- Quality 5% Question 1C – Quality 5% Question 2 – CDM regulations 5% Question 3 – Sustainable Development & the environment 5% BBM Method Statement Questions 5%
  • Price — Pricing Schedule Compensation events

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

How City & County of Swansea buys Construction materials and associated items (CPV 4410) — and who usually turns up

City & County of Swansea’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction materials and associated items (CPV 4410) →

1

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 frameworks and DPS 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

City & County of Swansea

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 12 in division 44 (1 route not published) · 59 in all categories (12 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 this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 15 lots. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 12 from older notices (bids received, middle 4.5).

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

5division 44 · 36m · n=15 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 this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 15 lots.

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

0%division 44 · 36m · n=15 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 91 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

1% belowall categories · 24m · n=91 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: 10 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

51dall categories · 36m · n=10 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: 337 notices.

Last 24 months.

3all categories · 24m · n=337 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: 11 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 44 · 36m · n=11 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=15
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 15 lots on 7 contested notices · division 44, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 27%
  • 4–6 47%
  • 7+ 27%

Median 5 · 15 lots on 7 contested notices · division 44.

How procedures are run robust · n=11
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 12 notices · division 44, last 36 months.

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

12 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

Wales (Cymru) · Construction materials and associated items (CPV 4410)

framework/DPS notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 5 in CPV 4410 (4 competed, 1 route not published) · 163 in division 44 (142 competed, 21 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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 208 lots. 36 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 172 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).

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

7division 44 · 36m · n=208 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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 208 lots.

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

5%division 44 · 36m · n=208 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 region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 20 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

78ddivision 44 · 36m · n=20 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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 184 lots.

Last 36 months.

66%division 44 · 36m · n=184 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 industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 266 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

87%division 44 · 36m · n=266 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=208
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 208 lots on 75 contested notices · division 44, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 5%
  • 2–3 13%
  • 4–6 29%
  • 7+ 53%

Median 7 · 208 lots on 75 contested notices · division 44.

How procedures are run moderate · n=4
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 · CPV 4410, last 36 months.

  • Open 50%
  • Selective 50%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

5 notices · CPV 4410. 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.

robust · n=91
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.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in City & County of Swansea (all categories, n=91 pairs) land a median 1% below. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£11,400,000) is an envelope for 2 lots and is not converted.
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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 3 Sept 2029
First published
24 Sept 2026, 14:27 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 14:27 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 8 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
CCS/25/439
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction materials and associated itemsConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07799d Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via Sell2Wales
Submission portal named on this notice: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Appointment period ends
21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All suppliers must register on a new UK Government Central Digital Database in addition to be being registered on Sell2Wales in order to be considered for this procurement. Suppliers that wish to participate in this Procurement are responsible for ensuring that the Central Digital Platform contains complete, accurate and up-to-date information about their organisation and any Associated Suppliers which are relevant for the purposes of this Procurement. Suppliers must notify more…the Authority immediately if it is unable to register on the Central Digital Platform and/or provide accurate and up-to-date information via the Central Digital Platform. Further details on the Central Digital Platform and registration are below: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/helpandresources/cdp/procurementact2023 and Information and guidance for suppliers - GOV.UK Economic operators interested in submitting a tender can download the tender documents from the eTenderWales portal (http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk) you will need to register with eTenderWales if you are not already registered. Please see below instructions on how to register. 1. Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is only required once): — Navigate to the portal: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk — Click the “Suppliers register here” link. — Enter your correct business and user details. — Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete. — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure). — Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue”. 2. Express an interest in the project: — Login to the portal with your username/password. — Click the “ITTs Open to All Suppliers” link (these are the ITTs open to any registered supplier). — Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. — Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page. — This will move the ITT into your “My ITTs” page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only). — Click on the ITT code. You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box. 3. Responding to the invitation to tender: — You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting). — You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). If you require any further assistance use the online help. Alternatively, the BravoSolution helpdesk can be contacted (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) on: — E-mail: [email protected] — Phone: +44 8003684850 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=148324

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    24 Sept 2026, 14:27 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 19 days
    14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsin 26 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 106 days
    8 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 112 days
    15 Jan 2027, 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
    24 Sept 2026, 14:27 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City & County of Swansea

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PYYD-8699-BJGD Civic Centre, Swansea, Wales, SA1 3SN [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsitt_127515 - Framework Agreement for the Execution of General Building Works (Housing) - Lots 1 & 2
  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender