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Published 29 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Garage Equipment - Maintenance, Service, Repair and Calibration

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Dorset Police (Police & fire)·Consortium: 5 public authorities·Procurement run by: Devon and Cornwall Police

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)Repair & Maintenance (50)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£750,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 11 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 1 Jul 2031 · starts 2 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the provision of Garage Equipment, Maintenance, Service, Repair and Calibration for the region's in-house Fleet Vehicle Workshops.

CPV: Calibration services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment · Technical inspection and testing services · Workshop equipment

More open work like this

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Open tenders from Dorset PoliceSearch filtered to this authorityOpen tenders in Repair and maintenance services of machinerySearch filtered to CPV 5053

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 2 Jul 2027 – 1 Jul 2031 (4 yrs)
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
43800000 Workshop equipment50000000 Repair and maintenance services50433000 Calibration services50532000 Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment71630000 Technical inspection and testing services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Dorset Police buys Repair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 5053), and who usually turns up

Dorset Police’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: Repair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 5053) →

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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 buyerDorset Police · all categories
The marketRepair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 5053) · South West England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 5053 · South West England, n=27
3 of 485%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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

Buyer: 0 of 2 known-location awards · market: CPV 5053 · South West England, n=30
0 of 243%

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

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 5053 · South West England, n=7
—35 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 35 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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

Buyer: at least 2 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 5053 · South West England, n=32
2 of 353%

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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This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market17 lots with bid counts · CPV 5053 · South West England
18% had one bid
% of the market's 17 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid18%
Market: 3 of 17 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Market: 0 of 17 lots with published bid counts.
4–647%
Market: 8 of 17 lots with published bid counts.
7+35%
Market: 6 of 17 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market6 lots with estimate and award · CPV 5053 · South West England
67% below estimate
% of the market's 6 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate67%
Market: 4 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%33%
Market: 2 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0%
Market: 0 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 504348 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£750k

This lot is listed as CPV 5043. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
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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 127 past lots.

—No model forecast yet11% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 127 similar lots
1 bid11%
14 of 127 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–329%
37 of 127 similar past lots received 2–3 (29%).
4–635%
44 of 127 similar past lots received 4–6 (35%).
7+25%
32 of 127 similar past lots received 7+ (25%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £750k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
29 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
Authority reference
C21047 / 1399
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092470
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Calibration servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipmentTechnical inspection and testing servicesWorkshop equipment
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077caf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 2 Jul 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published45 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
  2. Latest notice published44 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
  3. Market engagement13 days ago
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Initial market engagement, via a staged approach, is expected to involve suppliers presenting their proposed service offering to relevant regional stakeholders, supported by a PowerPoint presentation. This will be followed by a question-and-answer session to explore any areas requiring further clarification or discussion. Further engagement may include supplier visits to Force workshops, where considered appropriate and by invitation. Any queries should be directed to Sara Callow at Devon and Cornwall Police in the first instance.

    ([email protected])

    Please note this procurement also encompasses the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

  4. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 59 days
    11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 230 days
    2 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 14:53 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

To include Devon and Cornwall Constabulary as a Contracting Authority and not the Managing Authority. This procurement is for the five regional Police Forces and the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

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

5 public bodies on the notice

Dorset Police

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXRC-3544-CJTZ Police Headquarters, Winfrith, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8TZ, Dorset, South West, DT2 8TZContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Avon and Somerset ConstabularyContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PCBG-5572-BPZL Bristol, South WestContact name, email, phone
  • Devon and Cornwall PoliceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentSWPPS will manage the tendering process and contract on for the regional contracting authorities comprising of The Police and Crime Commissioners for Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and The Chief Constables for Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police Forces, and will procure on behalf of Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.GB-PPON: PJZW-2866-PYJW Exeter, South WestContact name, email, phone
  • Gloucestershire ConstabularyContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PMZC-4976-TPXT Gloucestershire, South WestContact name, email, phone
  • Wiltshire PoliceContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PNGJ-9878-JTJD Wiltshire, South WestContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure