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Published 28 Sept 2026, 12:50 BST

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Griffin Park Bowls Green — UK public procurement notice

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Porthcawl Town Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£70,000≈ £70k / year · £84,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 8 Oct 202612:00 BST · 9d 21h left
Clarification cut-off 5 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrstarts 16 Oct 2026
Bids per lot · the market 2CPV 7730 · n=6 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Porthcawl Town Council invites quotations from suitably experienced and qualified sports turf contractors for the

provision of end-of-season renovation, winter maintenance, pre-season preparation and in-season maintenance

services for the bowling green at Griffin Park, New Road, Porthcawl.

The Council's objective is to maintain the green in a healthy, disease-free and well-aerated condition throughout

the contract period and to provide a high-quality playing surface for the 2027 bowling season.

• Green dimensions: approximately 40m x 40m, providing a standard six-rink bowling green.

• Current turf condition: generally average to good, with minor moss issues. The green edges require reseeding

and dressing to address bare patches.

CPV: Horticultural services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 1 yrSMEPublished value£70,000
Contract period: 16 Oct 2026 — 15 Oct 2027 (1 yr)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£140,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£70,000 exc. VAT · £84,000 inc. VAT
77300000 Horticultural services

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
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Project Delivery — 50%
  • Project Cost — 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Project Delivery — Project Delivery-Approach to Quality
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    3. Contractor Requirements Contractors should have demonstrable experience in the maintenance of bowling greens or comparable fine sports turf surfaces and must provide suitably qualified and competent personnel, equipment and materials to undertake the more…required works. All chemical products and treatments must be suitable for their intended use and applied in accordance with current legislation, manufacturer instructions and applicable health and safety requirements.

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

Horticultural services (CPV 7730) in Wales (Cymru) — and who usually turns up

Porthcawl Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Wales (Cymru) market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Horticultural services (CPV 7730) →

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 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

Porthcawl Town Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in all categories

Porthcawl Town Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Horticultural services (CPV 7730) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · authority’s region

Wales (Cymru) · Horticultural services (CPV 7730)

contract notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 4 in CPV 7730 (4 competed) · 71 in division 77 (62 competed, 9 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 sector (CPV 7730), last 36 months: 6 lots. All 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.

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

2CPV 7730 · 36m · n=6 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 sector (CPV 7730), last 36 months: 6 lots.

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

0%CPV 7730 · 36m · n=6 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 region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7730), last 36 months: 3 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

28% belowCPV 7730 · 36m · n=3 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 region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 77), last 36 months: 17 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

33ddivision 77 · 36m · n=17 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 sector (CPV 7730), last 36 months: 6 lots.

Last 36 months.

100%CPV 7730 · 36m · n=6 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 sector (CPV 7730), last 36 months: 3 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

33%CPV 7730 · 36m · n=3 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=6
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 6 lots on 2 contested notices · CPV 7730, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 83%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 17%

Middle value 2 · 6 lots on 2 contested notices · CPV 7730.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=3
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 3 lot pairs · CPV 7730, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 67%
  • Within ±2% 33%
  • Above estimate 0%

3 lot pairs · CPV 7730.

moderate · n=3
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.

Based on 3 lots, so only the direction is shown, not a pound figure.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Wales (Cymru) (CPV 7730, n=3 pairs) lands 28% below. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate 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
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
Standard
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
28 Sept 2026, 12:50 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 12:50 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Horticultural services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b81 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales
Submission portal named on this notice: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
www.sell2wales.gov.wales ↗ [email protected] 16-18 Mary Street Porthcawl CF36 3YA
Published estimate £70,000 excludes VAT (£84,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    28 Sept 2026, 12:50 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 7 days
    5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 10 days
    8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 17 days
    16 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

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
    28 Sept 2026, 12:50 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Porthcawl Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PQQC-1429-CYQL 16-18 Mary Street, PORTHCAWL, Wales, CF36 3YA [email protected]

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