Official UK procurement notice
Grimsby Dock Tower Restoration
Authority: Associated British Ports
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Grimsby Dock Tower is a Grade I listed landmark within the Port of Grimsby and one of the UK's most significant maritime heritage structures. Associated British Ports (ABP) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified contractor to undertake repair, conservation and refurbishment works to preserve the Tower's historic fabric, address identified structural and building defects, and safeguard the asset for future generations. The project will require extensive experience of working on complex heritage buildings, including listed structures, while operating safely within a live port environment.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 = Conditions of Participation Stage 2 = Invitation to Tender
CPV: Building completion work · Building construction work · Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest · Historical monument or memorial construction work · Masonry and bricklaying work · Masonry work · Preservation services of historical sites and buildings · Restoration work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£0
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Questions relating to Conditions of Participation: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Questions relating to Conditions of Participation: Technical Assessment
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 Associated British Ports buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Associated British Ports’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 99 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
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.
1 bid58%
2–319%
4–618%
7+5%
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.
Below estimate50%
Within ±2%17%
Above estimate33%
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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.
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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 4521No real estimate
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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.
1 bid14%
2–348%
4–623%
7+14%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
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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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.4bn61 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £21m iPublic 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=8 | |
| £25m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £640k iPublic 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. | 16% below n=3 | |
| £2.3m63 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £433k iPublic 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. | 8% below n=1 | |
7 Formation LimitedLarge | £1.9m2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £250k iPublic 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=1 |
| £3.2m16 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £6.2m iPublic 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 |
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.
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 14:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
IMM_HUM_GBY-26-1626- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092882- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee4dFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 = Conditions of Participation
Stage 2 = Invitation to Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published53 days ago28 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
- Market engagement31 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
ABP is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to inform the development of the Grimsby Dock Tower Refurbishment procurement strategy and delivery approach.
Interested organisations are invited to register via the ABP In-Tend Supplier Portal and complete the Expressions of Interest Questionnaire. The questionnaire seeks feedback on market capability and interest, the proposed delivery approach, construction programme, project risks, market capacity, and opportunities to optimise project delivery. Suppliers will also be invited to share insights that may support the development of a safe, effective and value-driven procurement and delivery strategy.
Organisations with relevant capability and experience may register an interest in participating in follow-up one-to-one engagement sessions. Information obtained through this engagement exercise will be used to help shape the procurement strategy, tender requirements, and delivery approach for the project.
- Tender notice published19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 14:03 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 8 days28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 147 days15 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 163 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Aug 2026, 10:26 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 14:03 BSTUK4
- Published value updated1 Oct 2026, 14:03 BST
- Status changed to active1 Oct 2026, 14:03 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2026, 14:03 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
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender