Official UK procurement notice
Group Uniform and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tender
Authority: MAG AIRPORT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMAG is using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under section 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act2023. This procedure allows the Authority to design a proportionate and flexible competitive process to procure Uniform and PPE solutions that deliver value for money, quality, sustainability and operational resilience.
Suppliers participating in the tender will be pre-verified for their capability to deliver the required goods, ensuring quality and reliability from the outset. The contract will cover the provision of operational and corporate uniform, specialist workwear and PPE to support airport operations across MAG's UK airports and associated business units. The scope is expected to include product supply, garment management, distribution, and ongoing service support.
Bidders will be evaluated against the below criteria:
Technical competency (including ESG)
Commercial Value
Legal Compliance
- Not divided into lots: MAG intends to award the contract on a Group basis to support operational efficiencies and streamline supply chain. This will ensure a consistent service and approach across the Group.
- How the procedure runs: This tender will be a multi-stage process following the below steps: Stage 1 - PQQ / Selection questionnaire Stage 2 - Tender response (ITN) Stage 3 - BAFO (optional) Stage 4 - Contract Award Further information about what is to be expected within each stage will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
CPV: Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£7,000,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 30%
- ESG: 20%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (3)
- Commercial
- Technical
- ESG
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,796,935 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 MAG AIRPORT LIMITED buys Clothing, footwear, bags (CPV 18), and who usually turns up
MAG AIRPORT LIMITED’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: Clothing, footwear, bags (CPV 18) →
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.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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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 173 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 buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid18%
2–364%
4–69%
7+9%
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 estimate22%
Within ±2%44%
Above estimate33%
Assess each lot i
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 #1Published estimate£7.0m
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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 bid5%
2–342%
4–613%
7+39%
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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 7 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.
Middle 50%£7.0m
Estimate£7.0m
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Lyreco UK LimitedLarge | £16m65 awards in 36m · last this month | 32 live · £106m 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=8 |
| £2.6m3 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £50k 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. | 25% above n=1 | |
| £551k14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 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. | no comparable pairs | |
| £135k1 awards in 36m · last 13 months ago | 1 live · £135k 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 | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £2.8m 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
- Goods
- 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
- 1 Apr 2026, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
ID7291- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080406- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067af0Find a Tender
- How it runs
This tender will be a multi-stage process following the below steps:
Stage 1 - PQQ / Selection questionnaire
Stage 2 - Tender response (ITN)
Stage 3 - BAFO (optional)
Stage 4 - Contract Award
Further information about what is to be expected within each stage will be described in the relevant documents provided by the MAG Procurement team.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
If you are wishing to express an interest in this opportunity please register your company details on the MAG portal, on the following URL and select "Register your interest". Please note the PQQ stage deadline is Monday 21st September at 3pm.
www.magairports.com/work-with-us/procure… ↗
Please contact Lucy Rossall on [email protected] with any questions.
Timeline
1 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 15:11 BST
- Next notice expected146 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Expressions of interest by118 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published59 days ago24 Aug 2026, 14:28 BST
- Latest notice published57 days ago26 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 29 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 102 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2026- Planned procurement notice published1 Apr 2026, 15:11 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 14:28 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £7,000,00024 Aug 2026, 14:28 BSTwas £7,500,000
- Status changed to active24 Aug 2026, 14:28 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Aug 2026, 14:28 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT24 Aug 2026, 14:28 BST
- Tender notice published25 Aug 2026, 10:17 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT25 Aug 2026, 10:17 BST+0 days · was 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published26 Aug 2026, 14:22 BSTUK4
Published amendments (2)
PQQ deadline date is Monday 21st September at 3pm.
This procurement is a Utilities procedure
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 1 Apr 2026
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 (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: When the Tender Notice is published, all procurement documentation will be made available electronically via MAG's e procurement portal (SAP Ariba - MAGBuy). A link to the portal will be included in the Tender Notice published on the Find a Tender service in due course.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender