Official UK procurement notice
Gym Equipment to 2x Gyms - Broxtowe Borough Council
Authority: Broxtowe Borough Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Nottinghamshire County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBroxtowe Borough Council is seeking an experienced supplier to design, supply, and install high‑quality gym equipment across two leisure centres within the Broxtowe district.
The scope includes providing a comprehensive range of cardio and resistance equipment, optimised to maximise the functionality and efficiency of the available floor space in each location.
One of the leisure centres is already operational, while the second is currently under construction. The appointed supplier will therefore be required to work collaboratively with the Council and project stakeholders to develop detailed equipment specifications, ensuring these inform the placement of power, data, and other service requirements in the new facility. This includes contributing to design discussions to help shape a modern, high‑performance fitness environment tailored to community needs. In the existing facility, the design will be required to maximise the gym-users journey while working within the constraints of the existing site.
Broxtowe Borough Council welcomes bids from suppliers with demonstrable expertise in delivering innovative, future‑proofed fitness solutions and providing seamless installation services across multi‑site leisure settings.
CPV: Fitness equipments · Gymnasium equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Broxtowe Borough Council buys Gymnasium equipment (CPV 3742), and who usually turns up
Broxtowe Borough Council’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: Gymnasium equipment (CPV 3742) →
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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East Midlands.
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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 34 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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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 bid13%
2–350%
4–625%
7+13%
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 estimate33%
Within ±2%50%
Above estimate17%
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 #1CPV 3742Estimate not published
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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. The bar shows 17 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–341%
4–635%
7+18%
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 17 Mar 2026, 16:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2026, 11:28 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033665- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066cbaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Mar 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published219 days ago17 Mar 2026, 16:53 GMT
- Latest notice published191 days ago14 Apr 2026, 11:28 BST
- Market engagement170 days ago5 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Broxtowe Borough Council is excited to invite suppliers to take part in an upcoming pre‑market engagement exercise ahead of a major procurement for the supply, design collaboration, and installation of gym equipment across two of our leisure centres.
This engagement is your opportunity to help shape our approach. We're seeking fresh market insight, innovative ideas, and a clear understanding of current industry capabilities to ensure our future specification is ambitious, informed, and aligned with best practice.
As part of this exercise, we'll be hosting an interactive Webinar briefing session via Microsoft Teams, followed by a detailed supplier questionnaire designed to capture your views, opportunities you see in the market, and any feedback you wish to share.
The webinar will be via Teams and the details are below, Please ensure you register via the link to receive event reminders:
Webinar: Tuesday 14th April, 14:00-15:00
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/097a927e-1b55-… ↗
Following the session, the pre‑market engagement questionnaire will be published via the East Midlands Tenders portal:
Please ensure you are registered with the site to ensure you can access and submit the questionnaire following the webinar.
Attendance at the webinar is encouraged but not required-all suppliers are welcome to complete the questionnaire whether or not they join the live session.
We strongly encourage all interested providers to get involved. Your insight will play a direct role in shaping our final specification and procurement strategy, helping us deliver high‑quality, forward‑thinking leisure facilities for our communities.
- Tender notice expected143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 9 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2026, 16:53 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Apr 2026, 11:28 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
PME end date amended to 05/05/2026
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement undertaken on behalf of BBC
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender