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Published 30 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST

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Hopwas playground & playing field refurbishment

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Wigginton and Hopwas Parish Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Published estimate£130,000£156,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 11 Jan 202723:59 GMT · 103d 8h left
Clarification cut-off 30 Nov 202623:59 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 moup to 3 mo with extensions · starts 5 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 4332 · n=5 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Re-design, supply and install sports-themed play equipment and safety surfacing as required to upgrade an existing play facility at Hopwas Playground and Playing Field, Lichfield Road, Hopwas, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 3AJ

CPV: Park and playground equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 2 moSMEPublished value£130,000
Contract period: 5 Apr 2027 — 31 May 2027 (2 mo) · up to 3 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestTurnover guideline: ~£260,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£130,000 exc. VAT · £156,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
If the equipment is above 4metres the Parish Council may require time to obtain planning permission
43325000 Park and playground equipment

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price — Contractors are asked to submit a pricing schedule for each element of the work as set out in the Schedule of Works section and a total tendered price. Price will carry 20% of the scoring on the following basis: (Lowest bid price / bidders' price) x 20 = bidders price score
  • Quality — 11.2 Quality (80%) 11.2.1 Quality will be evaluated from the information submitted by the Contractor and against the criteria set out in this section. A panel of Councillors and Officers will evaluate each submission.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

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

Construction equipment (CPV 4332) in North East England — and who usually turns up

Wigginton and Hopwas Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the North East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction equipment (CPV 4332) →

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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

Wigginton and Hopwas Parish Council

no contract notices in Construction equipment (CPV 4332) in 36 months

Wigginton and Hopwas Parish Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction equipment (CPV 4332) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

North East England · Construction equipment (CPV 4332)

contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 26 in CPV 4332 (25 competed, 1 route not published) · 39 in division 43 (32 competed, 6 route not published)

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 4332), last 36 months: 5 lots. All 5 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.

4CPV 4332 · 36m · n=5 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 4332), last 36 months: 5 lots.

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

0%CPV 4332 · 36m · n=5 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 4332), last 36 months: 6 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

1% belowCPV 4332 · 36m · n=6 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 sector (CPV 4332), last 36 months: 5 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

10dCPV 4332 · 36m · n=5 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 4332), last 36 months: 5 lots.

Last 36 months.

100%CPV 4332 · 36m · n=5 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 4332), last 36 months: 6 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

83%CPV 4332 · 36m · n=6 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=5
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 5 lots on 5 contested notices · CPV 4332, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 40%
  • 4–6 60%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 4 · 5 lots on 5 contested notices · CPV 4332.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=6
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 6 lot pairs · CPV 4332, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 50%
  • Above estimate 17%

6 lot pairs · CPV 4332.

robust · n=6
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 the North East England market’s usual movement over 6 lots (CPV 4332), applied to the £130,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in North East England (CPV 4332, n=6 pairs) lands 1% below: on this notice’s £130,000 that is about £128,960, middle half £122,460–£130,000 (quartiles from North East England · CPV 4332). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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
Goods
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
30 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Park and playground equipment
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)+1 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077da9 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All designs to be used in the tender review must be clear of any brands or logos as the review will be blind. you may email the tender documents to [email protected] or by we transfer. Postal tenders will also be accepted. Again the designs must be clear of brand or logos due to the blind tender review
Published estimate £130,000 excludes VAT (£156,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 61 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 103 days
    11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 186 days
    5 Apr 2027, 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
    30 Sept 2026, 14:17 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wigginton and Hopwas Parish Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDLG-5977-DWRN 48 Hints Road, Hopwas, Tamworth, West Midlands, B78 3AA

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