Official UK procurement notice
Idlewells Indoor Market Asbestos Remedial and Refurbishment Works
Authority: Ashfield District Council (Local council)·Procurement run by: Nottinghamshire County Council
Nottinghamshire County Council is undertaking this procurement exercise on behalf of Ashfield District Council (ADC). Ashfield District Council are the Contracting Authority; and will be entering into the contract with the appointed contractor. The works shall be carried out by suitably trained and qualified professionals, who are accredited by appropriate regulatory/professional bodies in line with the requirements of the Contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for design (where applicable), supply and installation of the works required under this contract.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottinghamshire County Council is undertaking this procurement exercise on behalf of Ashfield District Council (ADC). Ashfield District Council are the Contracting Authority; and will be entering into the contract with the appointed contractor.
The works shall be carried out by suitably trained and qualified professionals, who are accredited by appropriate regulatory/professional bodies in line with the requirements of the Contract.
The Contractor shall be responsible for design (where applicable), supply and installation of the works required under this contract.
The Contractor shall ensure that the Employer continually meets their statutory and legislative requirements and obligations.
The Refurbishment works aims to upgrade the market's facilities, improve safety standards, and enhance the overall environment for traders, visitors and the general public. The project involves asbestos removal though phased unit refurbishments, drainage replacement works, internal alterations for the accommodation of new toilet and plant room upgrades and design of alterations to the hot water and heating system. Below is a detailed scope of works and scope of requirements for the project. The works are to be carried out in phases to minimize disruption to market operations and ensure safety for traders, customers and workers.
Bidders are required to attend a site visit prior to submitting a tender to ensure they understand the requirements and complexities. Attendance at a site visit is a mandatory condition of participation in this procurement. Site visits must be requested via the portal and are available between 12th November - 26th November 2026 only. Any tender submitted by a tenderer who has not attended a site visit will be disqualified and excluded from further evaluation.
The services shall be provided by a Single Supplier / Service Provider.
Sub-contractors are permitted but ADC must be advised of this at the tender submission stage.
Contract length: 16 weeks Estimated start date 08 February 2027 - 31st May 2027.
Estimated Contract Value: In the region of £400,000 excluding VAT.
CPV: Asbestos-removal work · Building construction work · Demolition, site preparation and clearance work · Drainage works · Electrical installation work · Heating works · Plumbing and sanitary works
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Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
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- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £800,000 (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 Ashfield District Council buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up
Ashfield District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 173 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid5%
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4–620%
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Below estimate43% / 41%
Within ±2%29% / 32%
Above estimate29% / 27%
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Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£400k
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1 bid10%
2–322%
4–629%
7+39%
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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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Nov 2026, 14:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2026, 14:37 GMT
- Authority reference
SEM6609- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104729- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b303Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 Nov 2026 → 8 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published11h ago4 Nov 2026, 14:37 GMT
- Today5 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 25 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 39 days14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 94 days8 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published4 Nov 2026, 14:37 GMTUK4
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender