Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 19 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

In-Cab Technology for WLDC Refuse Collection Fleet

Authority: West Lindsey District Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jan 2032 · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In-Cab Technology for West Lindsey District Council Refuse Collection Fleet

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2032 (5 yrs)
Delivery: UK

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Software package and information systems (CPV 48) in East Midlands, and who usually turns up

West Lindsey District Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWest Lindsey District Council · all categories
The marketSoftware package and information systems (CPV 48) · East Midlands (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 2 known-size awards · market: division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=367
1 of 232%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 East Midlands (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=453
1 of 110%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East Midlands.

How long to a decision?
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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=30
—66 days

Half of these awards were announced within 66 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=562
—64%

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lot with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
The market41 lots with bid counts · division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region)
10% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid10%
Market: 4 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
2–346%
Market: 19 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
4–634%
Market: 14 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
7+10%
Market: 4 of 41 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market26 lots with estimate and award · division 48 · East Midlands (authority’s region)
58% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate58%
Market: 15 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%19%
Market: 5 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate23%
Market: 6 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #160 monthsNo real estimate
Expected competition
i

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 41 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% single-bid risk
Past bids on 41 similar lots
1 bid10%
4 of 41 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–346%
19 of 41 similar past lots received 2–3 (46%).
4–634%
14 of 41 similar past lots received 4–6 (34%).
7+10%
4 of 41 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £1 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

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.

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.

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
19 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
Last source update
19 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078924
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e771 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Aug 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published62 days ago
    19 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
  2. Market engagement20 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    Desktop

  3. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 73 days
    1 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 103 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Aug 2026, 12:09 BST
    UK2

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

West Lindsey District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDDH-3894-PYHJ Guildhall, Gainsborough, East Midlands, DN21 2NAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure