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Published 30 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Inspection, Maintenance & Repair of Education PE (PESSPA), Outdoor Play & Fitness-Suite Equipment

Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Places on the framework 1
Bids per lot · this authority 8.5division 45 · n=4 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Lanarkshire Council (the “Council”) propose to establish a Framework Agreement with a single Contractor for Inspection, Maintenance & Repair of Education PE (PESSPA), Outdoor Play & Fitness-Suite Equipment.

CPV: Fitness equipments · Gymnasium equipment · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment · Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities · Safety education services · Sports goods and equipment

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This procurement is to secure a sole Contractor for Inspection, Maintenance & Repair of Education PE (PESSPA), Outdoor Play & Fitness-Suite EquipmentRenewal
This procurement is to secure a sole Contractor for Inspection, Maintenance & Repair of Education PE (PESSPA), Outdoor Play & Fitness-Suite Equipment. . Duration: The Agreement is anticipated to start on 05 January 2027 for an initial period of 24 months until 04 January 2029. The Council reserves the sole right to extend the Agreement by up to two additional periods of 12 months each until 04 January 2030 or 04 January 2031 respectively. . Framework Value: The maximum value of the Agreement is 400,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT). . Further to this overview, the complete 'Details of Requirements' f…
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions
The Agreement is anticipated to start on 05 January 2027 for an initial period of 24 months until 04 January 2029. The Council reserves the sole right to extend the Agreement by up to two additional periods of 12 months each until 04 January 2030 or 04 January 2031 respectively.
Variant bids
not allowed
37400000 Sports goods and equipment37420000 Gymnasium equipment37440000 Fitness equipments45212290 Repair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilities50870000 Repair and maintenance services of playground equipment80330000 Safety education services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — 60
  • price — 40

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

How North Lanarkshire Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521) — and who usually turns up

North Lanarkshire Council’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

1

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 frameworks and DPS 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

North Lanarkshire Council

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4521 · 3 in division 45 · 19 in all categories

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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 4 lots. All 4 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

8.5division 45 · 36m · n=4 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 buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 4 lots.

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

25%division 45 · 36m · n=4 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 11 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 24m · n=11 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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.

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

Last 36 months.

—no award dates published
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 64 notices.

Last 24 months.

3all categories · 24m · n=64 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 45 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=4
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 4 lots on 3 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 25%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 75%

Middle value 8.5 · 4 lots on 3 contested notices · division 45.

How procedures are run moderate · n=3
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 3 notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

3 notices · division 45. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

Scotland · Building construction work (CPV 4521)

framework/DPS notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 93 in CPV 4521 (79 competed, 13 route not published) · 365 in division 45 (327 competed, 28 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 4521), last 36 months: 147 lots. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 38) and 144 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

7CPV 4521 · 36m · n=147 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 4521), last 36 months: 147 lots.

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

3%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=147 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.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 8 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

110ddivision 45 · 36m · n=8 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 4521), last 36 months: 146 lots.

Last 36 months.

47%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=146 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 4521), last 36 months: 74 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

64%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=74 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=147
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 147 lots on 43 contested notices · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 3%
  • 2–3 14%
  • 4–6 27%
  • 7+ 55%

Middle value 7 · 147 lots on 43 contested notices · CPV 4521.

How procedures are run robust · n=80
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 93 notices · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

  • Open 64%
  • Selective 35%
  • Limited 1%
  • Direct 0%

93 notices · CPV 4521. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

robust · n=11
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.

No estimate in pounds on this notice, so the movement stays a percentage.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in North Lanarkshire Council (all categories, n=11 pairs) lands at estimate; this notice publishes no GBP estimate to apply it to.
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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT — …
Authority reference
NLC-CPT-26-020
Classification (CPV)
Fitness equipmentsGymnasium equipmentRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of playground equipmentRepair and maintenance work in connection with sports facilitiesSafety education servicesSports goods and equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM84)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e05
Contract terms
Performance terms
Contract performance conditions are stated within the Invitation to Tender ("ITT") pack. Please refer to the PCS-Tender project referenced in this Notice.
Review and risk notes
Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32827. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefit requirements are stated within the Invitation to Tender ("ITT") pack. Please refer to the PCS-Tender project referenced in this Notice. (SC Ref:843773)

How to participate & submission route

Apply via Public Contracts Scotland
Submission portal named on this notice: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Appointment period ends
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsin 30 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids openedin 30 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT

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

North Lanarkshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, Scotland, ML1 1AB [email protected] Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Scottish CourtsReview body Edinburgh

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria