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Published 3 Nov 2026, 13:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ITT - Security Turnstiles, Roller Shutters, Automatic Doors & Access Control Maintenance Service

Authority: New College Swindon (Education)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£80,000≈ £20k / year · £96,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 2 Dec 202610:00 GMT · 28 days left
Clarification cut-off 25 Nov 202610:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Jan 2031 · starts 1 Feb 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

New College Swindon is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to provide planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs and emergency call-out support for security turnstiles, roller shutters, automatic doors and associated access control systems across its North Star and Queens Drive campuses. The contract includes routine servicing, statutory compliance activities, fault diagnosis, repairs, reporting and emergency response support for approximately 60 assets. The contract term is four (4) years, with an estimated value of approximately £80,000 excluding VAT over the contract period. Suppliers will be required to attend a mandatory site visit and demonstrate relevant experience, technical competence and value for money.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

New College Swindon is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to provide planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs and emergency call-out support for security turnstiles, roller shutters, automatic doors and associated access control systems across its North Star and Queens Drive campuses. The contract includes routine servicing, statutory compliance activities, fault diagnosis, repairs, reporting and emergency response support for approximately 60 assets.

The contract term is four (4) years, with an estimated value of approximately £80,000 excluding VAT over the contract period. Suppliers will be required to attend a mandatory site visit and demonstrate relevant experience, technical competence and value for money. Full details are contained within the tender documentation.

CPV: Access control system · Car park control equipment · Garage doors · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 4 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£80,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2031 (4 yrs)Value: £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£39,973/yr≈ 2× annual value

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: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Supplier Capacity, Capability & Experience: 10%
  • Technical & Professional Ability: 20%
  • Price: 60%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Price
  • Supplier Capacity, Capability & Experience
  • Social Value
  • Technical & Professional Ability

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £39,973 (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 New College Swindon buys Builders' joinery (CPV 4422), and who usually turns up

New College Swindon’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: Builders' joinery (CPV 4422) →

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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 buyerNew College Swindon · all categories
The marketBuilders' joinery (CPV 4422) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 17 known-size awards · market: CPV 4422 · UK-wide, n=85
59%65%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 3 known-location awards · market: CPV 4422 · UK-wide, n=85
3 of 356%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 4422 · UK-wide, n=18
60 days51 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 60 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.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 14 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4422 · UK-wide, n=132
7%42%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer28 lots with bid counts · all categories
54% had one bid
The market39 lots with bid counts · CPV 4422 · UK-wide
8% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid54% / 8%
Buyer: 15 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
2–34% / 10%
Buyer: 1 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 36%
Buyer: 8 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
7+14% / 46%
Buyer: 4 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 18 of 39 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with estimate and award · all categories
71% below estimate
The market27 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4422 · UK-wide
37% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate71% / 37%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%29% / 48%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 13 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 15%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 27 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 #1CPV 442248 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£80k
Expected competition
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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 39 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 39 similar lots
1 bid8%
3 of 39 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–310%
4 of 39 similar past lots received 2–3 (10%).
4–636%
14 of 39 similar past lots received 4–6 (36%).
7+46%
18 of 39 similar past lots received 7+ (46%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £80k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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?
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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
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
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
3 Nov 2026, 13:54 GMT
Last source update
3 Nov 2026, 13:54 GMT
Authority reference
CA18635
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104263
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Access control systemCar park control equipmentGarage doorsRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0796ac Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
2 Dec 2026, 10:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
25 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Electronic submission
Allowed
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Published estimate £80,000 excludes VAT (£96,000 including VAT).

Timeline

3 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1h ago
    3 Nov 2026, 13:54 GMT
  2. Today
    3 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 21 days
    25 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    2 Dec 2026, 10:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 89 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Nov 2026, 13:54 GMT
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies

New College Swindon

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PLQC-2725-XCGX New College Drive, Queens Drive Campus , Swindon, South West, SN3 1AHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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