Official UK procurement notice
Landscape and Public Realm Framework
Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStoke-on-Trent City Council intends to establish a Landscape, Public Realm and Place Framework to support the construction of landscape and public realm works across the borough of Stoke on Trent City Council. This framework will enable rapid, cost-effective, and high- quality delivery of landscape schemes.
CPV: Drainage construction works · Installation of road signs · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for green areas · Landscaping work for playgrounds · Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas · Paths and other metalled surfaces · Paving and asphalting works · Planting and maintenance services of green areas
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Mar 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “Landscape and Public Realm Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Stoke-on-Trent City Council buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 97 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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.
1 bid11% / 0%
2–344% / 9%
4–633% / 33%
7+11% / 58%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 4511Published estimate£5.6m
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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 126 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–325%
4–624%
7+48%
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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.
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.
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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? 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.
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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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2026, 09:46 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 09:46 BST
- Authority reference
CRN/2026/133- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076530- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e20aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Aug 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published70 days ago12 Aug 2026, 09:46 BST
- Market engagement48 days ago2 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
This market engagement exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a contract award, commitment to award, or an invitation to tender (ITT).
The feedback received will help inform Stoke-on-Trent City Council's procurement approach, proposed lotting strategy and contractual arrangements.
The Council is seeking to:
- Understand the market's capacity and capability to deliver the requirements within each proposed lot.
- Obtain feedback on whether the proposed lot structure is appropriate and commercially viable.
- Identify any potential barriers, risks or opportunities associated with the proposed approach.
- Identify innovative solutions, particularly in relation to resilience, predictive maintenance and data-driven approaches.
Proposed Framework Structure
The Council is considering establishing a multi-lot framework, with the proposed lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Small General Works
Works valued from £0 to £300,000.
Lot 2 - Large General Works
Works valued from £300,000 to £7 million.
Lot 3 - Play Areas
Design and build of play areas, including associated works.
The Council is seeking feedback from providers on the proposed lot structure, including whether the proposed value bands and scope of each lot are appropriate and commercially viable from a market perspective, as well as any innovative approaches or solutions that could be considered within the proposed lot(s).
Providers are invited to submit any comments, suggestions or recommendations that they consider relevant to the proposed framework structure.
Please provide your feedback in a Word document and email it to [email protected] by 2nd September 2026.
Next Steps
Following completion of the market engagement exercise, Stoke-on-Trent City Council anticipates progressing to a formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Landscape, Public Realm and Place Framework.
The final procurement approach, lot structure and contractual arrangements will be subject to the outcome of the market engagement exercise and the Council's internal governance and approval processes.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 131 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2026, 09:46 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender