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Published 29 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lift Replacement - Hazel Court

Authority: Bernicia Group (Public body)·On behalf of: Lerch Bates Europe Ltd

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Budget not disclosed£0£0 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · 16d 20h left
Clarification cut-off 13 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 mostarts 1 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 6all categories · n=9 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bernicia is seeking to appoint a competent, experienced and reliable contractor to undertake the removal, disposal and replacement of existing lift equipment with a new Machine Room-Less (MRL) traction lift system, including all associated mechanical, electrical, control and safety components.

Works will include the decommissioning and safe removal of the existing lift installation, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and certification of the new lift equipment. The successful contractor will be responsible for ensuring the lift complies with all current statutory requirements, relevant British Standards and industry best practice.

The contract may also include associated builders', electrical and finishing works necessary to facilitate the installation and operation of the new lift system, together with provision of operation and maintenance manuals, staff training, warranties and defects liability support.

CPV: Lift installation work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 5 moPublished valueAED 0
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 — 31 Mar 2027 (5 mo)Delivery: North East
Value
AED 0 exc. VAT · AED 0 inc. VAT
45313100 Lift installation work

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

Contract award will be based on technical ability, cost and availability. All details will be provided within the tender documentation.

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

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

How Bernicia Group buys Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) — and who usually turns up

Bernicia Group’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) →

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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 contracts 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

Bernicia Group

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4531 · 4 in division 45 (1 without competition) · 21 in all categories (7 without competition)

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 all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5.5) and 3 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).

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

6all categories · 36m · n=9 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 all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots.

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

11%all categories · 36m · n=9 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 this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

8% belowdivision 45 · 36m · n=1 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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 6 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

77dall categories · 36m · n=6 notices
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: 28 notices.

Last 24 months.

1.5all categories · 24m · n=28 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: 4 notices.

Last 36 months.

25%division 45 · 36m · n=4 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=9
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 9 lots on 9 contested notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 11%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 56%
  • 7+ 33%

Middle value 6 · 9 lots on 9 contested notices · all categories.

How procedures are run moderate · n=4
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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 4 notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • Open 75%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 25%
  • Direct 0%

4 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

North East England · Electrical installation work (CPV 4531)

contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 84 in CPV 4531 (61 competed, 15 route not published) · 1,018 in division 45 (743 competed, 162 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 4531), last 36 months: 26 lots. 25 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

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

5.5CPV 4531 · 36m · n=26 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 4531), last 36 months: 26 lots.

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

12%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=26 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 region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 18 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4531 · 36m · n=18 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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 27 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

65dCPV 4531 · 36m · n=27 notices
SME bidders
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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 4531), last 36 months: 25 lots.

Last 36 months.

64%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=25 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 4531), last 36 months: 33 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

82%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=33 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=26
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 26 lots on 22 contested notices · CPV 4531, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 12%
  • 2–3 31%
  • 4–6 15%
  • 7+ 42%

Middle value 5.5 · 26 lots on 22 contested notices · CPV 4531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=18
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 18 lot pairs · CPV 4531, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 39%
  • Above estimate 28%

18 lot pairs · CPV 4531.

robust · n=18
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 East England (CPV 4531, n=18 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
Authority reference
BGPREF0048
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Lift installation work
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cbf Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders must be submitted via the e-procurement portal at www.in-tendhost.co.uk ↗
Published estimate £0 excludes VAT (£0 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    29 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 17 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 32 days
    1 Nov 2026, 00:00 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

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 15:28 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Bernicia Group

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-MPR: 7711 Oakwood Way, Ashwood Business Park, Ashington, North East, NE63 XF [email protected] 03448003800

Other public bodies

  • Lerch Bates Europe LtdProcess contact pointProcuring entityLerch Bates are Bernicia's specialist lift consultant who have compiled the technical documents associated to this tender and will be leading on the evaluation of all returns.GB-COH: 07380350 Borehamwood, East of England

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specificationstenderBidding documents and specificationsBernicia's e-procurement portal

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender