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Published 18 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST

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LIVESTOCK HANDLING FACILITY — UK public procurement notice

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South West (UKK)
Published estimate £40,000£48,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · 27d 19h left
Clarification cut-off 7 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 moup to 7 mo with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 1.5all categories, every route · n=4 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Design, supply and installation of a cattle handling system, including all associated works required to deliver a fully operational system to completion.

CPV: Agricultural buildings construction work · Building installation work · Engineering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 moSMEPublished value£40,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 — 5 Mar 2027 (3 mo) · up to 7 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: South WestTurnover guideline: ~£80,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£40,000 exc. VAT · £48,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
SUBJECT TO SUPPLY OF MATERIALS AND PLANNING PERMISSION
45213240 Agricultural buildings construction work45300000 Building installation work71300000 Engineering services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

See RFQ for details

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 NATURAL ENGLAND buys Building construction work (CPV 4521) — and who usually turns up

NATURAL ENGLAND’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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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 report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

NATURAL ENGLAND

contract notices in 36 months: 6 in CPV 4521 · 41 in division 45 (1 direct) · 217 in all categories (2 direct)

Bids per lot1.5all categories, every route · 24m · n=4 notices
Single-bid lots50%all categories, every route · 24m · n=4 notices
Award vs estimate17% belowCPV 4521 · 36m · n=4 pairs
Deadline → award10ddivision 45 · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=255 notices
Awarded without competition0%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=6 notices
Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=4
  • Below estimate 75%
  • Within ±2% 25%
  • Above estimate 0%

4 lot pairs · CPV 4521.

How procedures are run robust · n=6
  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

6 notices · CPV 4521. Open and selective are contested (feed the bid/price figures above); limited and direct are not.

The market · delivery region

South West England · Building construction work (CPV 4521)

contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 227 in CPV 4521 (198 contested) · 1,295 in division 45 (1,196 contested)

Bids per lot5CPV 4521 · 36m · n=47 lots
Single-bid lots11%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=47 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 4521 · 36m · n=35 pairs
Deadline → award46dCPV 4521 · 36m · n=33 notices
SME bidders68%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=9 lots
Winners based in the region82%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=66 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=47
  • 1 bid 11%
  • 2–3 21%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 36%

Median 5 · 47 lots on 42 contested notices · CPV 4521.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=35
  • Below estimate 26%
  • Within ±2% 37%
  • Above estimate 37%

35 lot pairs · CPV 4521.

moderate · n=4 Awards in NATURAL ENGLAND (CPV 4521, n=4 pairs) land a median 17% below. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “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
18 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
Authority reference
NNR19/0566
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural buildings construction workBuilding installation workEngineering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775a5 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
7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to [email protected] by 12 midday on 16th October 2026. If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to [email protected]. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.
Published estimate £40,000 excludes VAT (£48,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 19 days
    7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 73 days
    1 Dec 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
    18 Sept 2026, 15:08 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Natural England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJDG-6588-XDMM Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DF
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Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender