Official UK procurement notice
Longforth Farm Allotments — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Wellington Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBasic Site Establishment
The contractor will be asked to provide costs for:
1. Site clearance, preparation and setting out of allotment plots.
2. Internal access routes to remain as grass pathways.
3. Construction of the car park comprising:
200mm compacted Type 1 sub-base.
50mm gravel wearing course.
4. Definition of all allotment plots using 600mm treated timber posts installed with approximately 300mm above ground level.
5. Relocation of the entrance gate from its current position adjacent to Lillebonne Way to the left-hand side of the allotment gate to prevent unauthorised vehicular access to the field beyond.
6. Installation of a fence and pedestrian gate between the car park and allotment plots.
7. Plot numbering and associated site signage.
8. Tightly mow all plots ready for tenancy.
Options to be priced individually
1. Cultivate plots ready for tenancy
2. Construction of 35 concrete shed bases suitable for 6ft x 4ft sheds.
3. Construction of surfaced internal pathways comprising:
Geoworks SXGrid 3030 stabilising mesh.
150mm compacted Type 1 sub-base.
44mm compacted self-binding gravel or granite dust finish.
4. Supply, erection and installation of 35 sheds measuring 6ft x 4ft.
5. Connection to the mains water supply.
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6. Installation of three water standpipes at locations identified on the approved site layout plan.
CPV: Site preparation work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£63,000
- Value
- £63,000 exc. VAT · £75,600 inc. VAT
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- References/Quality — 10%
- Price — 90%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Site preparation work (CPV 4510) in South West England — and who usually turns up
Wellington Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the South West England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Site preparation work (CPV 4510) →
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.
Wellington Town Council
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4510 · 4 in division 45 · 4 in all categories
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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.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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 buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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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: 4 notices.
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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.
South West England · Site preparation work (CPV 4510)
contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 27 in CPV 4510 (22 competed, 4 route not published) · 1,403 in division 45 (1,045 competed, 256 route not published)
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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 4510), last 36 months: 7 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 2.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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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 4510), last 36 months: 7 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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 4510), last 36 months: 7 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4510), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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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 4510), last 36 months: 6 lots.
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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 4510), last 36 months: 9 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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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.
Based on the South West England market’s usual movement over 7 lots (CPV 4510), applied to the £63,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITAL FLOORS LTD SME | 1 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=1 | 53% |
| EURO POOLS SERVICE LIMITED SME | 1 class wins | 6 months ago | no comparable pairs | 51% |
| CBS Conservation SME | 1 class wins | 11 months ago | no comparable pairs | 50% |
| M3 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LIMITED SME | 1 class wins | 12 months ago | no comparable pairs | 50% |
| Tolent Construction Ltd (Appointed to Lots 1, 2 & 3) SME | 4 class wins | 2 months ago | no comparable pairs | 49% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 4510 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
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
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777f6Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published2 days ago22 Sept 2026, 16:58 BST
- Clarification questions byin 15 days9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 26 days20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract startsin 75 days8 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- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 16:58 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender info including full specification. This file should be used for submission.
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Location Plan
- Bidding documents and specifications Site layout plan
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender