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Published 23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Low Voltage Distribution Networks System Works at Nyati and Kifaru Barracks

Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£200,000£200,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202610:00 BST · 29d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 16 Oct 202610:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 mostarts 30 Oct 2026
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 4531 · n=53 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Low Voltage Distribution Networks System Works at Nyati and Kifaru Barracks in Kenya

CPV: Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 5 moPublished value£200,000
Contract period: 30 Oct 2026 — 30 Mar 2027 (5 mo)Delivery: KETurnover guideline: ~£400,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£200,000 exc. VAT · £200,000 inc. VAT
45317300 Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus

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

Vaule for Money Index

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

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

Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) in Scotland — and who usually turns up

Defence Infrastructure Organisation has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Scotland market stands beside whatever it has. 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

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

contract notices in 36 months: 3 in CPV 4531 (1 route not published) · 34 in division 45 (1 without competition · 21 route not published) · 68 in all categories (4 without competition · 46 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 buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 lots. All 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed. Small sample.

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

2all categories · 36m · n=2 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: 2 lots. Small sample.

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

50%all categories · 36m · n=2 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 sector (CPV 4531), last 36 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

16% aboveCPV 4531 · 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: 2 notices. Small sample.

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

Last 36 months.

93dall categories · 36m · n=2 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: 94 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=94 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: 13 notices.

Last 36 months.

8%division 45 · 36m · n=13 notices
How procedures are run robust · n=13
i

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 34 notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • Open 54%
  • Selective 38%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 8%

34 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 · authority’s region

Scotland · Electrical installation work (CPV 4531)

contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 104 in CPV 4531 (78 competed, 22 route not published) · 628 in division 45 (449 competed, 101 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

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: 53 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 46 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

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

4CPV 4531 · 36m · n=53 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: 53 lots.

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

8%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=53 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: 33 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

2% belowCPV 4531 · 36m · n=33 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: 7 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

26dCPV 4531 · 36m · n=7 notices
SME bidders
i

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: 52 lots.

Last 36 months.

61%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=52 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: 34 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

79%CPV 4531 · 36m · n=34 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=53
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 53 lots on 50 contested notices · CPV 4531, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 8%
  • 2–3 38%
  • 4–6 34%
  • 7+ 21%

Median 4 · 53 lots on 50 contested notices · CPV 4531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=33
i

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 33 lot pairs · CPV 4531, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 48%
  • Within ±2% 36%
  • Above estimate 15%

33 lot pairs · CPV 4531.

robust · n=33
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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 Scotland market’s usual movement over 33 lots (CPV 4531), applied to the £200,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Scotland (CPV 4531, n=33 pairs) land a median 2% below: on this notice’s £200,000 that is about £196,400, middle half £157,800£200,000 (quartiles from Scotland · CPV 4531). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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
23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus
Delivery area
KE
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077902 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Defence Sourcing Portal
Submission portal named on this notice: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
16 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £200,000 excludes VAT (£200,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 23 days
    16 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 30 days
    23 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 36 days
    30 Oct 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
    23 Sept 2026, 16:56 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPWG-8368-RJMG Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8EX [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender