Find a TenderOpen for tender Tender notice
Published 24 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Maidstone Road Car Park Resurfacing

Authority: Lenham Parish Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Budget not disclosed£0£0 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202623:59 GMT · 43d 5h left
Clarification cut-off 5 Nov 202623:59 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 mostarts 1 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 4523 · n=62 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Total refurbishment of the car park and drainage system. Further detail is included in the spec and added diagrams/documents.

CPV: Resurfacing works · Road-surfacing materials · Tarmac

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 3 moSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 31 Mar 2027 (3 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: South East
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
14213200 Tarmac44113800 Road-surfacing materials45233251 Resurfacing works

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

60% Price 40% Quality

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

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

Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) in South East England — and who usually turns up

Lenham Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the South East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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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

Lenham Parish Council

no contract notices in Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) in 36 months

Lenham Parish Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

South East England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 210 in CPV 4523 (169 competed, 32 route not published) · 1,812 in division 45 (1,327 competed, 303 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 4523), last 36 months: 62 lots. 35 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 27 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

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

4CPV 4523 · 36m · n=62 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 4523), last 36 months: 62 lots.

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

5%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=62 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 4523), last 36 months: 51 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4523 · 36m · n=51 pairs
Deadline → award date
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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 4523), last 36 months: 40 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

38dCPV 4523 · 36m · n=40 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 4523), last 36 months: 51 lots.

Last 36 months.

77%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=51 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 4523), last 36 months: 120 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

56%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=120 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=62
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 62 lots on 57 contested notices · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 5%
  • 2–3 37%
  • 4–6 29%
  • 7+ 29%

Median 4 · 62 lots on 57 contested notices · CPV 4523.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=51
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 51 lot pairs · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 49%
  • Within ±2% 29%
  • Above estimate 22%

51 lot pairs · CPV 4523.

robust · n=51
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.

Awards in South East England (CPV 4523, n=51 pairs) land a median 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
24 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Resurfacing worksRoad-surfacing materialsTarmac
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077975 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submit all tenders to [email protected]. Officers will redact company information so all tenders will be treated as sealed bids for councillors to review and make a decision. Alternatively please send to :- 1A High Street Lenham ME17 2QD www.lenhamparish.org.uk ↗
Published estimate £0 excludes VAT (£0 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    24 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 42 days
    5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 43 days
    6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 98 days
    1 Jan 2027, 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
    24 Sept 2026, 12:51 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lenham Parish Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRJH-5952-JMQY 1A High Street, Maidstone, South East, ME17 2QD

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender