Official UK procurement notice
Managed Wide Area Network (WAN)
Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) are looking to notify the market about the potential contract opportunity for a managed wide area network (“WAN”).
The purpose of this market engagement questionnaire is to give suppliers advanced notice of the contract, determine the best route to market, and to help shape the procurement process in terms of any minimum requirements set.
This procurement is not simply a technical refresh. NAC’s WAN is the backbone of its service delivery—supporting schools, corporate functions, libraries, cloud adoption, public safety, digital learning, and emerging smart technologies. It will also provide the foundation upon which NAC intends to build broader digital connectivity ambitions.
Suppliers should therefore view this opportunity through both a technical and strategic lens. While the immediate requirement is the delivery of a secure, resilient, high-performance WAN, NAC also intends to leverage this procurement to invite ideas, innovation, and additional value that can support wider digital, economic, and social outcomes across the region.
NAC are a strong believer in early supplier engagement to ensure the success of contracts. We would therefore like to encourage you to participate to ensure your feedback is captured and considered.
The questionnaire should be returned to William Tomelty, Procurement Team Manager (Sustainability) at [email protected] before close of business 9th December 2025.
CPV: Ancillary works for telecommunications · Installation of telecommunications equipment · Integrated telecommunications services · Local area network · Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment · Repair and maintenance services of telecommunications lines · Telecommunications cable · Telecommunications cable and equipment · Telecommunications equipment · Telecommunications equipment and supplies · Telecommunications network · Telecommunications services · +5 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The resultant procurement process will be carried out via Public Contract Scotland-TenderPlanned
The resultant procurement process will be carried out via Public Contract Scotland-Tender.
Exact dates have yet to be confirmed however, NAC’s current contract is due to expire September 2027.
It is imperative the new WAN is in place before this time to allow a seamless transition. We therefore hope to award by September 2026 (allowing a 12 months mobilisation period).
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How North Ayrshire Council buys Wide area network services (CPV 7272), and who usually turns up
North Ayrshire Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Wide area network services (CPV 7272) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 50 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid10% / 0%
2–327% / 0%
4–647% / 60%
7+17% / 40%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate42% / 69%
Within ±2%47% / 22%
Above estimate11% / 10%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The resultant procurement process will be carried out via Public Contract Scotland-TenderCPV 7272Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 105 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid10%
2–330%
4–628%
7+32%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076981- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e8a1Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please refer to the Market Engagement Questionnaire for background detail, scope, objectives, digital ambition, expected outcomes, core technical outcomes and strategic outcomes. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=816722. (SC Ref:816722)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Nov 2025 → 6 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published330 days ago25 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Tender notice expected258 days ago6 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.