Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement - PRJ_31138 - Supply, Maintain and Manage 39 AC Fast EV Charge Points
Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of on-street EV charging is a core component of the Council’s wider commitments to deliver a net zero Council by 2030 and a net zero city by 2040, as set out in the Climate Emergency Action Plan. Improving air quality remains a major public health priority in Westminster and accelerating the shift away from fossil fuelled vehicles is central to reducing local emissions of NO₂ and PM2.5. The Council’s Air Quality Action Plan 2025–2030 reinforces the need to support cleaner transport choices, while the Sustainable Transport Strategy positions EV infrastructure as a key enabler of behaviour changes alongside active travel and freight reforms.
Westminster City Council (WCC) is looking to procure a contract covering the 39 AC ‘fast’ charge points from our first round of installations made under the Pan London Agreement. These are 7kW charge points alongside dedicated EV-only bays which are restricted to a maximum 4-hour stay between the hours of 8:30am and 6:30pm.
To aid us with the design for this charging provision the Council are issuing a market engagement questionnaire, which will help us refine our final procurement solution.
Please visit our City of Westminster Procurement and Contracts portal ("the Portal"), wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and register your account, searching for SQ_30220.
All responses are to be submitted via Jaggaer by 12pm on 3rd September 2026. The deadline for submitting clarification questions is 12pm on 27th August 2026.
It is to be noted that a UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice relating to the above has also been issued.
CPV: Chargers · Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles · Electrical installation work · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£2,200,000
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority will set the conditions of participation which Tenderers must satisfy to demonstrate that they have the legal and financial capacity to perform the contract. Full details will be published with the Tender.
- Technical & professional ability
The Authority will set the conditions of participation which Tenderers must satisfy to demonstrate that they have the technical ability to perform the contract. Full details will be published with the Tender.
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).
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority will set the conditions of participation which Tenderers must satisfy to demonstrate that they have the legal and financial capacity to perform the contract. Full details will be published with the Tender.
- Technical & professional ability
The Authority will set the conditions of participation which Tenderers must satisfy to demonstrate that they have the technical ability to perform the contract. Full details will be published with the Tender.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Westminster City Council buys Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment (CPV 5010), and who usually turns up
Westminster City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment (CPV 5010) →
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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 96 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 bid26% / 40%
2–334% / 32%
4–633% / 4%
7+8% / 24%
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 estimate41% / 14%
Within ±2%47% / 67%
Above estimate11% / 19%
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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 #1CPV 3115Published estimate£2.2m
This lot is listed as CPV 3115. The table above uses the notice category.
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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 20 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–345%
4–635%
7+15%
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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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 09:43 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2026, 12:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
PRJ_31138- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075252- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd2bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 2 Jul 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published81 days ago6 Aug 2026, 09:43 BST
- Latest notice published80 days ago7 Aug 2026, 12:10 BST
- Market engagement52 days ago3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
To aid us with the design for this charging provision the Council are issuing a market engagement questionnaire, which will help us refine our final procurement solution.
Please visit our City of Westminster Procurement and Contracts portal ("the Portal"), wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and register your account, searching for SQ_30220.
All responses are to be submitted via Jaggaer by 12pm on 3rd September 2026. The deadline for submitting clarification questions is 12pm on 27th August 2026.
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 50 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 98 days31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 249 days2 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 09:43 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published6 Aug 2026, 10:09 BSTUK3
- Status changed to planned6 Aug 2026, 10:09 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Aug 2026, 10:09 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT6 Aug 2026, 10:09 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 10:11 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published6 Aug 2026, 10:15 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Aug 2026, 12:10 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Market Engagement Questionnaire SQ reference changed to from SQ_30218 to SQ_30220.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-08: 2 releases · 6 Aug 2026, 6 Aug 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 (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender