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BuyerSt Helens Council
Statusplanned
Deadline9 Apr 2026
ValueValue not published
Published25 Mar 2026

What is being bought

St Helens Borough Council currently operates two markets; Earlestown Market and the new St Helens Market Hall. The Council is seeking to understand the market's capacity and appetite to deliver a comprehensive, modern, and community‑focused market operations. As part of the Council's wider regeneration and growth programme, we are seeking to identify operators with the capability, ambition and creativity to elevate these markets to provide high‑quality, diverse, and commercially sustainable operations.

Delivery location

UKD3, GB · UKD7, GB

Categories

Business development consultancy services 79411100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2026 to 31 Mar 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business development consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Business development consultancy services (79411100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 797,1714 median · 34.7 average (2,594 of 7,171 with a bid count)3.2 average (2,921 of 7,171 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD3535 median · 20 average (24 of 53 with a bid count)3.3 average (25 of 53 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06738f
Latest release ID027178-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 25 2026 10:11:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com/Login/Login DN811051 - Market Operation: Earlestown & St Helens
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Mar 2026planning027178-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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