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Published 18 Sept 2026, 17:10 BST

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MBC ITT - General & Principal Bridge Inspections

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Authority: Maidstone Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed £0£0 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · 34d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 6 yrsstarts 27 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 4division 71 · n=15 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Maidstone Borough Council owns several pedestrian and vehicular bridges that require regular inspection based on the guidance in CS 450 for the inspection of Highway structures

(previously BD63/17) which recommends that a General Inspection is carried out every two years and a Principal Inspection is carried out every six years.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Bridge-inspection-services./S27XH9M7DP

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/S27XH9M7DP

CPV: Bridge-inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 6 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Contract period: 27 Nov 2026 — 26 Nov 2032 (6 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
71631450 Bridge-inspection services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 80Price: 120
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality — 40
  • Quality — 40
  • Cost — 60
  • Cost — 60

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

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

How Maidstone Borough Council buys Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163) — and who usually turns up

Maidstone Borough Council’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

1

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 report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Maidstone Borough Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 7163 · 9 in division 71 (1 direct) · 52 in all categories (3 direct)

Bids per lot4division 71 · 36m · n=15 lots
Single-bid lots20%division 71 · 36m · n=15 lots
Award vs estimate7% belowall categories · 36m · n=10 pairs
Deadline → award38ddivision 71 · 36m · n=4 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=53 notices
Awarded without competition11%division 71 · 36m · n=9 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=15
  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 27%
  • 4–6 27%
  • 7+ 27%

Median 4 · 15 lots on 5 contested notices · division 71.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=10
  • Below estimate 60%
  • Within ±2% 40%
  • Above estimate 0%

10 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · authority’s region

South East England · Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 41 in CPV 7163 (39 contested) · 626 in division 71 (538 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot8.5CPV 7163 · 36m · n=32 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 7163 · 36m · n=32 lots
Award vs estimate19% aboveCPV 7163 · 36m · n=20 pairs
Deadline → award68dCPV 7163 · 36m · n=12 notices
SME bidders78%CPV 7163 · 36m · n=4 lots
Winners based in the region66%CPV 7163 · 36m · n=32 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=32
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 22%
  • 4–6 19%
  • 7+ 59%

Median 8.5 · 32 lots on 19 contested notices · CPV 7163.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=20
  • Below estimate 20%
  • Within ±2% 5%
  • Above estimate 75%

20 lot pairs · CPV 7163.

robust · n=10 Awards in Maidstone Borough Council (all categories, n=10 pairs) land a median 7% below; this notice publishes no GBP estimate to apply it to.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 17:10 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 17:10 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Bridge-inspection services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775e5 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Authorised e-sourcing portalProContract (Due North) ↗Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/S27XH9M7DP ↗
Published estimate £0 excludes VAT (£0 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 17:10 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 28 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 35 days
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 59 days
    16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 69 days
    27 Nov 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
    18 Sept 2026, 17:10 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Maidstone Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGRT-5366-CGWY Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, South East, ME15 6JQ [email protected] 01892554427
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Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender