Official UK procurement notice
Menin Gate Soundscape · UK public procurement notice
Authority: COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is seeking proposals from appropriate suppliers for the creation of an immersive soundscape installation and supporting activations at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres/Ieper Belgium to commemorate the Gate's centenary in 2027.
CPV: Audio-visual equipment · Commissioning of public lighting installations · Installation services of sound equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value€87,000
- Condition of participation
This tender will be managed using the CWGC e-Procurement portal - in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/Home ↗ where further details can be found.
To participate in this tender, view the tender documents, or participate any future tenders issued by the CWGC, you must first register with the portal. Guidance on how to register, and how to bid can be found by selecting the following link:
in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/BuyerProfiles ↗
When registering, please complete as much of the information as possible. You should also be aware that as part of the registration process you must provide a copy of your current Health & Safety policy and/or Statement
All correspondence relating to this tender must ONLY be submitted via the portal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When entering a contact email address for both the Primary and Additional Users, you are advised to add a GENERIC address which can be readily accessed by more than one person i.e. "[email protected]", rather than a personal address such as "[email protected]". This way you will still be able to access any communications sent by us via the portal if an individual in unavailable.
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria is detailed in the invitation to tender documents which are available to download from our e-Procurement portal (see "Submission Address and any Special Instructions" below)
- Condition of participation
This tender will be managed using the CWGC e-Procurement portal - in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/Home ↗ where further details can be found.
To participate in this tender, view the tender documents, or participate any future tenders issued by the CWGC, you must first register with the portal. Guidance on how to register, and how to bid can be found by selecting the following link:
in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/BuyerProfiles ↗
When registering, please complete as much of the information as possible. You should also be aware that as part of the registration process you must provide a copy of your current Health & Safety policy and/or Statement
All correspondence relating to this tender must ONLY be submitted via the portal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When entering a contact email address for both the Primary and Additional Users, you are advised to add a GENERIC address which can be readily accessed by more than one person i.e. "[email protected]", rather than a personal address such as "[email protected]". This way you will still be able to access any communications sent by us via the portal if an individual in unavailable.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about €189,582 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION buys Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment (CPV 5023): the notice lists a non-UK location
No market comparison: the notice lists a non-UK delivery location. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment (CPV 5023) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
The notice lists delivery in Belgium, so this procedure has no confirmed single UK region; the buyer’s figure reads its other awards, each against its own delivery region.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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Lot #1Estimate in EUR
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.
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Where the award price may land.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £96m33 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 13 live · £299m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £118m25 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
SWARCO UK & IrelandLarge | £35m31 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 15 live · £64m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=8 |
| £20m50 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 12 live · £1.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £302k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £103k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 15% above n=1 |
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.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Authority reference
MGS01- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086047- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f736Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This tender will be managed using the CWGC e-Procurement portal - in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/Home ↗ where further details can be found.
To participate in this tender, view the tender documents, or participate any future tenders issued by the CWGC, you must first register with the portal. Guidance on how to register, and how to bid can be found by selecting the following link:
in-tendhost.co.uk/cwgc/aspx/BuyerProfiles ↗
When registering, please complete as much of the information as possible. You should also be aware that as part of the registration process you must provide a copy of your current Health & Safety policy and/or Statement
All correspondence relating to this tender must ONLY be submitted via the portal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When entering a contact email address for both the Primary and Additional Users, you are advised to add a GENERIC address which can be readily accessed by more than one person i.e. "[email protected]", rather than a personal address such as "[email protected]". This way you will still be able to access any communications sent by us via the portal if an individual in unavailable.
Please note: the Contract start and end dates stated herein are estimates. The final dates will be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Timeline
10 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago10 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 5 days30 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 22 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Sept 2026, 15:50 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender