Official UK procurement notice
NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Durham County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthumberland County Council seeks an experienced and creative provider to undertake an independent programme-level evaluation of The North East Rural Growth Programme (NE-RGP).
Further details can be found in the document:
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) NCC1999
To view this opportunity please register for www.open-uk.org ↗ and search the project title - "NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation" or the project reference:
"OPEN-PR-19102026132838984"
CPV: Business development consultancy services · Research consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£75,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality: 80% Price: 20%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £64,264 (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 Northumberland County Council buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
Northumberland County 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: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
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 registered in North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North East England.
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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 36 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.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid0% / 13%
2–352% / 0%
4–639% / 25%
7+9% / 63%
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 estimate20% / 43%
Within ±2%80% / 48%
Above estimate0% / 9%
Assess each lot i
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 7941Published estimate£75k
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–317%
4–626%
7+52%
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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.
Based on 6 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£67k–£75k
Estimate£75k
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Northumberland Business Service LimitedLive contract | NCC1755 NE Rural Growth Programmeruns to Mar 2029 | — | £675k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Walk The PlankWorked for this buyer | NCC1321 Animating Ashingtonnotice published Sept 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Potts Print (UK) LimitedWorked for this buyer | NCC1158 - Revenue and Benefits Billingnotice published Jan 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Gateley PLCWorked for this buyer | NCC1705 Lead Generation for Inward Investmentnotice published Oct 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Brightsparks Agency LtdWorked for this buyer | Behavioural Insights and Community Reciprocity Assessmentnotice published Apr 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £784k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £675k 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. | 5% below n=2 | |
| £7.6m6 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 3 live · £7.7m 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. | 7% below n=2 | |
| £1.0m5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £1.1m 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 | |
| £351k7 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 19% below n=6 | |
| £743k3 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | at estimate 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.
- 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
60% title match.
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.
60% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (60% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
NCC1755 NE Rural Growth Programme — held by Northumberland Business Service Limited; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2029.
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
- 19 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Authority reference
NCC1999- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098585- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078afdFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
To view this opportunity please register for www.open-uk.org ↗ and search the project title - "NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation" or the project reference:
"OPEN-PR-19102026132838984"
Timeline
19 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 12 days2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 20 days10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 41 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 15:03 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
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Durham County CouncilProcuring entityEvaluator/Stakeholder
- Gateshead CouncilProcuring entityEvaluation/stakeholder
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender