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Published 23 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

New Allotment Site - Tuttles Lane West, Wymondham - Site Infrastructure Works

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Wymondham Town Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£95,000£114,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202617:00 BST · 21d 15h left
Clarification cut-off 9 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 moextension options published · starts 4 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · the market 5CPV 4523 · n=60 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wymondham Town Council is inviting competitive tenders for site infrastructure works associated with the proposed new allotment site at Land North of Tuttles Lane West, Wymondham, Norfolk, under planning application 2026/2374.

The works comprise:

Package A: site entrance from Tuttles Lane West, access road, passing places, formation, sub-base, surfacing, drainage, reinstatement and shared car park, including accessible parking spaces and associated hedge works;

Package B: approximately 2m high deer-proof perimeter fencing and gates;

Package C: common access areas, mown grass paths, minor groundworks, waste removal and final reinstatement; and

Package D: optional landscaping and biodiversity works, including native hedging, grassland/meadow and ecological features.

Tenderers are invited to price each package individually, the total of the individual packages and the whole project. The Council reserves the right to award the works as a single contract or as separate packages, subject to value for money and the Council's procurement requirements.

The planning application remains under consideration at the date of this tender. The tender is being undertaken to obtain competitive prices and establish the anticipated cost of the works. Any contract award and commencement of works will be subject to the necessary planning permission and other statutory, regulatory and third-party approvals. The Council reserves the right to require reasonable amendments to the scope following the planning decision, defer award or commencement, or decide not to proceed with any part of the works.

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The works exclude individual allotment plot preparation and cultivation, plot fencing and divisions, individual plot sheds or greenhouses, borehole and pump installation, water tanks and distribution infrastructure, and communal buildings, storage and associated fit-out.

CPV: Drainage works · Erection of fencing · Landscaping work · Paving and asphalting works · Road construction works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 4 moSMEPublished value£95,000
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 30 Apr 2027 (4 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: UKTurnover guideline: ~£190,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£95,000 exc. VAT · £114,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Optional Package D - Landscaping and Biodiversity Works The procurement includes an optional package for landscaping and biodiversity works associated with the proposed new allotment site. The optional works may include native hedging, grassland/meadow establishment and associated ecological features. The Council may, at its discretion, instruct all, some or none of the optional landscaping and biodiversity works, more…subject to the outcome of the planning application, any planning conditions or other statutory requirements, available funding and the Council's decision to proceed. Tenderers are required to provide a separate price for the optional Package D works. The Council reserves the right to include, omit or amend the optional works when determining the final scope of the contract. The option will only be exercised if the Council confirms in writing that the relevant works are to proceed and any necessary approvals have been obtained.
45112700 Landscaping work45232452 Drainage works45233120 Road construction works45233222 Paving and asphalting works45342000 Erection of fencing

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Methodology and Quality — 10%
  • Programme and Delivery — 10%
  • Tender Price — 80%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Tender Price — The submitted tender price will be assessed for the relevant package(s) for which the tenderer is bidding. Tenderers are required to provide prices for each package, the total of the individual packages and the whole-project price, as set out in the Invitation to Tender. The assessment will take account of the completeness and clarity of the submitted pricing, including any assumptions, exclusions, qualifications or provisional sums identified by the tenderer.
  • Methodology and Quality — Assessment will consider the tenderer's proposed approach and methodology for delivering the works, including understanding of the site and requirements, proposed resources, management of health and safety, coordination with the Council, consultants, Highway Authority and other contractors, management of site constraints, and arrangements for quality control, testing, certification and handover.
  • Programme and Delivery — Assessment will consider the tenderer's proposed start date, programme for the relevant package(s), overall duration, sequencing of the works and ability to deliver the works within a reasonable and achievable programme, taking account of the planning status and other required approvals.
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    Tenderers must demonstrate that they have the experience, resources, competence and capacity to undertake the proposed works safely and in accordance with the tender requirements. Tenderers should provide details of relevant experience of undertaking more…comparable civil engineering, access road, car park, fencing, groundworks and/or landscaping works, as applicable to the package(s) for which they are tendering. Tenderers must have appropriate insurance cover and must comply with all applicable health and safety, CDM, environmental and statutory requirements. Tenderers must be able to provide the necessary plant, labour, supervision and resources to deliver the works within the proposed programme and coordinate with the Council, its consultants, the Highway Authority and other contractors where required. Tenderers must identify any assumptions, exclusions, qualifications or provisional sums included within their tender submission. The Council may seek clarification or evidence from tenderers where reasonably necessary to assess their ability to deliver the proposed works.

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

Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) in East of England — and who usually turns up

Wymondham Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the East of England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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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 (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Wymondham Town Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4523 · 1 in division 45 · 1 in all categories

Wymondham Town Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · authority’s region

East of England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 164 in CPV 4523 (140 competed, 18 route not published) · 1,404 in division 45 (1,075 competed, 229 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 60 lots. 38 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 22 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5CPV 4523 · 36m · n=60 lots
Single-bid lots
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How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 60 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

10%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=60 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 32 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

9% belowCPV 4523 · 36m · n=32 pairs
Deadline → award date
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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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 35 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

50dCPV 4523 · 36m · n=35 notices
SME bidders
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 48 lots.

Last 36 months.

84%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=48 lots
Winners based in the region
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 117 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

74%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=117 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=60
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 60 lots on 53 contested notices · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 25%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 33%

Median 5 · 60 lots on 53 contested notices · CPV 4523.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=32
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 32 lot pairs · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 59%
  • Within ±2% 22%
  • Above estimate 19%

32 lot pairs · CPV 4523.

robust · n=32
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the East of England market’s usual movement over 32 lots (CPV 4523), applied to the £95,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in East of England (CPV 4523, n=32 pairs) land a median 9% below: on this notice’s £95,000 that is about £86,735, middle half £72,770–£95,000 (quartiles from East of England · CPV 4523). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • 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). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
Authority reference
WTC-ALL-TLW-2026
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Drainage worksErection of fencingLandscaping workPaving and asphalting worksRoad construction works
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07785b Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search Tenders must be submitted electronically by email to [email protected] by 5:00 pm on Friday 16 October 2026. Email subject line: "New Allotment Site - Tuttles Lane West - Tender Submission". Completed tenders should include all information requested in the Invitation to Tender and supporting tender documents. Tender enquiries and clarification requests should be submitted by email to more…[email protected] no later than 5:00 pm on Friday 9 October 2026. Relevant clarifications may be shared with all participating tenderers. Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that their tender is received before the submission deadline. Late tenders may not be considered. No electronic auction will be used.
Published estimate £95,000 excludes VAT (£114,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published2 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 15 days
    9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 22 days
    16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 101 days
    4 Jan 2027, 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
    23 Sept 2026, 11:04 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wymondham Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGQY-8298-JGBM Ketts Park, Harts Farm Road, Wymondham, East of England, NR18 0UT [email protected] 01953603302

Official documents & specifications (18)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender