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Published 1 Oct 2026, 11:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

North Street Toilet Refurbishment

Authority: Wellington Town Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£42,000£50,400 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 29 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 28d 1h left
Clarification cut-off 20 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 moup to 3 mo with extensions · starts 4 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · the market 5division 45 · n=389 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Refurbishment of public toilets in North Street Car Park. Works to be completed in 2 phases allowing at least 3 toilets/urinals to be in operation at any time.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 2 moSMEPublished value£42,000
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 26 Feb 2027 (2 mo) · up to 3 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: South WestTurnover guideline: ~£84,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£42,000 exc. VAT · £50,400 inc. VAT
Extensions
Start date could be moved or gap between phases but all works must be completed and invoiced by 31 March 2027
45000000 Construction work

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 (2)
  • Quality — 20%
  • Cost — 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — Evidence of proven track record
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability
    Contractors with a proven track record in delivering refurbishment works to public conveniences

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

Construction work (CPV 45) in South West England — and who usually turns up

Wellington Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the South West 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 (CPV 45) →

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 (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

Wellington Town Council

contract notices in 36 months: 4 in division 45 · 4 in all categories

Bids per lot
i

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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.

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

—no bid reports published
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

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

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.

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

—no bid reports published
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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—no comparable estimate → award pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.

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

Last 36 months.

—no award dates published
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 4 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=4 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 4 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 45 · 36m · n=4 notices
How procedures are run moderate · n=4
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 4 notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

4 notices · division 45. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

South West England · Construction work (CPV 45)

contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 1,412 in division 45 (1,054 competed, 257 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 389 lots. 249 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 140 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

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

5division 45 · 36m · n=389 lots
Single-bid lots
i

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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 389 lots.

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

10%division 45 · 36m · n=389 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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 271 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 45 · 36m · n=271 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 266 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

48ddivision 45 · 36m · n=266 notices
SME bidders
i

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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 337 lots.

Last 36 months.

79%division 45 · 36m · n=337 lots
Winners based in the region
i

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 industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 566 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

80%division 45 · 36m · n=566 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=389
i

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 389 lots on 330 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 26%
  • 4–6 28%
  • 7+ 36%

Middle value 5 · 389 lots on 330 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=271
i

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 271 lot pairs · division 45, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 41%
  • Within ±2% 30%
  • Above estimate 29%

271 lot pairs · division 45.

robust · n=271
i

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 South West England market’s usual movement over 271 lots (division 45), applied to the £42,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in South West England (division 45, n=271 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £42,000 that is about £42,000, middle half £36,792–£44,898 (quartiles from South West England · division 45). 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Oct 2026, 11:36 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 11:36 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 8 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
North Street 01
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e75 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Website is www.wellingtontowncoucil.gov.uk ↗ Submission of tenders via [email protected]
Published estimate £42,000 excludes VAT (£50,400 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    1 Oct 2026, 11:36 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 19 days
    20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 69 days
    8 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 95 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
    1 Oct 2026, 11:36 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wellington Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRLH-7777-QPCQ 28-30 Fore Street, Wellington, South West, TA21 8AQ 01823 662855

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender