Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 Nov 2026, 09:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Outsourcing of Occupational Health Services for Gloucestershire County Council

Authority: Gloucestershire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£2,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

GCC are undertaking a Pre Market Engagement for Outsourcing of Occupational Health Services for Gloucestershire County Council, if you wish to be included in the pre market engagement please email email on notice.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 – 31 Aug 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2035 with extensions
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Gloucestershire County Council buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up

Gloucestershire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerGloucestershire County Council · division 85
The marketHealth services (CPV 8510) · South West England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 80 of 95 known-size awards · market: CPV 8510 · South West England, n=403
84%56%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

Buyer: 106 of 108 known-location awards · market: CPV 8510 · South West England, n=514
98%46%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: CPV 8510 · South West England, n=13
38 days48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 38 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 4 of 21 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8510 · South West England, n=265
19%75%

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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This buyer17 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
35% had one bid
The market51 lots with bid counts · CPV 8510 · South West England
25% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (17) / the market (51) · select a colour for counts
1 bid35% / 25%
Buyer: 6 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 51 lots with published bid counts.
2–335% / 43%
Buyer: 6 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 22 of 51 lots with published bid counts.
4–624% / 22%
Buyer: 4 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 51 lots with published bid counts.
7+6% / 10%
Buyer: 1 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 51 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer12 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 85
25% below estimate
The market36 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8510 · South West England
31% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (12) / the market (36) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate25% / 31%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%75% / 64%
Buyer: 9 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 23 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 6%
Buyer: 0 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 36 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 851048 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£2.0m
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 51 past lots.

—No model forecast yet25% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 51 similar lots
1 bid25%
13 of 51 similar past lots received 1 bid (25%).
2–343%
22 of 51 similar past lots received 2–3 (43%).
4–622%
11 of 51 similar past lots received 4–6 (22%).
7+10%
5 of 51 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £2.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Nov 2026, 09:45 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 09:45 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106949
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b92a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published2 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 09:45 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 10 days
    23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    GCC are undertaking a Pre Market Engagement for Outsourcing of Occupational Health Services for Gloucestershire County Council, if you wish to be included in the pre market engagement please email email on notice.

  4. Contract startsin 291 days
    1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 09:45 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gloucestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZHT-7473-ZVPN Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, South West, GL1 2TGContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure