Official UK procurement notice
P3435 - A38 New Cycle Route
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the delivery of the A38 New Cycle Route – Selly Oak to Longbridge (P3435). The works comprise the construction of approximately 4.95 km of new segregated cycle infrastructure along the A38 corridor between Selly Oak and Longbridge, including associated highway improvements, junction upgrades, pedestrian and cyclist crossings, traffic signal modifications and supporting infrastructure. This Invitation to Tender is being issued through the Council’s e-tendering system, In-tend, and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. All correspondence relating to this procurement process must be submitted through the In-tend correspondence function.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBirmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the delivery of the A38 New Cycle Route – Selly Oak to Longbridge (P3435).
The works comprise the construction of approximately 4.95 km of new segregated cycle infrastructure along the A38 corridor between Selly Oak and Longbridge, including associated highway improvements, junction upgrades, pedestrian and cyclist crossings, traffic signal modifications and supporting infrastructure.
The contract will be awarded under the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option C, with contract award targeted for March 2027 and construction expected to commence in April 2027. The anticipated completion date for the works is May 2029, subject to the agreed contract programme.
This Invitation to Tender is being issued through the Council’s e-tendering system, In-tend, and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed through this system, and all tenders must be submitted electronically via In-tend: in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗.
Registration and use of In-tend are free of charge. All correspondence relating to this procurement process must be submitted through the In-tend correspondence function. Tenderers must not contact Council officers directly by email or telephone regarding this procurement.
Organisations already registered on In-tend do not need to re-register. If you experience difficulties registering or accessing the system, please contact [email protected].
The deadline for submission of tenders is 18th of December.
CPV: Main road construction works · Road construction works
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£22,700,000
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £22,637,979 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Birmingham City Council buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up
Birmingham City 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: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 69 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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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 bid28% / 5%
2–334% / 42%
4–622% / 21%
7+16% / 32%
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 estimate48% / 50%
Within ±2%47% / 21%
Above estimate5% / 29%
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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.
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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 4523Published estimate£23m
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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 bid29%
2–341%
4–622%
7+7%
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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 22 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%£22m–£23m
Estimate£23m
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equans Regeneration LtdWorked for this buyer | Provision of Repairs & Maintenance, Gas Servicing and Capital Improvement Works Programmes - Interim Contracts 2024-2026notice published Mar 2024 | North, West and East | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.4bn61 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 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. | 7% above n=9 | |
| £48m14 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £16m 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=6 | |
Esh ConstructionLarge | £72m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £4.4m 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% above n=4 |
FM Conway LtdLarge | £132m12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 6 live · £1.4bn 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=5 |
| £7.9m16 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £14m 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. | 16% below n=3 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
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- 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 10:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 10:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
P3435- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106075- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b73fFind 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
- 18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1h ago9 Nov 2026, 10:50 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 19 days28 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 39 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 126 days15 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 141 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Nov 2026- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 10:50 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 10:53 GMTUK4
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender