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Published 17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Parking Attendants — UK Public Procurement Procedure
Authority:University of Exeter(Education)
services
Below threshold - open competition
Below threshold
SME suitable
Sectors:
CPV 63
Delivery:
Published estimate
£149,000
Submission deadline
15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification Cut-Off
8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Contract duration
3 yrs
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: University of Exeter: "Parking Attendants". Published status: active. Published value: £149,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.
Official Requirement Description:
The University requires a professional traffic management and parking stewarding service to support a programme of events across its campuses throughout the year, to include graduation ceremonies, undergraduate and postgraduate Open Days, applicant visit days and student recruitment events, Welcome Weekend/student arrivals activities, and other ad hoc University events as required. The successful supplier shall provide suitably trained, customer-focussed personnel to manage vehicle movements, parking operations, visitor arrivals, accessibility requirements and pedestrian safety, ensuring a safe and positive visitor experience.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #LOT-0000Lot 1activePublished value£149,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:2 Nov 2026 — 1 Nov 2029 (3 yrs)Eligibility:SME eligibleTurnover benchmark:~£99,243/yr
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Exeter buys Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) — and who usually turns up
University of Exeter’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.
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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 report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
This authority
University of Exeter
contract notices in 36 months: 3 in division 63 (1 direct) · 103 in all categories (14 direct)
Bids per lot5all categories · 36m · n=27 lots
Single-bid lots7%all categories · 36m · n=27 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=17 pairs
Deadline → award46dall categories · 36m · n=15 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=357 notices
Awarded without competition33%division 63 · 36m · n=3 notices
The market · delivery region
South West England · Support services for land transport (CPV 6371)
contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 18 in CPV 6371 (15 contested) · 54 in division 63 (46 contested)
Bids per lot3CPV 6371 · 36m · n=8 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 6371 · 36m · n=8 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 6371 · 36m · n=3 pairs
Deadline → award25dCPV 6371 · 36m · n=5 notices
SME bidders75%division 63 · 36m · n=5 lots
Winners based in the region64%CPV 6371 · 36m · n=11 awards
robust · n=17 Awards in University of Exeter (all categories, n=17 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £149,000 that is about £149,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “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
| Procedure method | Below threshold - open competition | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | Open for tender | Procurement threshold | Sub-threshold | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| 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 | 17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST |
| Classification (CPV) | Parking services | ||||
| Delivery area | |||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0774e5 | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Public portal access
Online submission allowed
Access & Registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST | Clarification deadline | 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | Allowed | Accepted languages | English (en) |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST - Clarification deadline
8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST - Submission deadline
15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
University of Exeter
Contracting authority
Education
Official Documents & Specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 18:02 BST