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Published 1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Authority: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,000,000≈ £800k / year · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 17 Nov 202614:00 GMT · 46h left
Clarification cut-off 12 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 3 moends 30 Jun 2028 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Supply and installation of Fire Compartmentation works to communal areas of multi-storey high rise residential building located within the Poole General Hospital campus.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply and installation of Fire Compartmentation works to communal areas of multi-storey high rise residential building located within the Poole General Hospital campus

CPV: Building construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yr 3 moSMEPublished value£1,000,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 30 Jun 2028 (1 yr 3 mo)Value: £1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£1,597,374/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality & Social Values Submission: 40%
  • Commercial Submission: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Commercial Submission: 60% Award based on Commercial Submission
  • Quality & Social Values Submission: 40% Technical Quality & Social Values Submission

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,597,374 (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 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust’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: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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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
The marketBuilding construction work (CPV 4521) · South West England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 2 of 3 known-size awards · market: CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region), n=173
2 of 387%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England (authority’s region).

Buyer: 0 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region), n=184
0 of 147%

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

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region), n=37
40 days42 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 40 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 0 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region), n=216
0 of 150%

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 buyer13 lots with bid counts · all categories
15% had one bid
The market39 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region)
15% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (13) / the market (39) · select a colour for counts
1 bid15% / 15%
Buyer: 2 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
2–338% / 31%
Buyer: 5 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 28%
Buyer: 5 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 39 lots with published bid counts.
7+8% / 26%
Buyer: 1 of 13 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 39 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · all categories
40% below estimate
The market38 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4521 · South West England (authority’s region)
37% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (10) / the market (38) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate40% / 37%
Buyer: 4 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 14 of 38 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%10% / 24%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 38 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate50% / 39%
Buyer: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 38 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 452115 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.0m
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

4expected bids9% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 50
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid9%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 9%. This is a forecast.
2–331%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 31%. This is a forecast.
4–650%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 50%. This is a forecast.
7+10%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 10%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Based on 25 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

£970k3% below estimate
25 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£953k–£1.0m
Half of likely prices fall between £953,337 and £1,000,000.
Estimate£1.0m
The buyer published an estimate of £1,000,000 for this lot.
A 10% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
21 panel places
£1.4bn62 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £21m
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7% above n=9
28 panel places
£260m147 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago11 live · £82m
i
at estimate n=9
38 panel places
£87m113 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago14 live · £28m
i
at estimate n=30
18 panel places
£29m54 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago10 live · £7.8m
i
at estimate n=11
8 panel places
£7.1m29 awards in 36m · last this month8 live · £43m
i
at estimate n=5
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.

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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
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
Authority reference
C467124
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096871
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e8a Find a Tender
Submission portal named on this notice: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
17 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis esourcing

portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.

Atamis Reference is C467124

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should

contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: [email protected]

Published estimate £1,000,000 excludes VAT (£1,200,000 including VAT).

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published45 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
  2. Clarification questions by34 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Latest notice published32 days ago
    14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
  4. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  5. Submission deadlinein 46h
    17 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 136 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 12:14 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 17 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
    14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
    +19 days · was 29 Oct 2026, 14:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)

The Tender Submission date is being extended slightly to allow additional time for Tenderers to consider and incorporate responses to Clarification Questions raised during the Procurement Phase of this project, including the provision of additional relevant information to the Tenderers

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
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Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBGQ-3462-MVRD Management Offices, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, POOLE, South West, BH15 2JBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender