Official UK procurement notice
Passive Fire Protection Remedial Repairs at Abbey House, Abingdon
Authority: Vale of White Horse District Council (Local council)
This Invitation to Tender is issued to those bidders wishing to provide a tender to Vale of White Horse District Council for Passive Fire Protection Remedial Repairs at their premises at Abbey House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The Works contract will comprise of passive fire protection remedial works to fire doors and will also require some fire compartmentalisation to be undertaken.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Invitation to Tender is issued to those bidders wishing to provide a tender to Vale of White Horse District Council for Passive Fire Protection Remedial Repairs at their premises at Abbey House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
The Works contract will comprise of passive fire protection remedial works to fire doors and will also require some fire compartmentalisation to be undertaken. Technical details, including building schematics and fire survey reports, can be found within the suite of tender documents.
CPV: Fire-prevention installation works
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£220,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Lot awarding rule: Evaluation Criteria/ Weighting Quality: 40% Price: 60% All details can be found in the suite of tender documents
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £440,000 (twice the annual value).
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 Vale of White Horse District Council buys Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534), and who usually turns up
Vale of White Horse District 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: Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 84 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid20%
2–310%
4–620%
7+50%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate33%
Within ±2%50%
Above estimate17%
Assess each lot i
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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 4534Published estimate£220k
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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.
1 bid20%
2–38%
4–622%
7+51%
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Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£179k–£220k
Estimate£220k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Axis EuropeLarge | £1.3bn43 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 7 live · £452m i | at estimate n=7 |
CLC Contractors LtdLarge | £260m147 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 11 live · £82m i | at estimate n=9 |
BELL GROUP LTDLarge | £87m113 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 14 live · £28m i | at estimate n=30 |
| £6.9m25 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £5.0m i | 27% below n=6 | |
| £5.8m21 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 8 live · £8.9m i | 27% below n=6 |
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.
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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
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
- Authority reference
C-000473- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107905- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077df2Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
The councils use the Proactis e-procurement system to run their procurement opportunities.
This opportunity can be found on Proactis here procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Timeline
30 Sept 2026 → 18 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago30 Sept 2026, 16:03 BST
- Latest notice published41h ago13 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT
- Today15 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 36h16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 63 days18 Jan 2027
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 16:03 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 11:37 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published13 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 16 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT13 Nov 2026, 11:16 GMT+3 days · was 13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Published amendments (2)
12/10/26 We have been made aware that a link to the tender documents may not have been working correctly. An updated link to the tender opportunity has been inserted into the tender notice.
Global Microsoft Outage - we are aware of a global outage on Friday 13 November 2026. Subsequently in fairness to all parties, we will be extending the tender deadline to 5pm Monday 16 November 2026
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 copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender