Official UK procurement notice
Photography Services Framework — UK public procurement notice
Authority: South Tyneside Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service to be provided is for a flexible, high-quality photography service to support its communications, marketing, media relations, engagement and reputation management activity. To deliver a wide range of events, campaigns, projects, services and initiatives throughout the year which require professional photography for a variety of purposes. This may include, but is not limited to, press and media activity, civic and corporate events, place promotion, regeneration projects, profile-raising, resident engagement, internal communications, award ceremonies, visits, launches, consultations, campaigns and social media content.
There will be a maximum of 10 suppliers awarded to the framework, this will be a ranked framework however the Council reserve the right to run a mini competition on specific projects.
The annual value is estimated to be in the region of £20,000. - £30,000. There is no guarantee of business.
CPV: Photographic and ancillary services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 10 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework
A ranked approach based on range of styles, skills and specialism and availability. it may place an order directly with the first-ranked contractor. If that contractor is unable to meet the Council's requirements, the Council may approach the next-ranked contractor, and so on until the requirement can be fulfilled. The Council also reserves the right to run a mini competition for specific projects.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£120,000
- Value
- £120,000 exc. VAT · £148,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- extensions available 2 periods of 1 year each.
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).
40% Pricing 60% Quality
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How South Tyneside Borough Council buys Photographic and ancillary services (CPV 7996) — and who usually turns up
South Tyneside Borough Council’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Photographic and ancillary services (CPV 7996) →
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 frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
South Tyneside Borough Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in division 79 · 6 in all categories (1 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 11 lots. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1.5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 10).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 11 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 11 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 108 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.
North East England · Photographic and ancillary services (CPV 7996)
framework/DPS notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 5 in CPV 7996 (5 competed) · 200 in division 79 (162 competed, 26 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 186 lots. 97 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 7) and 89 from older notices (bids received, middle 8).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 186 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 38 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 147 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 487 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 11 lots (all categories), applied to the £120,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- 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). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “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
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07820dFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today6 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 30 days · period end, not a bid countdown5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 86 days1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 16:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender