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Published 29 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Authority: Burnley Borough Council (Local council)·Procurement run by: EXCEEDING LIMITED

Framework agreement5 lotsWorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£50,000,000total for 5 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submission deadline 17 Nov 202617:00 GMT · 3 days left
Clarification cut-off 2 Nov 202617:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Burnley Borough Council is preparing to procure three new, related frameworks to cover its maintenance, construction and professional services requirements across its estate: the Reactive Maintenance Framework, the Planned & Capital Works Framework, and the Professional Services Framework. Each framework has a different purpose, supplier profile and award mechanism, but together they are intended to give the Council a joined-up route to market for the full lifecycle of its property-related work - from a day-to-day repair to a major capital scheme and the professional advice that supports it. The scope of Services to be delivered under the Framework Agreement will cover larger value planned, structural and capital project works across the estate, including historical/listed buildings, mechanical & electrical capital works, and extensions/groundworks projects. Published lot titles: General Building; Historical Building Work; Mechanical Works; Electrical Works; External Works /…

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Burnley Borough Council is preparing to procure three new, related frameworks to cover its maintenance, construction and professional services requirements across its estate: the Reactive Maintenance Framework, the Planned & Capital Works Framework, and the Professional Services Framework.

Each framework has a different purpose, supplier profile and award mechanism, but together they are intended to give the Council a joined-up route to market for the full lifecycle of its property-related work - from a day-to-day repair to a major capital scheme and the professional advice that supports it.

This Planned Works Council wishes to appoint a number of Contractors across five (5) Lots.

The intention is to enter into the Planned & Capital Works Framework agreement in April 2027 for a period of four years.

The scope of Services to be delivered under the Framework Agreement will cover larger value planned, structural and capital project works across the estate, including historical/listed buildings, mechanical & electrical capital works, and extensions/groundworks projects.

Lot 1 General & Structural

Lot 2 Historical Building Work

Lot 3 Mechanical Works

Lot 4 Electrical Works

Lot 5 External Works / Groundworks

  • No preliminary market engagement: Exceeding appointed as procurement consultant - using market expertise.

CPV: Building construction work · Electrical installation work · Excavating and earthmoving work · Mechanical installations · Restoration work

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework

All information is included in the tender documents

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1General Building 4 yrsSMEPublished value£24,000,000

General building work for commercial buildings in the Council's portfolio.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)Value: £24,000,000 exc. VAT · £28,800,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Historical Building Work 4 yrsSMEPublished value£16,000,000

Historical Building Work for commercial buildings in the Council's portfolio

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)Value: £16,000,000 exc. VAT · £19,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Mechanical Works 4 yrsSMEceiling above

Mechanical Works for commercial buildings in the Council's portfolio

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Electrical Works 4 yrsSMEceiling above

Electrical Works for commercial buildings in the Council's portfolio.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #5External Works / Groundworks 4 yrsSMEPublished value£7,000,000

External Works / Groundworks for within the Council's portfolio.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)Value: £7,000,000 exc. VAT · £8,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

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 · same split on all 5 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: • Understanding of Requirements • Delivery Methodology - Planned Works • Health, Safety and Compliance • Social Value and Community Benefits • Environmental Sustainability • Framework Management
  • Cost: Schedule of Rates Daywork Labour Rate Daywork Plant Rate Preliminaries Overheads Profit
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Planned & Capital Works Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Burnley Borough Council buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up

Burnley Borough Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Other building completion work (CPV 4545) →

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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
This buyerBurnley Borough Council · this authority
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=19
—53%

Across this market, small firms won 53% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=17
—94%

Across this market, 94% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=7
—63 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 63 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=8
—13%

Across this market, at least 13% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyerNo bid counts published
The market49 lots with bid counts · CPV 4545 · UK-wide
2% had one bid
% of the market's 49 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid2%
Market: 1 of 49 lots with published bid counts.
2–322%
Market: 11 of 49 lots with published bid counts.
4–629%
Market: 14 of 49 lots with published bid counts.
7+47%
Market: 23 of 49 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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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 #1General BuildingCPV 452148 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£24m

This lot is listed as CPV 4521. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

13expected bids0% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid0%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 0%. This is a forecast.
2–35%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 5%. This is a forecast.
4–66%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 6%. This is a forecast.
7+89%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 89%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

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
7 wins in North West England2 panel places
£134m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live
i
at estimate n=2
6 wins in North West England14 panel places
£1.0bn17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago1 live · £67m
i
at estimate n=7
6 wins in North West England3 panel places
£3.3m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £2.7m
i
2% below n=2
2 wins in North West England5 panel places
£15m4 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago1 live
i
no comparable pairs
2 wins in North West England2 panel places
£125k2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £125k
i
no comparable pairs
Lot #2Historical Building WorkCPV 454548 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£16m
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

11expected bids0% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid0%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 0%. This is a forecast.
2–38%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 8%. This is a forecast.
4–614%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 14%. This is a forecast.
7+79%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 79%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
7 wins in North West England2 panel places
£134m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live
i
at estimate n=2
6 wins in North West England22 panel places
£84m25 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago4 live · £1.2m
i
11% below n=2
2 wins in North West England4 panel places
£7.2m2 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live · £1.2m
i
8% above n=2
6 wins in North West England3 panel places
£3.3m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £2.7m
i
2% below n=2
10 wins in North West England3 panel places
£18m12 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago1 live · £503k
i
no comparable pairs
Lot #3Mechanical WorksCPV 453548 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£2.0m

This lot is listed as CPV 4535. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

9expected bids1% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid1%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 1%. This is a forecast.
2–313%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 13%. This is a forecast.
4–621%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 21%. This is a forecast.
7+65%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 65%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
7 wins in North West England2 panel places
£134m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live
i
at estimate n=2
6 wins in North West England14 panel places
£1.0bn17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago1 live · £67m
i
at estimate n=7
6 wins in North West England3 panel places
£3.3m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £2.7m
i
2% below n=2
2 wins in North West England5 panel places
£15m4 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago1 live
i
no comparable pairs
2 wins in North West England2 panel places
£125k2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £125k
i
no comparable pairs
Lot #4Electrical WorksCPV 453148 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£2.0m

This lot is listed as CPV 4531. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

9expected bids1% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid1%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 1%. This is a forecast.
2–39%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 9%. This is a forecast.
4–617%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 17%. This is a forecast.
7+74%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 74%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
7 wins in North West England2 panel places
£134m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live
i
at estimate n=2
6 wins in North West England14 panel places
£1.0bn17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago1 live · £67m
i
at estimate n=7
6 wins in North West England3 panel places
£3.3m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £2.7m
i
2% below n=2
2 wins in North West England5 panel places
£15m4 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago1 live
i
no comparable pairs
2 wins in North West England2 panel places
£125k2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £125k
i
no comparable pairs
Lot #5External Works / GroundworksCPV 451148 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£7.0m

This lot is listed as CPV 4511. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

10expected bids0% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid0%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 0%. This is a forecast.
2–310%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 10%. This is a forecast.
4–616%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 16%. This is a forecast.
7+74%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 74%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
7 wins in North West England2 panel places
£134m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live
i
at estimate n=2
6 wins in North West England14 panel places
£1.0bn17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago1 live · £67m
i
at estimate n=7
6 wins in North West England3 panel places
£3.3m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £2.7m
i
2% below n=2
2 wins in North West England5 panel places
£15m4 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago1 live
i
no comparable pairs
2 wins in North West England2 panel places
£125k2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £125k
i
no comparable pairs
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.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 21 Jan 2027
Authority reference
DN831033
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091712
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workElectrical installation workExcavating and earthmoving workMechanical installationsRestoration work
Delivery area
North West (UKD46)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c21 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Appointment period ends
17 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tender documents available via www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ -

Ref DN831033. Tender Submission must be received via the chest by the deadline of 17/11/26 at 5pm

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published45 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
  2. Clarification questions by11 days ago
    2 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  4. Admission / appointment period endsin 3 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    17 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 69 days
    21 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 10:50 BST
    UK4

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

2 public bodies on the notice

Burnley Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXCG-1649-DCLV Town Hall, Manchester Rd, Burnley, North West, BB119SAContact email

Other public bodies

  • EXCEEDING LIMITEDProcuring entityProcurement ConsultantGB-COH: 07706566GB-PPON: PPDN-7596-WRJY London, LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsTender documents available via https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ - Ref DN831033. Tender Submission must be received via the chest by the deadline of 17/11/26 at 5pm

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender