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Published 1 Oct 2026, 17:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Poringland Community Land - small highways and ground works

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Poringland Parish Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Chaplin Farrant Limited

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: East of England (UKH17)
Published estimate£120,000£144,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202617:00 BST · 14d 23h left
Clarification cut-off 13 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 moextension options published · starts 1 Dec 2026
Bids per lot · the market 5CPV 4523 · n=59 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The phase to which this tender relates is the cycle crossing on The Ridings, the passing bay on Carr Lane, the car park and entrance to the allotments off Carr Lane, and the internal access routes within the allotment areas.

CPV: Parking lot construction work · Road construction works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 3 moSMEPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 (3 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: East of EnglandTurnover guideline: ~£240,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Pedestrian paths around the area.
45223300 Parking lot construction work45233120 Road construction works

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 more
How bids are scored

See attached document

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

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

Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) in East of England — and who usually turns up

Poringland Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the East of England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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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 (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.

This authority

Poringland Parish Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in all categories

Poringland Parish Council has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

East of England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 165 in CPV 4523 (142 competed, 17 route not published) · 1,412 in division 45 (1,085 competed, 227 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

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 sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 59 lots. 38 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 21 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5CPV 4523 · 36m · n=59 lots
Single-bid lots
i

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 sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 59 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

10%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=59 lots
Award vs estimate
i

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 region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 33 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

8% belowCPV 4523 · 36m · n=33 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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 sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 35 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

50dCPV 4523 · 36m · n=35 notices
SME bidders
i

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 sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 48 lots.

Last 36 months.

84%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=48 lots
Winners based in the region
i

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 sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 118 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

73%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=118 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=59
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 59 lots on 52 contested notices · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 25%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 32%

Middle value 5 · 59 lots on 52 contested notices · CPV 4523.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=33
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 33 lot pairs · CPV 4523, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 58%
  • Within ±2% 21%
  • Above estimate 21%

33 lot pairs · CPV 4523.

robust · n=33
i

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 the East of England market’s usual movement over 33 lots (CPV 4523), applied to the £120,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in East of England (CPV 4523, n=33 pairs) lands 8% below: on this notice’s £120,000 that is about £110,040, middle half £93,000–£120,000 (quartiles from East of England · CPV 4523). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Oct 2026, 17:44 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 17:44 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Parking lot construction workRoad construction works
Delivery area
East of England (UKH17)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f16 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowed
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Further details are available on request. Please contact Chaplin Farrant - www.chaplinfarrant.com ↗
Published estimate £120,000 excludes VAT (£144,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    1 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 12 days
    13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 15 days
    16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 60 days
    1 Dec 2026, 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

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 17:44 BSTUK4
  2. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 17:11 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)

Tender value updated owing to mis-key

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Poringland Parish Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNGD-1581-GQWY Poringland Community Centre, Poringland, East of England, NR14 7WB [email protected]

Other public bodies

  • Chaplin Farrant LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityConsultantGB-PPON: PWHY-2428-DHWZ Norwich, East of England 01603 700000

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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