Official UK procurement notice
Pre Market Engagement FW139 Major Building Works
Authority: Translink (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNOTE THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR TENDER Please ensure to download and read the PME questionnaire which is available from the "CfT Documents" area of the CfT. Translink is considering the establishment of a Framework for the provision of major building works Contractor to support the delivery of the Property and Infrastructure Division programme of Capital and Maintenance works for Translink for projects in excess of £1,500,000.
CPV: Construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs from 31 Mar 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- “Pre Market Engagement FW139 Major Building Works” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Translink buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Translink’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
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 Northern Ireland.
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 157 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: 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 bid0% / 5%
2–331% / 5%
4–625% / 33%
7+44% / 57%
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.
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
Our matching links this notice to “FW064 Framework for Major Building Works” of this authority, but none of the 8 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£167m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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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. The bar shows 82 past lots.
1 bid5%
2–35%
4–633%
7+57%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 10 Nov 2026, 16:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2026, 16:33 GMT
- Authority reference
FW139 Major Building Works- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106858- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b8f9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
10 Nov 2026 → 31 Mar 2028 · 3 dates- Planning notice published4 days ago10 Nov 2026, 16:33 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 24 days8 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification questions period due to end 01/12/26
- Contract starts31 Mar 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Nov 2026, 16:33 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender