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Published 13 Nov 2026, 11:14 GMT

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Pre Market Engagement: PL0407 St Dunstan's Specialist Education Setting (Professional Design Related Services)

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG12)
Planned pipeline value£400,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 21 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 15 Apr 2029 · starts 16 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The scope of this project includes the design, refurbishment and fit-out of the St Dunstan's building in Worcester to create a sixth-form SEND. educational facility. The geographical scope is limited to the St Dunstan's site and any associated works required to support its operation. The initial procurement will be for the required professional consultancy services to facilitate the necessary construction alterations to the acquired building.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of this project includes the design, refurbishment and fit-out of the St Dunstan's building in Worcester to create a sixth-form SEND

educational facility. This includes all associated professional services, surveys, planning and statutory approvals, construction works, project management, commissioning and handover activities. The geographical scope is limited to the St Dunstan's site and any associated works required to support its operation. The initial procurement will be for the required professional consultancy services to facilitate the necessary construction alterations to the acquired building.

CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Construction consultancy services · Construction work for school buildings · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Quantity surveying services · Structural engineering consultancy services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 16 Apr 2027 – 15 Apr 2029 (2 yrs)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
45214200 Construction work for school buildings71251000 Architectural and building-surveying services71312000 Structural engineering consultancy services71321000 Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings71324000 Quantity surveying services71530000 Construction consultancy services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Worcestershire County Council buys Engineering design services (CPV 7132), and who usually turns up

Worcestershire County 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: Engineering design services (CPV 7132) →

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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 buyerWorcestershire County Council · all categories
The marketEngineering design services (CPV 7132)
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: 76 of 142 known-size awards · market: CPV 7132 · West Midlands, n=21
54%71%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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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 West Midlands.

Buyer: 46 of 94 known-location awards · market: CPV 7132 · West Midlands, n=17
49%12%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: CPV 7132 · UK-wide, n=21
39 days33 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 39 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 40 of 70 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7132 · West Midlands, n=22
57%64%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer25 lots with bid counts · all categories
16% had one bid
The market41 lots with bid counts · CPV 7132 · UK-wide
7% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (25) / the market (41) · select a colour for counts
1 bid16% / 7%
Buyer: 4 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
2–348% / 32%
Buyer: 12 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
4–612% / 20%
Buyer: 3 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 41 lots with published bid counts.
7+24% / 41%
Buyer: 6 of 25 lots with published bid counts. Market: 17 of 41 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer13 lots with estimate and award · all categories
46% below estimate
The market25 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7132 · UK-wide
60% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (13) / the market (25) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate46% / 60%
Buyer: 6 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%54% / 28%
Buyer: 7 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 12%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 25 lots with an estimate and award.
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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 #1CPV 452124 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£400k

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

Expected competition
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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 39 past lots.

—No model forecast yet23% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 39 similar lots
1 bid23%
9 of 39 similar past lots received 1 bid (23%).
2–331%
12 of 39 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–628%
11 of 39 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+18%
7 of 39 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £400k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
13 Nov 2026, 11:14 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 11:14 GMT
Authority reference
PL0407
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107902
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and building-surveying servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConstruction work for school buildingsEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsQuantity surveying servicesStructural engineering consultancy services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bb63 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 16 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published1h ago
    13 Nov 2026, 11:14 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 14 days
    27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    The questionnaire is designed to engage with the market and seek feedback on the market around current capacity, experience and design of the procurement process.

    Please copy and paste this link into a web browser to access the questionnaire. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/UCwfNfwgQm ↗

    Pre Market Engagement questionnaire will be open until noon, Friday 27th November 2026.

  4. Tender notice expectedin 38 days
    21 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 153 days
    16 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 11:14 GMT
    UK2

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

Worcestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRPQ-4584-WLPQ County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, West Midlands, WR5 2NPContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure