Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement - Liden Brook Bridge Maintenance Works - Southern Connector Road
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites market engagement from suitably qualified and experienced service providers ahead of an upcoming tendering activity associated with maintenance and remedial works at Liden Brook Bridge (Southern Connector Road, Swindon). This follows an earlier PME activity from summer 2025.
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) helps the Council develop its detailed understanding of the current supply market by gathering key information from suppliers that will help inform the planning and conduct of future procurement procedures.
Project Description
The Council has worked with a design engineer to develop the proposed maintenance works detailed design package. The primary matters identified for remedial works include excessive translational movement arising in several elastomeric bearings and excessive settlements on the approach to the bridge. There are several other defects that are present in the bridge, which will look to be addressed within the same contract, these include repairs to parapets, approach safety barriers (Vehicle Restraint Systems), bridge joints, riverside maintenance paths, etc - further information is included within the PME documentation.
Full details relating to the PME surrounding the future Works are provided in the PME documents.
This PME exercise is issued on 03rd December 2025, and will close on 16th January 2026 1200 hrs noon UK Local time.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16th January 2026, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this engagement.
It is anticipated that the subsequent tender exercise will follow shortly thereafter in spring 2026. This will be a competitive flexible procedure and will be evaluated on a price and quality question basis, including interviews. All future procurement processes will also be advertised via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
PME Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16th January 2026, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Swindon Borough Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Swindon Borough 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: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 45 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid15% / 11%
2–315% / 25%
4–633% / 29%
7+36% / 36%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate54% / 43%
Within ±2%25% / 28%
Above estimate21% / 29%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£2.0m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
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 265 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–325%
4–629%
7+36%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Dec 2025, 10:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:38 GMT
- Authority reference
1- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084474- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ee8fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Dec 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published329 days ago4 Dec 2025, 10:58 GMT
- Latest notice published314 days ago18 Dec 2025, 14:38 GMT
- Market engagement285 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Preliminary Market Engagement - Liden Brook Bridge Maintenance Works - Southern Connector Road
Swindon Borough Council invites market engagement from suitably qualified and experienced service providers ahead of an upcoming tendering activity associated with maintenance and remedial works at Liden Brook Bridge (Southern Connector Road, Swindon). This follows an earlier PME activity from summer 2025.
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) helps the Council develop its detailed understanding of the current supply market by gathering key information from suppliers that will help inform the planning and conduct of future procurement procedures.
Project Description
The Council has worked with a design engineer to develop the proposed maintenance works detailed design package. The primary matters identified for remedial works include excessive translational movement arising in several elastomeric bearings and excessive settlements on the approach to the bridge. There are several other defects that are present in the bridge, which will look to be addressed within the same contract, these include repairs to parapets, approach safety barriers (Vehicle Restraint Systems), bridge joints, riverside maintenance paths, etc - further information is included within the PME documentation.
Full details relating to the PME surrounding the future Works are provided in the PME documents.
This PME exercise is issued on 03rd December 2025, and will close on 16th January 2026 1200 hrs noon UK Local time.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16th January 2026, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this engagement.
It is anticipated that the subsequent tender exercise will follow shortly thereafter in spring 2026. This will be a competitive flexible procedure and will be evaluated on a price and quality question basis, including interviews. All future procurement processes will also be advertised via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
PME Responses are required to be submitted no later than 16th January 2026, 1200 hrs noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Contract starts58 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Dec 2025, 10:58 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Dec 2025, 14:38 GMTUK2
Published amendments (1)
The deadline for the receipt of PME for this requirement is being extended from the 9/1/2026 until the 16/01/26. The times remain the same ( ie 1200 noon )
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender