Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 9 Nov 2026, 14:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire for Car Club Provision in Bracknell Forest

Authority: Bracknell Forest Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£5,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrs 8 moends 31 Dec 2030 · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bracknell Forest Council is exploring options to expand and improve the car club offer within the borough. We wish to understand the solutions available on the market to meet potential requirements and gauge market interest and readiness.

CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrs 8 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2027 – 31 Dec 2030 (3 yrs 8 mo)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Bracknell Forest Council buys Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60), and who usually turns up

Bracknell Forest 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: Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60) →

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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 buyerBracknell Forest Council · all categories
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: 14 of 30 known-size awards · market: division 60 · South East England, n=119
47%58%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.

Buyer: 13 of 31 known-location awards · market: division 60 · South East England, n=78
42%47%

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: 10 decided notices · market: division 60 · South East England, n=21
77 days56 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 77 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 12 of 35 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 60 · South East England, n=106
34%35%

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 buyer12 lots with bid counts · all categories
17% had one bid
The market58 lots with bid counts · division 60 · South East England
21% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (12) / the market (58) · select a colour for counts
1 bid17% / 21%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 58 lots with published bid counts.
2–350% / 26%
Buyer: 6 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 58 lots with published bid counts.
4–625% / 22%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 58 lots with published bid counts.
7+8% / 31%
Buyer: 1 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 18 of 58 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer11 lots with estimate and award · all categories
18% below estimate
The market13 lots with estimate and award · division 60 · South East England
46% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (11) / the market (13) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate18% / 46%
Buyer: 2 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%82% / 31%
Buyer: 9 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 23%
Buyer: 0 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 13 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 6044 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£5k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 60. The comparison uses that group.

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. The bar shows 58 past lots.

—No model forecast yet21% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 58 similar lots
1 bid21%
12 of 58 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–326%
15 of 58 similar past lots received 2–3 (26%).
4–622%
13 of 58 similar past lots received 4–6 (22%).
7+31%
18 of 58 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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 £5k, 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.

Coming up in this sector

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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
9 Nov 2026, 14:30 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2026, 14:30 GMT
Authority reference
DN835567
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106288
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7b6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Nov 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published5 days ago
    9 Nov 2026, 14:30 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 55 days
    8 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

    Questionnaire for Shared Micromobility Scheme being published, completed questionnaire must be received by Friday 8th January 2027 @ midday/12:00 via the Tenders Portal (procontract.due-north.com/register/ ↗)

    Link to questionnaire: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/Adve… ↗

  4. Tender notice expectedin 136 days
    31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract startsin 166 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 14:30 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

Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJMT-6544-CVZD Time Square, Bracknell, South East, RG12 1JDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure