Official UK procurement notice
Principal Contractor — Single-Supplier Framework for Metal Barrel Roof Replacement
Authority: University of Bath (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Bath (“the University”) is inviting tenders for the appointment of a single principal contractor to establish a framework arrangement for the replacement of its metal barrel roofs. The framework will comprise:
●An immediate requirement to replace the roof at the Sports Training Village (STV) Pentathlon Hall, including the installation of roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels and associated low-voltage (LV) electrical works; and
●A future requirement for further metal barrel roof replacement works at other University buildings (currently anticipated to include the Library), to be called off from the framework on the products, specification and rates established through this tender.
The appointed contractor will be engaged initially under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) for the Pentathlon Hall works, followed by a construction contract for delivery. Future call-offs under the framework will be issued on the terms established at award.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bath:-Works-for-complete-or-part-construction-and-civil-engineering-work./YU626MN9ZA
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/YU626MN9ZA
- How the procedure runs: Multiple Stage with final BAFO process.
CPV: Electrical installation work · Roof repair and maintenance work · Solar panel roof-covering work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 7 mo from 8 Feb 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Jul 2031
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- not applicable
Published description of the framework
Internal Framework
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,000,000
- Value
- £5,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
- Economic & financial standingIncluded in ITT documentation
- Technical & professional abilityIncluded in ITT documentation
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2 — 60%
- Criterion 1 — 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Economic & financial standingIncluded in ITT documentation
- Technical & professional abilityIncluded in ITT documentation
- Price carries 40 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Principal Contractor — Single-Supplier Framework for Metal Barrel Roof…” is a framework — the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring — the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Bath buys Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) — and who usually turns up
University of Bath’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No winner size data published for this authority.
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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.
Here, local means registered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Winner locations not published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South West England.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 86 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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 bid0%
2–30%
4–638%
7+62%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs — this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
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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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.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors — from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4526Published estimate£5.0m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–333%
4–648%
7+16%
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Where the winning 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 guide, 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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verde Recreo LTDWorked for this buyer | Astro Pitch Replacementended Sept 2025 | — | £333k | 80% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.4bn64 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% above n=8 | |
| £1.1bn31 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £72k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 11% below n=2 | |
| £664m21 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £10m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
BELL GROUP LTDLarge | £98m123 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=30 |
| £78m9 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £9.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 |
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each figure 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 sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
- Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
- “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use the vehicle
- 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
- 12 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 2 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
CS1126- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096294- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07860aFind a Tender
- How it runs
- Multiple Stage with final BAFO process.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · not applicable
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago12 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Clarification questions byin 17 days30 Oct 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 21 days · period end, not a bid countdown2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 113 days2 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 118 days8 Feb 2027
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 · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 17:15 BSTUK4
- First tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender