Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Compactor and Skip Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services
Authority: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council invites Tenders from suitably experienced and qualified Contractors for the provision of inspection, servicing, maintenance and repair services for its stock of compactors and skips at various sites across the Borough. The tender is split across two lots: Lot 1 – Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for Compactors, Lot 2 – Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for Containers/Skips. Tenderers are welcome to submit bids for Lot 1, Lot 2, or both.
CPV: Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Refuse and waste related services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of machinery · Repair and maintenance services of metal containers · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£159,000 together)Lot #1Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for CompactorsRenewalPublished value£84,000
The provision of regular inspection, servicing and repair of compactors and related site equipment across Recycling Centre’s and other Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council sites.
Lot #2Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for Skips and ContainersRenewalPublished value£75,000
The provision of regular inspection, servicing and repair of containers and skips across Recycling Centre’s and other Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council sites.
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).
- Turnover usually expected: about £74,897 – ~£83,885 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council buys Repair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 5053), and who usually turns up
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 5053) →
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.
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.
Here, local means registered in Northern Ireland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Northern Ireland.
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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 33 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 bid25% / 33%
2–360% / 50%
4–613% / 17%
7+3% / 0%
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 estimate43% / 29%
Within ±2%36% / 29%
Above estimate21% / 43%
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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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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 #1Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for CompactorsCPV 50530000Published estimate£84k
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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 bid18%
2–318%
4–652%
7+13%
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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.
Based on 6 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£76k–£84k
Estimate£84k
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 | Why listed |
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| Modern Tyres Ltd.Worked for this buyer | The Supply, Fitment, Delivery and Environmental Disposal of Tyres for all Council Vehicles and Equipmentnotice published Apr 2021 | Supply, fitment, delivery and environmental disposal of tyres for all Council vehicles and equipment based at Banbridge. | — | Similar wording and category |
| Irwin ME LtdWorked for this buyer | Festive and Street Lighting Planned and Reactive Works and Events Electrical Attendances **ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED UNDER CfT_4335957**notice published Nov 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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 |
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| £350k4 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 17% above n=1 | |
Irwin ME LtdSME | £362m23 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 |
D A ForgieSME | £408k11 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 |
| £287k6 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=6 | |
| £71k1 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
Lot #2Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services for Skips and ContainersCPV 50530000Published estimate£75k
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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 bid17%
2–319%
4–651%
7+13%
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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.
Based on 6 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£68k–£75k
Estimate£75k
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 | Why listed |
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| Modern Tyres Ltd.Worked for this buyer | The Supply, Fitment, Delivery and Environmental Disposal of Tyres for all Council Vehicles and Equipmentnotice published Apr 2021 | Supply, fitment, delivery and environmental disposal of tyres for all Council vehicles and equipment based at Banbridge. | — | Similar wording and category |
| Irwin ME LtdWorked for this buyer | Festive and Street Lighting Planned and Reactive Works and Events Electrical Attendances **ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED UNDER CfT_4335957**notice published Nov 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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 |
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| £5.0m3 awards in 36m · last 13 months ago | 1 live · £5.0m 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. | no comparable pairs | |
| £350k4 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 17% above n=1 | |
Irwin ME LtdSME | £362m23 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 |
D A ForgieSME | £408k11 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 |
| £287k6 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=6 |
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.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 20 Oct 2026, 12:35 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 12:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098967- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078bc3Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via eTendersNI- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago20 Oct 2026, 12:35 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 20 days10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 41 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published20 Oct 2026, 12:35 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender