Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Temporary Storage & Site Accommodation
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthumberland County Council are seeking to appoint a contractor for the provision of the hire of temporary storage and site accommodation units including all maintenance, delivery, collection, testing, operator training, monitoring and where applicable, weekly servicing of toilets and consumables throughout the county of Northumberland.
The hire of temporary site accommodation includes, but is not limited to, the following:
• Anti vandal office/canteen
• All in one anti vandal 'welfare' units
• All in one 'Eco Welfare Unit'
• Welfare van
• Anti vandal high security store containers
• Drying rooms
The hire of secure anti vandal toilet units, including, but not limited to:
• Self-contained chemical toilet including cleaning and restocking on a weekly basis
•Toilet block facility 2 + 1
• Toilet block facility 3 + 1
• Shower unit
CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£1,800,000
- Value
- £1,800,000 exc. VAT · £2,160,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 3 x 12-month optional extensions
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)
- Quality Weighting — 40%
- Price Weighting — 60%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Northumberland County Council buys Construction structures and materials (CPV 44) — and who usually turns up
Northumberland County Council’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction structures and materials (CPV 44) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Northumberland County Council
contract notices in 36 months: 10 in division 44 (1 route not published) · 106 in all categories (18 without competition · 10 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 3 lots. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 33 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 142 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 9 notices.
North East England · Construction structures and materials (CPV 44)
contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 195 in division 44 (132 competed, 24 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 49 lots. 36 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 13 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 49 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 36 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 40 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 41 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 111 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 33 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,800,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Already supplying a similar contract to Northumberland County Council i
Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
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Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
| Supplier | Earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbelt Rentals LtdPrior contract | NCC1296 Temporary Storage and Site Accommodation | Prior Contract Award | — | 79% match |
Earlier contracts of this authority that the nightly matcher links to this notice by title, lot, buyer and CPV. Open the contract before treating anyone as the incumbent.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YESSS Electrical (A) Ltd SME | 4 class wins | 28 months ago | no comparable pairs | 57% |
| Denham Procurement & Sourcing Solutions Ltd SME | 25 class wins | 17 months ago | no comparable pairs | 54% |
| Crosslings SME | 2 class wins | 45 months ago | no comparable pairs | 53% |
| MKM SME | 2 class wins | 45 months ago | no comparable pairs | 53% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile 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 columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
What this replaces i
The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
61% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
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The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
61% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (61% title match) — the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
NCC1296 Temporary Storage and Site Accommodation — held by Sunbelt Rentals Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
NCC1988- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06db80Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published57 days ago4 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
- Market engagement26 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Northumberland County Council is publishing this PME notice to provide early visibility of the upcoming Temporary Storage & Site Accommodation opportunity. This pre-market engagement aims to inform the market of the anticipated requirements and enable interested suppliers to prepare ahead of the more…
future competitive process. Suppliers may use the contact details provided within this notice to submit initial questions regarding the project or to confirm their interest in the forthcoming procurement. Northumberland County Council will aim to respond to as many questions as reasonably possible during the pre-market engagement period. All expressions of interest and enquiries recevied at this stage will be used solely to inform and coordinate engagement activity and do not constitute participation in, or confer any advantage within any future competitive processes. - Next notice expected6 days ago24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published3 days ago28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Clarification questions byin 19 days19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 26 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 54 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 104 days13 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
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
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,800,00028 Sept 2026, 10:13 BSTwas £0
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Aug 2026, 15:08 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Technical specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender