Official UK procurement notice
Public Art in bus shelters
Authority: Castlethorpe Parish Council (Local council)
We are looking for an artist to tender their services to install some form of public art in two of our village bus shelters. The produced artwork must be a) thematic, reflecting village features, b) durable, weather and vandal proof and c) low maintenance. The contract has a maximum value of £38,000.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are looking for an artist to tender their services to install some form of public art in two of our village bus shelters. The produced artwork must be a) thematic, reflecting village features, b) durable, weather and vandal proof and c) low maintenance. The contract has a maximum value of £38,000
Community participation is also a requirement, ideally working with our First School, Youth Club, WI etc.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 1 yr 1 mo · up to 1 yr 7 mo from 14 Dec 2026
Published description of the framework
Criteria and Weighting
Quality & Aesthetics - 40%
Price & Value - 30%
Technical Durability - 15%
Community Engagement - 15%
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£38,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Aesthetics: 40%
- Durability: 15%
- Community Engagement: 15%
- Value: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Aesthetics
- Value
- Durability
- Community Engagement
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Public Art in bus shelters” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
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 Castlethorpe Parish Council buys Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98), and who usually turns up
Castlethorpe Parish Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 85% of awards with a known supplier size.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
Across this market, 63% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 67 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Across this market, at least 24% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid20%
2–334%
4–614%
7+32%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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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 98Published estimate£38k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 98. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid3%
2–354%
4–625%
7+18%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £311m30 awards in 36m · last this month | 13 live · £113m i | at estimate n=16 | |
| £179m26 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £30m i | at estimate n=5 | |
People Potential PossibilitiesGroup company | £35m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 15 live · £62m i | at estimate n=16 |
Beam Up LtdGroup company | £12m41 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 14 live · £23m i | 10% below n=5 |
| £644k2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £3.2m i | at estimate n=1 |
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.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- 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
- 29 Sept 2026, 16:50 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095971- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ce8Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
29 Sept 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago29 Sept 2026, 16:50 BST
- Latest notice published32 days ago12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification questions by13 days ago30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 7 days · period end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 30 days14 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026- Tender notice published29 Sept 2026, 16:50 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST-49 days · was 8 Jan 2027, 23:59 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
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender