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Published 2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QEHKL240 Fire Compartmentation Works

Authority: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£60,000≈ £60k / year · £72,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 3 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 31d 20h left
Contract term 1 yrstarts 23 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · the market 7CPV 4534 · n=19 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

QEHKL240 Fire Compartmentation Works @ QEH

CPV: Building services · Fireproofing work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 1 yrSMEPublished value£60,000
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 — 22 Nov 2027 (1 yr)Eligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£120,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£60,000 exc. VAT · £72,000 inc. VAT
45343100 Fireproofing work71315000 Building services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored

60% price, 40% quality & social value

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534) in East of England — and who usually turns up

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the East of England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534) →

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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.

This authority

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

contract notices in 36 months: 2 in division 45 · 62 in all categories (49 without competition · 7 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

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 all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. All 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed. Small sample.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4all categories · 36m · n=1 lots
Single-bid lots
i

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 all categories, last 36 months: 1 lots. Small sample.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%all categories · 36m · n=1 lots
Award vs estimate
i

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: 2 pairs. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

18% belowall categories · 36m · n=2 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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: 2 notices. Small sample.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

120dall categories · 36m · n=2 notices
Notice updates
i

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: 102 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=102 notices
Awarded without competition
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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 all categories, last 36 months: 55 notices.

Last 36 months.

89%all categories · 36m · n=55 notices
How procedures are run robust · n=55
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 62 notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • Open 9%
  • Selective 2%
  • Limited 89%
  • Direct 0%

62 notices · all categories. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · authority’s region

East of England · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534)

contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 51 in CPV 4534 (40 competed, 8 route not published) · 1,412 in division 45 (1,085 competed, 227 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 19 lots. 8 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 8.5) and 11 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

7CPV 4534 · 36m · n=19 lots
Single-bid lots
i

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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 19 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%CPV 4534 · 36m · n=19 lots
Award vs estimate
i

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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 8 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 4534 · 36m · n=8 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 8 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

127dCPV 4534 · 36m · n=8 notices
SME bidders
i

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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 14 lots.

Last 36 months.

71%CPV 4534 · 36m · n=14 lots
Winners based in the region
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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 sector (CPV 4534), last 36 months: 74 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

70%CPV 4534 · 36m · n=74 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=19
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 19 lots on 16 contested notices · CPV 4534, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 21%
  • 4–6 26%
  • 7+ 53%

Middle value 7 · 19 lots on 16 contested notices · CPV 4534.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=8
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 8 lot pairs · CPV 4534, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 25%
  • Within ±2% 50%
  • Above estimate 25%

8 lot pairs · CPV 4534.

robust · n=8
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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 the East of England market’s usual movement over 8 lots (CPV 4534), applied to the £60,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in East of England (CPV 4534, n=8 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £60,000 that is about £60,000, middle half £59,400–£65,520 (quartiles from East of England · CPV 4534). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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.

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
Authority reference
C475194
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building servicesFireproofing work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077fed Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)
Submission portal named on this notice: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £60,000 excludes VAT (£72,000 including VAT).

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 32 days
    3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract startsin 51 days
    23 Nov 2026, 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

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 15:01 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PQCT-9574-RQTZ Gayton Road, Kings Lynn, East of England, PE30 4ET 01553613613

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender