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Published 17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Relocation of Thorne Moors Viewing Tower
Authority:Natural England(Central Government)
works
Below threshold - open competition
Below threshold
SME suitable
Delivery:
Published estimate
£35,000
Submission deadline
15 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
Lots published
1
Contract duration
3 months
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: Natural England: "Relocation of Thorne Moors Viewing Tower". Published status: active. Published value: £35,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
Dismantle and then reconstruct viewing tower approximately 700m from current location.Tower requires some minor remedial works. Work to be undertaken on Thorne Moors, Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve.
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot #1Lot 1activePublished value£35,000The source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:23 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027 (3 mo)Eligibility:SME eligibleTurnover benchmark:~£70,000/yr
Published award criteria & contract terms
From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Published terms
Contract duration3 months
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Natural England buys Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) — and who usually turns up
Natural England’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →
1
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 report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
This authority
Natural England
contract notices in 36 months: 6 in CPV 4526 · 41 in division 45 (1 direct) · 217 in all categories (2 direct)
Bids per lot1.5all categories, every route · 24m · n=4 notices
Single-bid lots50%all categories, every route · 24m · n=4 notices
Award vs estimate18% belowCPV 4526 · 36m · n=3 pairs
Deadline → award10ddivision 45 · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=255 notices
Awarded without competition0%CPV 4526 · 36m · n=6 notices
The market · delivery region
Yorkshire and the Humber · Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526)
contract notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 132 in CPV 4526 (128 contested) · 1,242 in division 45 (1,131 contested)
Bids per lot8CPV 4526 · 36m · n=38 lots
Single-bid lots5%CPV 4526 · 36m · n=38 lots
Award vs estimate9% belowCPV 4526 · 36m · n=23 pairs
Deadline → award60dCPV 4526 · 36m · n=21 notices
SME bidders89%CPV 4526 · 36m · n=8 lots
Winners based in the region67%CPV 4526 · 36m · n=52 awards
moderate · n=3 Awards in Natural England (CPV 4526, n=3 pairs) land a median 18% below. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “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
| Procedure method | Below threshold - open competition | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | Open for tender | Procurement threshold | Sub-threshold | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| 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 | 17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST | Last source update | 17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST |
| Classification (CPV) | Structural steel erection work for structures, Structures construction work | ||||
| Delivery area | |||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-077479 | ||||
How to participate & submission route
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Official Buyer Portal
notAllowed
| Expression of interest (EOI) | — | Tender submission deadline | 15 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST | Clarification deadline | None published in notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission channel | Official e-sourcing portal | Electronic submission | notAllowed | Accepted languages | English (en) |
| Participation fee | Free of charge (Open access) | ||||
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.
Your response must be sent to [email protected] by 11am on 15/10/2026.
If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to [email protected]. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.
Timeline
- Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST - Submission deadline
15 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
- Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Natural England
Contracting authority
Central Government
Official Documents & Specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST