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Published 22 Sept 2026, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Removal of Existing Pedestrian Bridge at Clare Glen Including all Necessary Enabling Works

Authority: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£144,000£144,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Oct 202612:00 BST · 20d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 6 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 mostarts 2 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 2.5division 45 · n=6 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council invites Tenders from suitably experienced and qualified contractors for the removal of existing pedestrian bridge including all necessary enabling works, at Clare Glen Park – approx. 440m south of Clare Glen Caravan Park, Markethill Rd, Tandragee, Craigavon BT62 2ET. The Form of Contract will be an NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Site preparation work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 2 moPublished value£144,000
Contract period: 2 Nov 2026 — 28 Dec 2026 (2 mo)Turnover guideline: ~£288,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£144,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
45000000 Construction work45100000 Site preparation work45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work45210000 Building construction work

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

100% Price

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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521) — and who usually turns up

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s own published record, next to the Northern Ireland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521)

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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

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

contract notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 4521 · 19 in division 45 · 100 in all categories (2 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 this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 6 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2.5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).

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

2.5division 45 · 36m · n=6 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 this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 6 lots.

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

33%division 45 · 36m · n=6 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 this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 11 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

5% belowdivision 45 · 36m · n=11 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 this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 4 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

31ddivision 45 · 36m · n=4 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: 104 notices.

Last 24 months.

2all categories · 24m · n=104 notices
Awarded without competition
i

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 45), last 36 months: 19 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 45 · 36m · n=19 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=6
i

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 6 lots on 6 contested notices · division 45, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 33%
  • 2–3 67%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2.5 · 6 lots on 6 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=11
i

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 11 lot pairs · division 45, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 55%
  • Within ±2% 9%
  • Above estimate 36%

11 lot pairs · division 45.

The market · authority’s region

Northern Ireland · Building construction work (CPV 4521)

contract notices delivered in Northern Ireland in 36 months: 248 in CPV 4521 (181 competed, 6 route not published) · 395 in division 45 (304 competed, 29 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 4521), last 36 months: 150 lots. 22 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 128 from older notices (bids received, middle 7.5).

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

6CPV 4521 · 36m · n=150 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 4521), last 36 months: 150 lots.

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

19%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=150 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 4521), last 36 months: 81 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

3% aboveCPV 4521 · 36m · n=81 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 4521), last 36 months: 22 notices.

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

Last 36 months.

95dCPV 4521 · 36m · n=22 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 4521), last 36 months: 145 lots.

Last 36 months.

23%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=145 lots
Winners based in the region
i

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 4521), last 36 months: 160 awards.

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

Last 36 months.

98%CPV 4521 · 36m · n=160 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=150
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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 150 lots on 93 contested notices · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 19%
  • 2–3 12%
  • 4–6 21%
  • 7+ 47%

Median 6 · 150 lots on 93 contested notices · CPV 4521.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=81
i

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 81 lot pairs · CPV 4521, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 35%
  • Within ±2% 14%
  • Above estimate 52%

81 lot pairs · CPV 4521.

robust · n=11
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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 11 lots (division 45), applied to the £144,000 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (division 45, n=11 pairs) land a median 5% below: on this notice’s £144,000 that is about £136,368. 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
Works
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
22 Sept 2026, 12:59 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 12:59 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction workSite preparation workWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077776 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via eTendersNI
Submission portal named on this notice: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £144,000 excludes VAT (£144,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    22 Sept 2026, 12:59 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 21 days
    13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract startsin 40 days
    2 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
    22 Sept 2026, 12:59 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PYMV-3527-LYNZ 66 Lakeview Road, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, BT64 1AL [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender