Official UK procurement notice
Repair of St Michaels and All Angels Church Wall
Authority: Aylsham Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOutline of proposals: the intention of these works is to undertake extensive repairs to the boundary walls of the churchyard of St Michael's Church, Aylsham. Elements of the boundary walls are in a state of very poor repair and on the verge of structural failure with temporary shoring preventing complete collapse in one area.
Please see attached documentation for full specification
CPV: Building construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£60,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Award decision will be made using information provided on: Value for money Experience of work on heritage buildings Social and environmental factors
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £120,000 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Building construction work (CPV 4521) in East of England, and who usually turns up
Aylsham Town Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 83% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 53% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 29 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 23% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–335%
4–648%
7+17%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate58%
Within ±2%21%
Above estimate21%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4521Published estimate£60k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–324%
4–643%
7+25%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 30 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£56k–£60k
Estimate£60k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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IAN WILLIAMSLarge | £519m61 awards in 36m · last this month | 9 live · £35m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 |
| £956k7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £567k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £12m39 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 13 live · £11m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 24% below n=15 | |
| £215m16 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 | |
| £907k14 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £47k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:24 BST
- Authority reference
ATC004- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098429- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078aa1Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
The Town Clerk - TENDER DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED
Aylsham Town Hall
Market Place
Aylsham
Norfolk
NR11 6EL
Timeline
19 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:05 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 27 days17 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 29 days19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 103 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2026- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 12:24 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Added document: Aylsham Town Council - Terms and Conditions of Supply
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 (10)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications South Wall details
- Bidding documents and specifications Schedule of Works (including Tender return form)
- Bidding documents and specifications Preliminaries
- Bidding documents and specifications Cover Letter for Contractors
- Bidding documents and specifications Additional Information required by Aylsham Town Council (to be returned alongside the tender document)
- Bidding documents and specifications Aylsham Town Council Terms and Conditions of Supply
- Bidding documents and specifications Conservation Work Sections
- Bidding documents and specifications Site Plan
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender