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Published 14 Oct 2026, 14:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Repairs and Maintenance Service (RMS) - Utterby Side Garage Site Demolition (CRN/2026/289)

Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£100,000£120,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 18 Nov 202616:00 GMT · 34d 12h left
Contract term 2 moends 15 Jun 2027 · starts 28 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Repair and Maintenance Service (RMS) department are looking to appoint a single contractor to carry out the demolition of 40 brick and concrete garages and associated works at a single site within the boundaries of Stoke-on-Trent.

RMS will be assuming the role of Principal Contractor on this project.

All tender documents and information can be found within the e-tendering portal, ProContract.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 moPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 28 Apr 2027 – 15 Jun 2027 (2 mo)Value: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Turnover guideline: ~£200,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

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

Lot awarding rule: Below threshold evaluation

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

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £200,000 (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

How Stoke-on-Trent City Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerStoke-on-Trent City Council · division 45
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · West Midlands (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 13 known-size awards · market: division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=671
69%76%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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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 West Midlands (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 14 known-location awards · market: division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=1,006
64%28%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 64% against 28%, n=14.

How long to a decision?
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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=152
159 days49 days

Half of these awards were announced within 159 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 2 of 15 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region), n=991
13%32%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer63 lots with bid counts · all categories
32% had one bid
The market219 lots with bid counts · division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region)
15% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid32% / 15%
Buyer: 20 of 63 lots with published bid counts. Market: 33 of 219 lots with published bid counts.
2–352% / 28%
Buyer: 33 of 63 lots with published bid counts. Market: 62 of 219 lots with published bid counts.
4–610% / 22%
Buyer: 6 of 63 lots with published bid counts. Market: 49 of 219 lots with published bid counts.
7+6% / 34%
Buyer: 4 of 63 lots with published bid counts. Market: 75 of 219 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
30% below estimate
The market217 lots with estimate and award · division 45 · West Midlands (authority’s region)
41% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate30% / 41%
Buyer: 3 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 90 of 217 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%20% / 31%
Buyer: 2 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 68 of 217 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate50% / 27%
Buyer: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 59 of 217 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #12 monthsPublished estimate£100k
Expected competition
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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.

3expected bids10% single-bid risk
forecast from 252 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid10%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 10%. This is a forecast.
2–346%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 46%. This is a forecast.
4–617%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 17%. This is a forecast.
7+26%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 26%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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 124 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.

£97k3% below estimate
124 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£83k–£106k
Half of likely prices fall between £82,863 and £105,609.
Estimate£100k
The buyer published an estimate of £100,000 for this lot.
A 12% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueMatch
Holdcroft Heating and Gas Fitting LtdWorked for this buyerGas Fire Removals (RMS)notice published Dec 2025——82% match
Sureserve Compliance Northwest LtdWorked for this buyerUnitas Central Heating Installations Framework (UN/2023/196*)notice published May 2024——76% match
Phoenix Gas Services LtdWorked for this buyerUnitas Central Heating Installations Framework (UN/2023/196*)notice published May 2024——76% match
British Gas Social Housing Ltd trading as PH JonesWorked for this buyerUnitas Central Heating Installations Framework (UN/2023/196*)notice published May 2024——76% match
Aggregate Industries LtdWorked for this buyerTerm contract - carriageway resurfacing (HDG/2023/603*)notice published Jun 2024——75% match

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
7 panel places
£39m14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago4 live · £20m
i

Public 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.

4% below n=3
11 panel places
£16m23 awards in 36m · last this month4 live · £35m
i

Public 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=8
5 panel places
£27m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago6 live · £28m
i

Public 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=2
£5.5m2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago2 live · £21m
i

Public 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
1 panel places
£29k2 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago1 live · £29k
i

Public 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.

17% below n=1
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 match score 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
14 Oct 2026, 14:31 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 14:31 BST
Authority reference
CRN/2026/289
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097067
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787b2 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
18 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All the tender information and documents are accessible on the ProContract e-tendering portal.

See below link to Opportunities page -

procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index ↗

Published estimate £100,000 excludes VAT (£120,000 including VAT).

Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 28 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    14 Oct 2026, 14:31 BST
  2. Today
    15 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 35 days
    18 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 195 days
    28 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 14:31 BST
    UK4

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

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQZ-1442-RZTZ Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender