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Published 13 Nov 2026, 12:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

RFQ 2026/47 - Kilcurry Subcatchment Targeted River & Catchment Assessment

Authority: Newry Mourne & Down District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£19,550£23,460 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 27 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 13 days left
Clarification cut-off 24 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 moends 5 Apr 2027 · starts 7 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NMDDC wishes to appoint a suitably qualified environmental consultancy to undertake a targeted assessment of the Forkhill River and Cully River within the Northern Ireland section of the Kilcurry Subcatchment.

CPV: Environmental services

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 4 moSMEVCSEPublished value£19,550
Contract period: 7 Dec 2026 – 5 Apr 2027 (4 mo)Value: £19,550 exc. VAT · £23,460 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£39,100/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As per RFQ Documentation: 60%
  • As per RFQ Documentation: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per RFQ Documentation
  • As per RFQ Documentation

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £39,100 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Newry Mourne & Down District Council buys Environmental services (CPV 9070), and who usually turns up

Newry Mourne & Down District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Environmental services (CPV 9070) →

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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 buyerNewry Mourne & Down District Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 60 of 67 known-size awards · market: CPV 9070 · UK-wide, n=161
90%63%

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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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-location awards · market: CPV 9070 · UK-wide, n=106
3 of 457%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 74 decided notices · market: CPV 9070 · UK-wide, n=26
56 days40 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 56 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 5 of 35 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9070 · UK-wide, n=196
14%44%

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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This buyer22 lots with bid counts · all categories
45% had one bid
The market59 lots with bid counts · CPV 9070 · UK-wide
29% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (22) / the market (59) · select a colour for counts
1 bid45% / 29%
Buyer: 10 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 17 of 59 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 32%
Buyer: 8 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 19 of 59 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 25%
Buyer: 4 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 59 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 14%
Buyer: 0 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 59 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer55 lots with estimate and award · all categories
31% below estimate
The market62 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9070 · UK-wide
37% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (55) / the market (62) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate31% / 37%
Buyer: 17 of 55 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 23 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%35% / 45%
Buyer: 19 of 55 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 28 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate35% / 18%
Buyer: 19 of 55 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 62 lots with an estimate and award.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 90704 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£20k
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

1expected bid66% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 3
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid66%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 66%. This is a forecast.
2–325%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 25%. This is a forecast.
4–69%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 9%. This is a forecast.
7+1%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 1%. This is a forecast.
Check who supplied similar work and whether the route limits bidders.
Commercial price forecast
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Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

£20k+1.3% over estimate
4 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£20k–£22k
Half of likely prices fall between £19,550 and £22,305.
Estimate£20k
The buyer published an estimate of £19,550 for this lot.
A 25% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Declan Mc Quaid T/A Alpha Pest ManagementWorked for this buyerTender 19/2024 – Provision of Planned and Reactive Pest Control Services for Newry, Mourne & Down District Council Facilitiesnotice published Sept 2025Lot 1: Covers the Newry, South Down, and South Armagh areas.—Similar wording and category

Who could compete for this lot?
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SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
12 panel places
£1.3bn67 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago13 live · £550m
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at estimate n=15
47 panel places
£89m155 awards in 36m · last this month46 live · £67m
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9% below n=31
3 panel places
£606k26 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago4 live · £421k
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at estimate n=1
£72k1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago1 live · £72k
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no comparable pairs
£73m4 awards in 36m · last 15 months ago1 live · £3.0m
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at estimate n=7
About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see 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
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Nov 2026, 12:42 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 12:57 GMT
Authority reference
CA18682
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108004
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bba4 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Electronic submission
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Published estimate £19,550 excludes VAT (£23,460 including VAT).

Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1h ago
    13 Nov 2026, 12:42 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 10 days
    24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 13 days
    27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 23 days
    7 Dec 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Nov 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 12:42 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 12:57 GMT
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
    13 Nov 2026, 12:57 GMT
    -1 days · was 28 Nov 2026, 12:00 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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PJMQ-5831-RNZM Unit 19 Rampart Road, Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry, Northern Ireland, BT34 2QUContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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