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Safe Haven Community Bus Conversion

Buyer: Sunderland City Council →

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BuyerSunderland City Council
StatusClosed
Deadline2 Sept 2026
Value£41,667
Published28 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The Safe Haven project seeks the conversion of a suitable vehicle into a fully functional community support bus that will provide outreach, engagement, and wellbeing services across the local area. The conversion works will include the design, supply, and installation of internal fixtures and fittings, electrical systems, lighting, heating, accessibility features, storage solutions, and multipurpose seating/workspace areas. The completed vehicle will provide a safe, welcoming, and accessible environment for community engagement, information provision, and support services. The contractor will be responsible for ensuring that all conversion works comply with relevant UK vehicle, health and safety, accessibility, and roadworthiness regulations, with the vehicle delivered ready for operational use.

Categories

Vehicle conversion and reconditioning services 50117000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£41,667
Contract periodFrom 28 Sept 2026 to 30 Dec 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Vehicle conversion and reconditioning servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Vehicle conversion and reconditioning services (50117000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 509,2224 median · 22.4 average (3,784 of 9,222 with a bid count)3.2 average (4,299 of 9,222 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1583 median · 3 average (1 of 158 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 158 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d4b6
Latest release ID070995-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jul 28 2026 07:16:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070995-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-02T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-24T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted electronically via the Authorities Open E Tender system www.open.org. Submissions received through any other means may be rejected. The Contracting Authority communicates through the Open system; therefore, all correspondence regarding this Tender will be issued to the individual that expressed interest on Open. It is the Supplier's responsibility to ensure the correct named person is, and continues to be, registered on the Open system. For guidance on how to use the Open system please refer www.open-hub.org/how-to-guides/ If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender, please contact the Open Support Team on 0191 638 0040. For routine queries, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc please contact open.support@nepo.org PLEASE NOTE: The system is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is only available; Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 17:00. Friday - 8:30 - 16:30. The Tender must be received in accordance with the above instructions no later than the time and date indicated in the Timetable section of this ITT. Suppliers are responsible for ensuring that they understand the submission requirements and should raise any queries or clarifications necessary for submission of their Tender via the Correspondence section in good time and in any event by no later than the "Submission of Queries" deadline as stated in the Timetable section of this ITT.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£41,667
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jul 2026tender070995-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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