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Published 6 Nov 2025, 10:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Signage and Wayfinding Services

Official notice

Authority: Penrith Town Council (Local council)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Construction Materials & Prefab (44)
+2 moreConstruction & Civil Engineering (45)Repair & Maintenance (50)
 Delivery: North West (UKD1)
Published estimate£155,580≈ £15k / year · £186,696 inc. VAT9.7% above final estimate
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2025awarded 15 Dec 2025
Awarded to Trueform Engineering Limited
Contract term 10 yrs 7 moends 31 Jul 2036 · starts 17 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The design, content creation, fabrication, installation, maintenance and removal of existing interpretation and wayfinding signage in Penrith Town Centre.

CPV: Construction work · Designs · Repair and maintenance services · Signs and related items · Street signs

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 10 yrs 7 moPublished value£155,580
Contract period: 17 Dec 2025 – 31 Jul 2036 (10 yrs 7 mo)Value: £155,580 exc. VAT · £186,696 inc. VAT
Delivery: North West
22314000 Designs34992300 Street signs44423400 Signs and related items45000000 Construction work50000000 Repair and maintenance services

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 were scored

Lot awarding rule: Price 40% Quality and Experience 50% Compliance 5% Locality5%

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
Awarded
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
6 Nov 2025, 10:34 GMT
Last source update
26 Feb 2026, 11:01 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071518
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workDesignsRepair and maintenance servicesSigns and related itemsStreet signs
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05db97 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

If having examined the tender documents, you wish to submit a tender you should fully complete and return the Tender Form and the required information and send all related documentation to the Town Council office by POST in a sealed envelope, marked with the tenderers name for the attention of the Town Clerk to:

Penrith Wayfinding and Interpretation

The Town Clerk

Penrith Town Council

Unit 1, Church House

19-24 Friargate

Penrith

Cumbria

CA11 7XR

Timeline

6 Nov 2025 → 26 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published350 days ago
    6 Nov 2025, 10:34 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by330 days ago
    26 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline318 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts309 days ago
    17 Dec 2025
  5. Latest notice published238 days ago
    26 Feb 2026, 11:01 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Nov 2025, 10:34 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    6 Nov 2025, 10:43 GMT
    UK4
  3. Tender notice published
    6 Nov 2025, 11:15 GMT
    UK4
  4. Contract award notice published
    16 Dec 2025, 16:38 GMT
    UK6
  5. Status changed to complete
    16 Dec 2025, 16:38 GMT
  6. Contract signature expected
    12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  7. Contract details notice published
    26 Feb 2026, 11:01 GMT
    UK7
Published amendments (1)

Contracting Authority - Contact Details

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-11: 2 releases · 6 Nov 2025, 6 Nov 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £170,6771 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 88 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Trueform Engineering LimitedSME13 Jan 2026 – 31 Jul 2036£170,677 inc. VAT15 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Signage and Wayfinding Services · Trueform Engineering LimitedSME

    Signed
    25 Feb 2026
    Value
    £170,677 inc. VAT
    Period
    25 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2036
    Status
    active
    Options
    Variations to signage types and design

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8final-stage tenders80—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Penrith Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGDL-6896-XCDQ Unit 1, Church House, 19-24, Friargate, PENRITH, North West, CA11 7XRContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TRUEFORM ENGINEERING LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01324196GB-PPON: PBRC-5954-RMXP Unit 12 Pasadena Trading Estate, Hayes, London, UB3 3NQContact email

Official documents & specifications (10)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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