Official UK procurement notice
Signs and Associated Services
Authority: Connect2Framework for Umbrella Company Services to the Public Sector (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement Services are looking to create a local and national framework for the provision of Signs and Associated Services. This questionnaire is designed to understand supplier experiences, challenges, and expectations regarding Signs frameworks. Your response will help us design a framework that meets the needs of suppliers and customers to improve the procurement and delivery experience for Sign and Associated Services across all areas within the public sector.
Scope and Lot structure is still to be determined but the aim is to design a framework for the provision of Signs and Associated Services required within the public sector.
This is a Pre Market Engagement notice and not a call for competition. Please complete questionnaire on link in this notice, we are also open to teams meetings please contact us within the time frame to
discuss.
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CPV: Illuminated signs and nameplates · Installation of illuminated road signs · Installation of road signs · Permanent message signs · Road signs · Signs and illuminated signs · Signs and related items · Street signs · Variable message signs
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Signs and Associated Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Connect2Framework for Umbrella Company Services to the Public Sector buys Control, safety, signalling and light equipment (CPV 3499), and who usually turns up
Connect2Framework for Umbrella Company Services to the Public Sector’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Control, safety, signalling and light equipment (CPV 3499) →
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.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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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 South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South East England.
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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 56 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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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% / 8%
2–30% / 25%
4–620% / 50%
7+80% / 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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
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
Our matching links this notice to “IT Hardware, ITAD and Associates Services” and “Supply of Signs and Associated Services Y23026” of this authority, but none of the 17 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 3499Published estimate£200m
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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. The bar shows 16 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid25%
2–331%
4–66%
7+38%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUBSPOT UK HOLDINGS LIMITEDEarlier contract | Provision of HR website and associated servicesstarted Nov 2025 | — | £40k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| ALLSIGNS INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDEarlier contract | Supply of Signs and Associated Services Y23026notice published May 2023 | Electronic, Interactive Signs and Associated Equipment | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DMA Signs LimitedEarlier contract | Supply of Signs and Associated Services Y23026notice published May 2023 | Signs and Associated Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
48% title match.
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.
48% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (48% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
IT Hardware, ITAD and Associates Services, winner not published; the published contract ends 16 Nov 2029.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jun 2026, 09:16 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2026, 09:16 BST
- Authority reference
Y26026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057379- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b79cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
18 Jun 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published125 days ago18 Jun 2026, 09:16 BST
- Market engagement110 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this engagement is to:
Understand market capability and capacity
Inform the development of the specification
Create an objective pricing mechanism
Explore innovative solutions
Identify potential risks and delivery models
Suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities:
Online Questionnaire via delta portal tender box and email to arrange 121 meetings on
teams.
This is not a call for competition at this stage, it is to explore what is needed in the market
place and how best to design the framework to assist public sector spending to offer best
value and a route to market that is compliant.
- Tender notice expected19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 103 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2026, 09:16 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender