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Published 9 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

SKDC-1677 ScotGate Retaining Wall Repair

Authority: South Kesteven District Council (Local council)·Procurement run by: Rutland County Council

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved: K02000001SME suitable
Published estimate£195,000£234,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 7 Dec 202612:00 GMT · 27 days left
Clarification cut-off 30 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 moends 22 Jun 2027 · starts 18 Jan 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The proposed works comprise of the construction of 2no. rock filled gabion retaining wall sections with associated ground polymer injection, concrete foundations, backfill and perforated pipe drainage, plus partial rebuilding and reinstatement of existing stonework buttress walls set in hydraulic lime mortar Principal Contractor to allow for the reinstatement of any hard standings that have become damaged as a result of the works. Clear away all litter, debris and other rubbish upon completion of the project, which has accumulated during the contract period.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The proposed works comprise of the construction of 2no. rock filled gabion retaining wall sections with associated ground polymer injection, concrete foundations, backfill and perforated pipe drainage, plus partial rebuilding and reinstatement of existing stonework buttress walls set in hydraulic lime mortar Principal Contractor to allow for the reinstatement of any hard standings that have become damaged as a result of the works. Clear away all litter, debris and other rubbish upon completion of the project, which has accumulated during the contract period. Suppliers interested in the oppertunity are welcome to visit procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

CPV: Supporting walls

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 moSMEPublished value£195,000
Contract period: 18 Jan 2027 – 22 Jun 2027 (5 mo)Value: £195,000 exc. VAT · £234,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£390,000/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: 40% quality 60% price

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 £390,000 (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 South Kesteven District Council buys Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526), and who usually turns up

South Kesteven 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: Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) →

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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 buyerSouth Kesteven District Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 38 of 55 known-size awards · market: CPV 4526 · East Midlands, n=107
69%94%

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 27 of 72 known-location awards · market: CPV 4526 · East Midlands, n=111
38%34%

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

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: CPV 4526 · East Midlands, n=14
31 days36 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 31 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

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 22 of 71 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4526 · East Midlands, n=117
31%27%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer12 lots with bid counts · all categories
8% had one bid
The market25 lots with bid counts · CPV 4526 · East Midlands
28% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid8% / 28%
Buyer: 1 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 25 lots with published bid counts.
2–325% / 12%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 25 lots with published bid counts.
4–633% / 20%
Buyer: 4 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 25 lots with published bid counts.
7+33% / 40%
Buyer: 4 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 25 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 buyer12 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market29 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4526 · East Midlands
45% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 45%
Buyer: 6 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 13 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%42% / 31%
Buyer: 5 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate8% / 24%
Buyer: 1 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 29 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.

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Lot #1CPV 45265 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£195k
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. The bar shows 25 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet28% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 25 similar lots
1 bid28%
7 of 25 similar past lots received 1 bid (28%).
2–312%
3 of 25 similar past lots received 2–3 (12%).
4–620%
5 of 25 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+40%
10 of 25 similar past lots received 7+ (40%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £195k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

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 and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
  • 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.

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
9 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106329
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Supporting walls
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7ce Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

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
7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £195,000 excludes VAT (£234,000 including VAT).

Timeline

9 Nov 2026 → 18 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    9 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
  2. Today
    9 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 20 days
    30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    7 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 69 days
    18 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
    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

3 public bodies on the notice

South Kesteven District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCZL-1652-YMNZ Council Offices, The Picture House, St Catherine's Road,, Grantham, East Midlands, NG31 6TTContact email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender