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Soft Facilities Management - Soft market testing

Cleaning services
Facility related sanitation services
Security services
South West (UKK11)
Published value
£20,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bristol City Council: "Soft Facilities Management - Soft market testing". Published status: planning. Published value: £20,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBristol City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£20,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Bristol City Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Bristol City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9.5Bids / Report
9.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
NKS CONTRACTS (CENTRAL) LIMITEDTop vendor: 58.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 890 active published awards; 11 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
NKS CONTRACTS (CENTRAL) LIMITED1 win£589,923
DRAGON PLAY & SPORTS LTD1 win£368,944
BERNHARDS SPORTS SURFACES LIMITED1 win£43,239
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBristol City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
Last source update28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCleaning services, Facility related sanitation services, Security services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d502
What is being bought
Bristol City Council (BCC) is seeking to define the most efficient and cost-effective method for its soft facilities management across its estate The purpose of this engagement is to assess the market's capacity to meet Bristol City Council's facilities management needs, gather supplier insights, and inform future delivery strategies. The council is committed to delivering high-quality services while ensuring value for money and sustainability. The ask of the market is to provide information across cleaning, security, pest control, cash and valuables in transit, and window cleaning services on the following aspects: - Innovative practices - Value Delivery in Contracts - Pricing Models - Market Capacity - Resource Allocation - Sustainability Practices Further information around this soft market engagement can be found in the Soft Market Engagement form that is attached to the ProContract Project, a link can be found in this notice. The deadline for submitting your Soft Market Engagement form is 12:00 on 6th November 2025. Please note, the duration / value of the contract is still TBC. The information provided may change on the basis of market engagement.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £20,000,000
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    28 Oct 2025, 11:16 GMT
  3. engagement
    6 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Bristol City Council is seeking engagement from the market by way of submitting a Soft Market Engagement form via ProContract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=bd3917a3-e6b3-f011-813a-005056b64545 The Council may choose to have 1 to 1 meetings where information submitted needs clarifying. The Council does not commit to any route to market as a result of this market engagement process, and reserves the right to cancel the project in its entirety.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bristol City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWXH-3837-PDTD
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  • Bristol City Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PWXH-3837-PDTD
    City Hall, College Green, Bristol, UKK11, BS1 5TR, GB
    tom.lynes@bristol.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published