Find a TenderPlanned procurementPipeline notice
Published 11 May 2026, 13:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Station Improvements - SQR

Authority: SE TRAINS LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrs 6 moends 1 Mar 2031 · starts 22 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Service quality review for improvements at Southeastern train stations.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products · Installation services (except software) · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · Repair and maintenance services · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How SE TRAINS LIMITED buys Electrical machinery (CPV 31), and who usually turns up

SE TRAINS LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Electrical machinery (CPV 31) →

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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 buyerSE TRAINS LIMITED · all categories
The marketElectrical machinery (CPV 31) · Greater London
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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: 12 of 18 known-size awards · market: division 31 · Greater London, n=67
67%42%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 Greater London.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 40 known-location awards · market: division 31 · Greater London, n=79
5%11%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 31 · Greater London, n=8
—62 days

Half of these awards were announced within 62 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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 37 of 41 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 31 · Greater London, n=93
90%51%

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?

i

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 buyerNo bid counts published
The market9 lots with bid counts · division 31 · Greater London
0% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
2–311%
Market: 1 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
4–667%
Market: 6 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
7+22%
Market: 2 of 9 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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 buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market8 lots with estimate and award · division 31 · Greater London
50% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50%
Market: 4 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%0%
Market: 0 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate50%
Market: 4 of 8 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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #154 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 168 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet19% single-bid risk
Past bids on 168 similar lots
1 bid19%
32 of 168 similar past lots received 1 bid (19%).
2–339%
65 of 168 similar past lots received 2–3 (39%).
4–630%
50 of 168 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+13%
21 of 168 similar past lots received 7+ (13%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

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

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.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
11 May 2026, 13:52 BST
Last source update
11 May 2026, 13:52 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043017
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Construction workElectrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lightingFurniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning productsInstallation services (except software)Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipmentRepair and maintenance servicesTransport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 May 2026 → 22 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published163 days ago
    11 May 2026, 13:52 BST
  2. Tender notice expected111 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts60 days ago
    22 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    11 May 2026, 13:52 BST
    UK1

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

SE TRAINS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 03266762 · GB-PPON: PWRR-2348-DXXP Second Floor, London, London, SE1 2AUContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender