Official UK procurement notice
Statutory Notices and Advertising
Authority: Royal Borough of Greenwich (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council has a legal obligation to publish a range of statutory notices relating to its functions and responsibilities. These include, but are not limited to:
• Traffic Regulation Orders.
• Planning Notices.
• General Public Notices.
• Other legally required public advertisements.
In addition to these statutory requirements, the Council regularly places a variety of display advertising, including:
• Recruitment advertisements.
• Choice Based Lettings advertisements.
• Service promotion campaigns.
• Public consultations.
• Community and event information.
The Council currently requires publication services that provide:
• Borough-wide coverage.
• Reliable and auditable distribution.
• Digital accessibility.
• Alternative communication formats where required.
• Strong customer service and contract management.
The Council is particularly interested in understanding how suppliers can support:
• Modern publishing solutions.
• Changing resident media consumption habits.
• Increased digital engagement.
• Environmental sustainability.
• Improved accessibility.
• Delivery of social value outcomes.
CPV: Advertising services · Publishing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage — how this market runs before the tender is published
How Royal Borough of Greenwich buys Advertising and marketing services (CPV 7934) — and who usually turns up
Royal Borough of Greenwich’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Advertising and marketing services (CPV 7934) →
How the contest usually goes
This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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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 36 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.
Both shares are minimums: 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 bid10% / 5%
2–323% / 18%
4–617% / 48%
7+50% / 30%
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.
Below estimate63% / 26%
Within ±2%25% / 61%
Above estimate13% / 13%
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
Lot #1CPV 7934Published estimate£900,000
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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 40 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–318%
4–648%
7+30%
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Where the winning 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 guide, 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 | Match |
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate | |
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Coverage and what to read with care
- Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
- Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
- “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 8 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095392- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07842aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today8 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
- Market engagementin 8 days17 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTThe Royal Borough of Greenwich ("the Council") is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to inform the future procurement of Statutory Notices and Advertising Services. The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the market's capacity, capability, innovative approaches and commercial models for delivering statutory notice publication and Council advertising services. The information received will assist the Council in refining its requirements, developing its procurement strategy and ensuring that any future contract delivers value for money, compliance with statutory obligations and positive outcomes for residents. The Council is seeking feedback from suppliers who can provide local newspaper publication services, including both print and digital channels, to support the publication of statutory notices and wider Council communications. The key objectives of this engagement are to: • Test the proposed scope of the service. • Understand current market capability and capacity. • Explore innovative publishing, distribution and accessibility solutions. • Gain insight into commercial models. • Understand how suppliers can contribute to Greenwich’s social value objectives. • Identify potential risks, opportunities and barriers that should be considered in any future procurement. The Council has a legal obligation to publish a range of statutory notices relating to its functions and responsibilities. These include, but are not limited to: • Traffic Regulation Orders. • Planning Notices. • General Public Notices. • Other legally required public advertisements. In addition to these statutory requirements, the Council regularly places a variety of display advertising, including: • Recruitment advertisements. • Choice Based Lettings advertisements. • Service promotion campaigns. • Public consultations. • Community and event information. The Council currently requires publication services that provide: • Borough-wide coverage. • Reliable and auditable distribution. • Digital accessibility. • Alternative communication formats where required. • Strong customer service and contract management. The current contract is due to expire in 2027, and the Council is therefore seeking to engage with the market before commencing a formal procurement process. The Council is particularly interested in understanding how suppliers can support: • Modern publishing solutions. • Changing resident media consumption habits. • Increased digital engagement. • Environmental sustainability. • Improved accessibility. • Delivery of social value outcomes. Interested suppliers are invited to participate in this pre-market engagement exercise. The associated documentation and questionnaire are available via the Authority's e-procurement portal (Proactis). Suppliers wishing to access the documents should register (where required) and express an interest in the opportunity through the portal. https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Responses must be provided before 5pm on 16th October 2026.
- Contract startsin 154 days12 Mar 2027
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Oct 2026, 16:31 BSTUK2
- First planning notice published8 Oct 2026, 16:31 BST
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