Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 19 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Stopham Road, Pulborough · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Stonewater Limited (Public body)

WorksAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£9,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 24 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 28 Feb 2028 · starts 8 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The procurement exercise is to identify a suitable and qualified contractor to deliver affordable homes at the Pulborough site.

The scheme involves the construction of 29 new dwellings and associated hard and soft landscaping on the land to the North of Stopham Rd including Section 278 Highway improvement works to Stopham Rd. All works will be let through a JCT contract between the successful Contractor and Stonewater.

The housing development consists of 22 nr. Houses, 1 nr. wheelchair accessible M4(3) Bungalow & 6 nr Flats, with a Gross Floor Area of 2560 m2. The proposed dwellings comprise of 1-, 2-, 3-and 4-bedroom units with a mixed tenure, affordable and social rent. The following plots are to be affordable rent; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Finally the housing development includes the construction of soft and hard landscaping areas, and an estate spine road. The spine road will run from Stopham Rd through to the new train station car park to the Northeast and will be constructed to adoptable standard but not adopted.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yr 4 mo
Contract period: 8 Nov 2026 – 28 Feb 2028 (1 yr 4 mo)
Delivery: South East

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Stonewater Limited buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up

Stonewater 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: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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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 buyerStonewater Limited · division 45
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · South East England
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: 2 of 5 known-size awards · market: division 45 · South East England, n=907
40%76%

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 South East England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 7 known-location awards · market: division 45 · South East England, n=1,368
86%43%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 86% against 43%, n=7.

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: 12 decided notices · market: division 45 · South East England, n=276
105 days42 days

Half of these awards were announced within 105 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 2 of 4 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 45 · South East England, n=1,514
2 of 430%

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 buyer6 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
83% had one bid
The market311 lots with bid counts · division 45 · South East England
12% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid83% / 12%
Buyer: 5 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 38 of 311 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 23%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 70 of 311 lots with published bid counts.
4–617% / 29%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 89 of 311 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 37%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 114 of 311 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 buyer26 lots with estimate and award · all categories
31% below estimate
The market293 lots with estimate and award · division 45 · South East England
44% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate31% / 44%
Buyer: 8 of 26 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 129 of 293 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%23% / 27%
Buyer: 6 of 26 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 80 of 293 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate46% / 29%
Buyer: 12 of 26 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 84 of 293 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 #116 monthsPublished estimate£9.0m
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 311 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet12% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 311 similar lots
1 bid12%
38 of 311 similar past lots received 1 bid (12%).
2–323%
70 of 311 similar past lots received 2–3 (23%).
4–629%
89 of 311 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+37%
114 of 311 similar past lots received 7+ (37%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £9.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
19 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
Authority reference
00146-DVP
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025414
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
South East (UKJ22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066f84 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Mar 2026 → 8 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published217 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
  2. Market engagement188 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    There are no formal dates for meeting to discuss the project. We welcome interested parties reaching out to ask clarification questions or offer suggestions about the intended delivery method for the site.

    The document providing the outline of the project can be accessed within the Delta portal using the code W4RUWHN853. We will be accepting expressions of interest through to 17th April 2026.

  3. Tender notice expected151 days ago
    24 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 16 days
    8 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 16:24 GMT
    UK2

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

Stonewater Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVMT-4274-HPBN Suite C, Lancaster House, Enderby Road, Leicester, East Midlands, LE8 6EPContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure