Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Erection of Access Equipment (Scaffold & Mobile Towers) (H817)
Authority: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDudley MBC requires ongoing access to safe and compliant working at height solutions to deliver essential repairs and maintenance across the Council’s housing stock. As the Council does not have any in‑house expertise for the erection and dismantling of access equipment and scaffolding, this service is essential to ensure works can be undertaken safely and in full compliance with statutory obligations, including the Working at Height Regulations (2005), the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), and the CDM Regulations (2015).
CPV: Equipment for scaffolding · Scaffolding · Scaffolding erection work · Scaffolding structures · Scaffolding work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished valueAED 1,600,000
- Value
- AED 1,600,000 exc. VAT · AED 1,920,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial term of the contract will be for the period of 3 years from the commencement date but may be extended by mutual agreement by increments of 1 year to an expiry date no later than 2030. The services will be subject of review in the 3rd year and the results of those reviews will inform the Council’s decision whether or not to offer any extension.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Quality/Technical 60% Price 40%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council buys Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421) — and who usually turns up
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4421 (1 route not published) · 7 in division 44 (1 route not published) · 104 in all categories (27 without competition · 10 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 20 lots. 10 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 10 from older notices (bids received, middle 2.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 20 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 11 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 134 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 44), last 36 months: 6 notices.
West Midlands · Structures and parts of structures (CPV 4421)
contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 24 in CPV 4421 (18 competed, 3 route not published) · 218 in division 44 (156 competed, 31 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 7 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 7 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 6 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 8 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 7 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4421), last 36 months: 20 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 11 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,600,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile 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 columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. 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- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Authority reference
26005- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a6d7Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published118 days ago27 May 2026, 16:52 BST
- Market engagement99 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
The pre-market engagement process will consist of the completion of a questionnaire which requires a response before Monday 15th June 2026. The questionnaire can be found on Dudley MBC's e-tendering portal - https://intendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/Home Participation or non-participation in more…
the pre-market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council. ***THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION*** - Tender notice publishedearlier today22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Submission deadlinein 29 days21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract startsin 69 days1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,600,00022 Sept 2026, 13:48 BSTwas £1,150,000
- Status changed to active22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST22 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 May 2026, 16:52 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender