Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Servicing, Repair, Maintenance and Collection of Vehicles and Equipment for Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service
Authority: Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority (Police & fire)·On behalf of: BlueLight Commercial Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlueLight Commercial are tendering for a supplier for the provision of servicing, repair, maintenance and collection of vehicles and equipment for Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.
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- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Aug 2033, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£10,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documentation.
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).
- Technical Criteria: Technical Criteria = 60% Weighting
- Social Value Criteria: Social Value Criteria = 10% Weighting
- Commercial/Price Criteria: Commercial/Price Criteria = 30% Weighting
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documentation.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £4,197,700 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up
Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority’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: Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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 East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East Midlands.
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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 75 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 bid17%
2–367%
4–617%
7+0%
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 estimate17%
Within ±2%33%
Above estimate50%
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 5011Published estimate£11m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid21%
2–342%
4–622%
7+15%
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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.
Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£11m
Estimate£11m
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.
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.
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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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| £1.4bn28 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 12 live · £194m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £7.1m28 awards in 36m · last this month | 6 live · £41m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
| £13m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 12 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% below n=11 | |
| £5.6m15 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £2.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £3.3m16 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 6 live · £3.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 |
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Aug 2033
- First published
- 15 Jun 2026, 15:34 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
BLC0338- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091368- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b539Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
15 Jun 2026 → 24 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published129 days ago15 Jun 2026, 15:34 BST
- Market engagement103 days ago10 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
BlueLight Commercial in conjunction with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service have developed a proposed specification for this upcoming servicing, repair, and maintenance requirement.
If you are interested in reviewing these documents and providing any feedback ahead of any upcoming tender process please make an expression of interest at atamis-7459.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
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- Next notice expected79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published24 days ago28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
- Clarification questions by10 days ago12 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 2 days23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 33 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 94 days24 Jan 2027
Notice history
7 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Jun 2026, 15:34 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £10,500,00028 Sept 2026, 11:50 BSTwas £8,000,000
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
- Buyer details updated28 Sept 2026, 11:50 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- BlueLight Commercial LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityPublic authority - sub-central governmentBlueLight Commercial are conducting the procurement activity on behalf of Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.
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