Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Removal & Installation of Junior Multiplay Equipment
Authority: Trowbridge Town Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTrowbridge Town Council is inviting quotations from suitably experienced play equipment suppliers/installers to remove the existing junior multiplay unit at Paxcroft Brook Play Area and supply and install a replacement unit of similar scale and function.
CPV: Playground equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£36,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: Best Value Scoring Matrix Tenders will be evaluated on best value rather than lowest price alone, with the primary emphasis on play value to children in the junior age range. Each criterion is scored 0-5 and multiplied by its weighting to give a weighted score out of 100. Criterion Weighting Score (0-5) What is being assessed Play value & variety of play experience for the junior age range 40% 0-5 Range and richness of play patterns offered (e.g. climbing, sliding, balance, agility, social play) for the target age group Age-appropriateness & play value (typically ages 5-12) 15% 0-5 Suitability of scale and challenge level for the junior age range specifically, not a scaled-up toddler unit Build quality & durability of materials 15% 0-5 Specification of materials, finish and expected service life Compliance & safety certification 10% 0-5 Conformity with BS EN 1176 / BS EN 1177 (or successor standards) and a satisfactory RoSPA post-installation inspection Price / value for money 15% 0-5 Not lowest cost alone - overall value relative to play value and quality offered Warranty & aftercare support 5% 0-5 Length and scope of warranty; availability of spare parts and maintenance support Total 100% Scoring guide: Score Meaning 0 Does not meet the requirement / no information provided 1 Poor - significant shortfall against the requirement 2 Below average - partially meets the requirement 3 Satisfactory - meets the requirement 4 Good - exceeds the requirement in some respects 5 Excellent - fully meets and clearly exceeds the requirement Weighted score = (raw score ÷ 5) × weighting. The tender with the highest total weighted score out of 100 will be recommended for award.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £72,000 (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 Trowbridge Town Council buys Playground equipment (CPV 3753), and who usually turns up
Trowbridge Town Council has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Playground equipment (CPV 3753) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 19 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
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 bid6%
2–347%
4–641%
7+6%
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 estimate27%
Within ±2%47%
Above estimate27%
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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.
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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 3753Published estimate£36k
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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 bid6%
2–334%
4–638%
7+21%
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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 7 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%£35k–£36k
Estimate£36k
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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HAGS SMP LtdSME | £4.6m43 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £446k 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=11 |
| £6.2m71 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 14 live · £3.1m 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=17 | |
ProludicSME | £2.2m14 awards in 36m · last this month | 4 live · £686k 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 |
| £1.7m17 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 6 live · £771k 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. | 2% below n=3 | |
| £3.0m37 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 9 live · £1.2m 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. | 2% below n=9 |
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.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 07:57 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 07:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084663- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f40dFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Please submit your written quotation and supporting documents to:
Contact: Stuart Legg, Director of Estates, Assets & Operational Services
Organisation: Trowbridge Town Council
Email: [email protected]
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago8 Sept 2026, 07:57 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 1 day23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadlinein 8 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 101 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 07:57 BSTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender