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Published 5 Nov 2026, 15:40 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

T26-153ENV Supply and Delivery of Dual Operator High-Pressure Hot-Water Trailer Washer Unit

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£85,000£85,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 4 Dec 202612:00 GMT · 28 days left
Clarification cut-off 20 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 6 moends 1 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Feb 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the provision of: 1 no. new, dual operator, high-pressure, hot-water trailer washer unit in accordance with the requirements set out in this specification. The successful Contractor shall supply, deliver, commission, provide operator and technical training and maintain the equipment as detailed herein. The unit shall be a professional-grade, enclosed trailer-mounted, dual operator, high-pressure, hot-water washer system suitable for continuous operational use with a working time of 5-8 hours and shall meet or exceed the minimum specifications outlined below. Final acceptance shall be based on an inspection carried out by Derry City and Strabane District Council Fleet Manager or designate.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the provision of: 1 no. new, dual operator, high-pressure, hot-water trailer washer unit in accordance with the requirements set out in this specification. The successful Contractor shall supply, deliver, commission, provide operator and technical training and maintain the equipment as detailed herein. The unit shall be a professional-grade, enclosed trailer-mounted, dual operator, high-pressure, hot-water washer system suitable for continuous operational use with a working time of 5-8 hours and shall meet or exceed the minimum specifications outlined below. Equipment to be delivered to specification, fully fuelled, Pre-Delivery Inspected and with a complete set of replacement Original Equipment filters. Final acceptance shall be based on an inspection carried out by Derry City and Strabane District Council Fleet Manager or designate. Failure to comply with all aspects of specification may result in refusal. Your submission must be submitted via eTendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Tanker trailers · Trailers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 6 moPublished value£85,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 1 Aug 2027 (6 mo)Value: £85,000 exc. VAT · £85,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern IrelandTurnover guideline: ~£170,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored

Lot awarding rule: Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £170,000 (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 Derry City and Strabane District Council buys Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers (CPV 3422), and who usually turns up

Derry City and Strabane District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers (CPV 3422) →

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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 buyerDerry City and Strabane District Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 125 of 144 known-size awards · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=13
87%69%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 64 of 77 known-location awards · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=15
83%47%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 92 decided notices · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=5
47 days59 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 47 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 54 of 147 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=28
37%50%

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 buyer176 lots with bid counts · all categories
35% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 3422 · UK-wide
40% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid35% / 40%
Buyer: 62 of 176 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 60%
Buyer: 71 of 176 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–614% / 0%
Buyer: 25 of 176 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+10% / 0%
Buyer: 18 of 176 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 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 buyer122 lots with estimate and award · all categories
25% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3422 · UK-wide
80% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate25% / 80%
Buyer: 31 of 122 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%53% / 0%
Buyer: 65 of 122 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21% / 20%
Buyer: 26 of 122 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 5 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 #1CPV 34226 monthsPublished estimate£85k
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.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

3expected bids47% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 2
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid47%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 47%. This is a forecast.
2–340%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 40%. This is a forecast.
4–610%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 10%. This is a forecast.
7+3%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 3%. This is a forecast.
Check who supplied similar work and whether the route limits bidders.
Commercial price forecast
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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 2 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.

£81k4% below estimate
2 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£68k–£94k
Half of likely prices fall between £68,412 and £94,096.
Estimate£85k
The buyer published an estimate of £85,000 for this lot.
A 0% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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?
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
2 panel places
£46m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago3 live · £104m
i

Public 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.

28% above n=2
1 panel places
£68m7 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago5 live · £68m
i

Public 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.

13% above n=4
1 panel places
£227k6 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago3 live · £138k
i

Public 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
£1.8m5 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago2 live · £1.4m
i

Public 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=1
1 panel places
£93k5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago5 live · £12m
i

Public 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
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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
  • 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
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
5 Nov 2026, 15:40 GMT
Last source update
5 Nov 2026, 15:40 GMT
Authority reference
T26-153ENV Supply and Delivery of Dual Operator High-Pressure Hot-Water Trailer Washer Unit
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105357
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Tanker trailersTrailers
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b59f Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £85,000 excludes VAT (£85,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published12h ago
    5 Nov 2026, 15:40 GMT
  2. Today
    6 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    4 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 86 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    5 Nov 2026, 15:40 GMT
    UK4

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

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG Council Offices, 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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