Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Temporary Storage & Site Accommodation
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthumberland County Council are seeking to appoint a contractor for the provision of the hire of temporary storage and site accommodation units including all maintenance, delivery, collection, testing, operator training, monitoring and where applicable, weekly servicing of toilets and consumables throughout the county of Northumberland.
The hire of temporary site accommodation includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Anti vandal office/canteen
- All in one anti vandal 'welfare' units
- All in one 'Eco Welfare Unit'
- Welfare van
- Anti vandal high security store containers
- Drying rooms
The hire of secure anti vandal toilet units, including, but not limited to:
- Self-contained chemical toilet including cleaning and restocking on a weekly basis
•Toilet block facility 2 + 1
- Toilet block facility 3 + 1
- Shower unit
CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,800,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Weighting: 40%
- Price Weighting: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price Weighting
- Quality Weighting
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,797,538 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Northumberland County Council buys Construction structures and materials (CPV 44), and who usually turns up
Northumberland County Council’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 structures and materials (CPV 44) →
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 North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.
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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 35 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 bid0% / 0%
2–352% / 29%
4–639% / 33%
7+9% / 38%
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 estimate36% / 33%
Within ±2%36% / 13%
Above estimate27% / 53%
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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 #1Published estimate£1.8m
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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 bid7%
2–351%
4–633%
7+10%
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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 16 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%£1.6m–£1.8m
Estimate£1.8m
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Sunbelt Rentals LtdLarge | £16m35 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £1.1m 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=4 |
PORTAKABIN LIMITEDLarge | £5.9m24 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £554k 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 |
| £300k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £468k 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. | 10% above n=2 | |
John Nixon LtdLarge | £185k2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £185k 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 |
Wernick HireLarge | £881k5 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | 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.
- 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
61% title match.
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.
61% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (61% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
NCC1296 Temporary Storage and Site Accommodation — held by Sunbelt Rentals Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
NCC1988- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091288- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06db80Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please visit www.open-uk.org ↗ and search for reference #OPEN20261766
Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 13 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published77 days ago4 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
- Market engagement45 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Northumberland County Council is publishing this PME notice to provide early visibility of the upcoming Temporary Storage & Site Accommodation opportunity. This pre-market engagement aims to inform the market of the anticipated requirements and enable interested suppliers to prepare ahead of the future competitive process.
Suppliers may use the contact details provided within this notice to submit initial questions regarding the project or to confirm their interest in the forthcoming procurement. Northumberland County Council will aim to respond to as many questions as reasonably possible during the pre-market engagement period. All expressions of interest and enquiries recevied at this stage will be used solely to inform and coordinate engagement activity and do not constitute participation in, or confer any advantage within any future competitive processes.
- Next notice expected25 days ago24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published22 days ago28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Clarification questions by1 day ago19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 6 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 35 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 85 days13 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Aug 2026, 15:08 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,800,00028 Sept 2026, 10:13 BSTwas £0
- Status changed to active28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Procurement method changed28 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT28 Sept 2026, 10:13 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
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender