Official UK procurement notice
Tender to Establish a Framework for the Supply and Delivery of Various Containers at Household Recycling Centres
Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTenders are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the appointment of suppliers to a framework for the supply and delivery of Various Containers at Household Recycling Centres.
- Not divided into lots: The Council has considered the use of Lots for this contract but does not believe the use of Lots is suitable. A framework agreement is considered the most suitable approach, reflecting the nature of the requirement
CPV: Containers for waste material · Recycling equipment · Refuse skips
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 1 yr · up to 4 yrs from 4 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework
Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£220,000
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see 'Document A - Invitation to tender' for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details. b. Compliance with Specification - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details. c. Health and Safety compliance - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details.
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)
- Service Delivery Plan: 20%
- Cost: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Service Delivery Plan: Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Cost: Please see Document A - Invitation to Tender for full details.
- Economic & financial standing
a. Insurances - Please see 'Document A - Invitation to tender' for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
a. Minimum Standards of Experience - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details. b. Compliance with Specification - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details. c. Health and Safety compliance - Please see Document A - Invitation to tender for full details.
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Tender to Establish a Framework for the Supply and Delivery of Various…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Ards and North Down Borough Council buys Tanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vessels (CPV 4461), and who usually turns up
Ards and North Down Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Tanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vessels (CPV 4461) →
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.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Northern Ireland.
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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 85 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.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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 bid15%
2–338%
4–615%
7+31%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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 4461Published estimate£220k
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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. The bar shows 13 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid15%
2–338%
4–615%
7+31%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.
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 match score 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2026, 13:08 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 13:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096534- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07867eFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗
Timeline
13 Oct 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago13 Oct 2026, 13:08 BST
- Today14 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 26 days9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 26 days · period end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 70 days22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 82 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Oct 2026, 13:08 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender