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Published 15 Oct 2026, 10:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Testing, Maintenance, Servicing and Repair of Air Compressors and Ancillary Compressed Air Equipment

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£75,000≈ £38k / year · £90,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 9 Nov 202616:00 GMT · 24d 15h left
Clarification cut-off 9 Nov 202616:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 4 Jan 2029 · up to 4 Jan 2032 with extensions · starts 5 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council has an estate of approximately 450 properties across the district covering a range of property types including (but not limited to) offices, schools, libraries, leisure centres, residential homes, private residences and commercial premises. All bidders shall note that due to the Councils property realignment programme the number of properties is likely to fluctuate throughout the duration of the Contract. The Council’s Built Environment department requires a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to undertake the servicing and Repair of our Air Compressors & Ancillary compressed air equipment sites ensuring compliance with all manufacturer’s recommendations / specifications.

CPV: Air compressors · Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£75,000
Contract period: 5 Jan 2027 – 4 Jan 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 Jan 2032 with extensionsValue: £75,000 exc. VAT · £90,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£74,897/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: It is anticipated that the contract will run from 5th January 2027 or any later date determined by the Council for an initial period of two years. After which the Council reserves the right to extend the Contract for a further 3 x 1 year periods. The decision to extend the Contract will be based on: • continuing need and funding for such services • satisfactory Contractor performance within the initial contract period • prices remaining acceptable to the Council by continuing to provide good value for money Contractors must be prepared and able to commence servicing the contract from the contract start date.

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: Quality 45% Social Value 10% Price 45%

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 £74,897 (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 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council buys Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212), and who usually turns up

City of Bradford Metropolitan District 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: Pumps and compressors (CPV 4212) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat 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: 121 of 245 known-size awards · market: CPV 4212 · UK-wide, n=57
49%46%

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.

Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 192 of 367 known-location awards · market: CPV 4212 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=6
52%50%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

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 deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 42 decided notices · market: division 42 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=14
37 days56 days

Half of these awards were announced within 37 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 283 of 355 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4212 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=6
80%67%

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 buyer65 lots with bid counts · all categories
37% had one bid
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 4212 · UK-wide
43% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid37% / 43%
Buyer: 24 of 65 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–312% / 43%
Buyer: 8 of 65 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–634% / 14%
Buyer: 22 of 65 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+17% / 0%
Buyer: 11 of 65 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 7 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 buyer53 lots with estimate and award · all categories
19% below estimate
The market22 lots with estimate and award · division 42 · Yorkshire and the Humber
41% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate19% / 41%
Buyer: 10 of 53 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%72% / 45%
Buyer: 38 of 53 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate9% / 14%
Buyer: 5 of 53 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 22 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 421224 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£75k
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. The bar shows 28 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet21% single-bid risk
Past bids on 28 similar lots
1 bid21%
6 of 28 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–336%
10 of 28 similar past lots received 2–3 (36%).
4–632%
9 of 28 similar past lots received 4–6 (32%).
7+11%
3 of 28 similar past lots received 7+ (11%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £75k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
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
15 Oct 2026, 10:33 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2026, 10:33 BST
Authority reference
CBMDC100115141
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097326
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Air compressorsRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078838 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £75,000 excludes VAT (£90,000 including VAT).

Timeline

15 Oct 2026 → 5 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    15 Oct 2026, 10:33 BST
  2. Today
    16 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 25 days
    9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 25 days
    9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 81 days
    5 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Oct 2026, 10:33 BST
    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

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBWW-4714-TBHN Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber, BD1 1HXContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender