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The provision of an MOT garage fit out, Cowley Road, Cambridge

Buyer: Cambridge City Council →

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BuyerCambridge City Council
StatusClosed
Deadline13 Apr 2026
Value£56,000
Published23 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Cambridge City Council are refurbishing an MOT garage at Cowley Road in Cambridge. This will be used to support the management of the City Council fleet vehicles and provide fully compliant MOT testing facilities. We require a company to provide input and support to the project team delivering this work to get the design to satisfactory stage to being work (from RIBA stage 3), working alongside our main contractor. The chosen company we be required to complete the install and fit out of all machinery required for the garage to be fully registered with DVSA, commissioned and operational as a working MOT garage.

Delivery location

UKH12, GB

Categories

Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles 31610000Motor vehicles 34100000Repair and maintenance services 50000000Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment 51100000Installation services of equipment for measuring, checking, testing and navigating 51200000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£56,000
Contract periodFrom 5 May 2026 to 4 May 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles, Motor vehicles, Repair and maintenance services, Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment, Installation services of equipment for measuring, checking, testing and navigatingNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Electrical equipment for engines and vehicles (31610000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 311,2235 median · 77.6 average (305 of 1,223 with a bid count)6.5 average (358 of 1,223 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH1242 median · 2 average (1 of 4 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 4 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)633 median · 3 average (1 of 63 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 63 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policynotAllowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0671ff
Latest release ID026505-2026
Latest release timestampMon Mar 23 2026 17:40:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026505-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-04-13T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-24T09:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=291e1bd5-dc26-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£56,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Mar 2026tender026505-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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