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Published 14 Oct 2026, 13:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Theatre Event Management Software

Authority: Surrey Heath Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£38,000≈ £13k / year · £45,600 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 11 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 27d 8h left
Clarification cut-off 4 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Theatre Event Management Software for Camberley Theatre

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CPV: Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£38,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensionsValue: £38,000 exc. VAT · £45,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£25,310/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: Period or periods of up to 2 years maximum

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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2: 40%
  • Criterion 1: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2

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

What this means for your bid
  • 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 £25,310 (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 Surrey Heath Borough Council buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up

Surrey Heath Borough 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: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →

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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 buyerSurrey Heath Borough Council · all categories
The marketSoftware-related services (CPV 7226) · South East England
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: 22 of 24 known-size awards · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=73
92%33%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 South East England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 of 35 known-location awards · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=93
46%24%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.

How long to a decision?
i

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: 16 decided notices · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=6
32 days134 days

Half of these awards were announced within 32 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 5 of 36 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7226 · South East England, n=116
14%72%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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 buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
7% had one bid
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 7226 · South East England
14% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid7% / 14%
Buyer: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–350% / 43%
Buyer: 7 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–621% / 29%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+21% / 14%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 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 buyer28 lots with estimate and award · all categories
57% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7226 · South East England
40% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate57% / 40%
Buyer: 16 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%29% / 60%
Buyer: 8 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 0%
Buyer: 4 of 28 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 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 722636 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£38k
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.

4expected bids6% single-bid risk
forecast from 23 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid6%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 6%. This is a forecast.
2–354%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 54%. This is a forecast.
4–616%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 16%. This is a forecast.
7+24%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 24%. This is a forecast.
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 4 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.

£34k12% below estimate
4 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£30k–£38k
Half of likely prices fall between £30,287 and £38,000.
Estimate£38k
The buyer published an estimate of £38,000 for this lot.
A 25% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

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.

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
4 wins in South East England13 panel places
£835m61 awards in 36m · last this month12 live · £35m
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.

7% below n=4
9 wins in South East England20 panel places
£47m171 awards in 36m · last this month63 live · £164m
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.

7% below n=20
1 win in South East England
£1.9m6 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago3 live · £1.5m
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.

17% below n=1
2 wins in South East England1 panel places
£232k8 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago4 live · £263k
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
£22m14 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago4 live · £8.7m
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.

17% below n=2
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
14 Oct 2026, 13:47 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 13:47 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097028
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Industry specific software packageSoftware package and information systemsSoftware-related services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078797 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £38,000 excludes VAT (£45,600 including VAT).

Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    14 Oct 2026, 13:47 BST
  2. Today
    15 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 20 days
    4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 47 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 13:47 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

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQQL-9321-BBQX Surrey Heath House, Knoll Road, Camberley, South East, GU15 3HDContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender