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Published 11 Nov 2026, 09:40 GMT

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Competition analysis

Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£175,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 11 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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CPV: Ballpoint pens

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 mo
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 mo)
30192121 Ballpoint pens

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Hampshire County Council buys Various office equipment and supplies (CPV 3019), and who usually turns up

Hampshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Various office equipment and supplies (CPV 3019) →

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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 buyerHampshire County Council · division 30
The marketVarious office equipment and supplies (CPV 3019)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 0 of 6 known-size awards · market: CPV 3019 · South East England (authority’s region), n=13
0%54%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).

Buyer: 0 of 0 known-location awards · market: CPV 3019 · South East England (authority’s region), n=11
0 of 027%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 3019 · UK-wide, n=9
—58 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 58 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 0 of 0 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3019 · South East England (authority’s region), n=13
0 of 077%

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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This buyer31 lots with bid counts · all categories
10% had one bid
The market23 lots with bid counts · CPV 3019 · UK-wide
9% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (31) / the market (23) · select a colour for counts
1 bid10% / 9%
Buyer: 3 of 31 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 35%
Buyer: 9 of 31 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
4–623% / 35%
Buyer: 7 of 31 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 23 lots with published bid counts.
7+39% / 22%
Buyer: 12 of 31 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 23 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer18 lots with estimate and award · all categories
28% below estimate
The market13 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3019 · UK-wide
23% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (18) / the market (13) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate28% / 23%
Buyer: 5 of 18 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%72% / 54%
Buyer: 13 of 18 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 23%
Buyer: 0 of 18 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 30191 monthPublished estimate£175k
Expected competition
i

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 23 past lots.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 23 similar lots
1 bid9%
2 of 23 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–335%
8 of 23 similar past lots received 2–3 (35%).
4–635%
8 of 23 similar past lots received 4–6 (35%).
7+22%
5 of 23 similar past lots received 7+ (22%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £175k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packagesRetender Radar, CPV 30: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
11 Nov 2026, 09:40 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
Authority reference
11112026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106963
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Ballpoint pens
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b929 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 09:40 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected3 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Contract startsin 105 days
    1 Mar 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 09:40 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £175,000
    11 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
    was £50,000,000

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hampshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBHM-7586-PWLP High St, The Castle, Winchester, South East, SO23 8UJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure