Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UOW993 Access Control & Intruder Alarms

Authority: University of Worcester (Education)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 11 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The University of Worcester is looking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced contractors to provide routine servicing, maintenance, and reactive call out services for its existing SALTO access control and GALAXY intruder alarm system across the University estate. We are looking to divide the requirement into the following lots:

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Worcester is looking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced contractors to provide routine servicing, maintenance, and reactive call out services for its existing SALTO access control and GALAXY intruder alarm system across the University estate.

We are looking to divide the requirement into the following lots:

Lot 1 – Access Control Systems

Lot 2 – Intruder Alarm Systems

CPV: Access control system · Repair and maintenance services of security equipment · Surveillance and security systems and devices

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Aug 2027 – 31 Jul 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How University of Worcester buys Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment (CPV 4296), and who usually turns up

University of Worcester’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: Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment (CPV 4296) →

1

How the contest usually goes

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

How often do SMEs win?
i

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

Buyer: 45 of 64 known-size awards · market: CPV 4296 · West Midlands, n=5
70%60%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 6 of 29 known-location awards · market: CPV 4296 · UK-wide, n=31
21%58%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: CPV 4296 · UK-wide, n=6
99 days40 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 99 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 13 of 33 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4296 · West Midlands, n=5
39%40%

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?

i
This buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
7% had one bid
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 4296 · UK-wide
13% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (14) / the market (8) · select a colour for counts
1 bid7% / 13%
Buyer: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 25%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–643% / 25%
Buyer: 6 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+36% / 38%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i
This buyerToo few to chart: 3 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market8 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4296 · UK-wide
50% below estimate
% of the market's 8 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50%
Market: 4 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%38%
Market: 3 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13%
Market: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 429624 monthsEstimate not published
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 18 past lots.

—No model forecast yet17% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 18 similar lots
1 bid17%
3 of 18 similar past lots received 1 bid (17%).
2–328%
5 of 18 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–633%
6 of 18 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+22%
4 of 18 similar past lots received 7+ (22%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

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Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
10 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
Last source update
10 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
Authority reference
UOW993
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106711
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Access control systemRepair and maintenance services of security equipmentSurveillance and security systems and devices
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b8a7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Nov 2026 → 1 Aug 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    10 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 23 days
    7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

    The PME document can be accessed at: in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofworcester/aspx/Home

    There is a questionnaire to be completed and submitted through the in-Tend portal

  4. Tender notice expectedin 58 days
    11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 259 days
    1 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Nov 2026, 14:23 GMT
    UK2

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

University of Worcester

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYJR-8772-LLDP Henwick Grove, Worcester, West Midlands, WR2 6AJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure