Official UK procurement notice
Vehicle Maintenance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Exeter (Education)
The University of Exeter requires routine and ad hoc servicing and maintenance of university owned vehicles. This requirement is to cover approximately 15 vehicles across our Exeter sites (Streatham and St Lukes Campus) however this figure may increase or decrease during the life of the contract. The contract length will be for three years with the option to extend for one additional year. The Supplier must have an established operational presence within Devon and operate a suitably equipped vehicle maintenance workshop capable of supporting the University's fleet. The Supplier must be able to provide timely vehicle collection, servicing, repair and return services to the University's Exeter campuses, including short notice and urgent requirements where necessary.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Exeter requires routine and ad hoc servicing and maintenance of university owned vehicles. This requirement is to cover approximately 15 vehicles across our Exeter sites (Streatham and St Lukes Campus) however this figure may increase or decrease during the life of the contract. The anticipated service provisions will include all routine, planned maintenance and servicing to the manufacturer’s specification, annual MOT testing, and emergency breakdown callouts. The contract length will be for three years with the option to extend for one additional year. The Supplier must have an established operational presence within Devon and operate a suitably equipped vehicle maintenance workshop capable of supporting the University's fleet. The Supplier must be able to provide timely vehicle collection, servicing, repair and return services to the University's Exeter campuses, including short notice and urgent requirements where necessary.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£40,300
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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 morei
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).
Lot awarding rule: Scored requirements - 60% Pricing element - 40%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £26,769 (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 University of Exeter buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up
University of Exeter’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: Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) →
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid36% / 30%
2–320% / 40%
4–624% / 30%
7+20% / 0%
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.
Below estimate47% / 14%
Within ±2%47% / 43%
Above estimate5% / 43%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 5011Published estimate£40k
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid30%
2–340%
4–630%
7+0%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ZLC Energy LtdLive contract | PV ST Maintenanceruns to Feb 2027 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
46% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
46% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (46% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
PV ST Maintenance — held by ZLC Energy Ltd; the published contract ends 3 Feb 2027.
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
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
- Authority reference
PO/2026/1265/VW- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104036- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079633Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- E10000008
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 17 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 8 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published16h ago3 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 8 days12 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 13 days17 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 33 days8 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 10:04 GMTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender