Official UK procurement notice
W5165 Supply & Installation of Stage Lighting
Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
"The supply and installation of stage lighting with sound infrastructure in the main theatre at Walsall Arena, Hawbush Road, Walsall, WS3 1AG: Lighting suitable for a mid-sized theatre setting.
What is being bought
Published requirement description"The supply and installation of stage lighting with sound infrastructure in the main theatre at Walsall Arena, Hawbush Road, Walsall, WS3 1AG:
Lighting suitable for a mid-sized theatre setting
Sound equipment including speakers and mixers
Rigging
Installation "
CPV: Lighting equipment and electric lamps
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£300,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- 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 £600,000 (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 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council buys Lighting equipment and electric lamps (CPV 3150), and who usually turns up
Walsall Metropolitan Borough 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: Lighting equipment and electric lamps (CPV 3150) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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?
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1 bid29% / 8%
2–317% / 23%
4–613% / 38%
7+42% / 31%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate19% / 73%
Within ±2%67% / 9%
Above estimate14% / 18%
Assess each lot i
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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 3150Published estimate£300k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid14%
2–328%
4–615%
7+44%
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Based on 9 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£257k–£300k
Estimate£300k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Adlib AudioSME | £2.4m12 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £594k i | 3% below n=5 |
| £381k3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £720k i | 17% below n=2 | |
| £510k6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £429k i | 6% below n=5 | |
| £42k1 award in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £117k1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 28 Sept 2026, 18:22 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
W5165- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098198- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077beaFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published45 days ago28 Sept 2026, 18:22 BST
- Market engagement36 days ago8 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Refer to Stage Lighting PME documentation. PME raised on In-tend
- Next notice expected31 days ago13 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published27 days ago16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BST
- Clarification questions by3 days ago9 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 3 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 21 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 51 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 18:22 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 16:57 BST
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender