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Published 15 Oct 2026, 10:11 BST

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Water Hygiene Services · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Caledonian Sleeper Limited

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£680,000exc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Nov 202616:00 GMT · 31d 15h left

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Caledonian Sleeper is tendering for legionella testing and water hygiene services on-train and at office and lounge locations

CPV: Hygiene services · Plumbing and sanitary works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal
Delivery: ScotlandTurnover guideline: ~£1,360,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: Additional office or lounge locations within Scotland may be added during the course of the contract · 1 x 12 month extensionVariant bids: not allowed

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: 80Price: 40Environmental: 20
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Portal Performance: 30
  • Supply Chain Management: 20
  • Service delivery: 30
  • price: 40
  • Environmental Policies: 20
Published award criteria (5)
  • Portal Performance: 30
  • Supply Chain Management: 20
  • Service delivery: 30
  • Environmental Policies: 20
  • Price: 40

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,360,000 (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 Caledonian Sleeper Limited runs Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up

Caledonian Sleeper Limited procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, 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: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →

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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 buyerCaledonian Sleeper Limited · all its clients
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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: 7 of 11 known-size awards · market: CPV 8514 · Scotland, n=12
64%50%

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 Scotland.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 8514 · Scotland, n=10
83%80%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.

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: no decision dates published · market: CPV 8514 · UK-wide, n=57
—50 days

Half of these awards were announced within 50 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

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

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: CPV 8514 · Scotland, n=13
—46%

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

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 buyer12 lots with bid counts · all categories
17% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 8514 · Scotland
40% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid17% / 40%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–367% / 30%
Buyer: 8 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 30%
Buyer: 0 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+17% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 10 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 buyer3 lots with estimate and award · all categories · too few to chart
The market92 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8514 · UK-wide
25% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate25%
Market: 23 of 92 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60%
Market: 55 of 92 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate15%
Market: 14 of 92 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 851435 monthsPublished estimate£680k
Expected competition
i

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. The bar shows 10 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet40% single-bid risk
Past bids on 10 similar lots
1 bid40%
4 of 10 similar past lots received 1 bid (40%).
2–330%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–630%
3 of 10 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+0%
0 of 10 similar past lots received 7+ (0%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £680k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Oct 2026, 10:11 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2026, 10:11 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Nov 2026 – …
Authority reference
CPT-080
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097310
Classification (CPV)
Hygiene servicesPlumbing and sanitary works
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07882e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845729. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:845729) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=845729

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland
Submission portal named on this notice: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
16 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Oct 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published1 day ago
    15 Oct 2026, 10:11 BST
  2. Today
    16 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 32 days
    16 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  4. Bids openedin 32 days
    16 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT

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

Caledonian Sleeper Limited

Contracting authorityRailway services Basement and Ground Floor Premises, 1-5 Union Street, Inverness, UK, IV1 1PPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriffs officeReview body Glasgow

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria