Find a TenderPlanned procurement
Published 16 Feb 2026, 17:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Westlea Multi Use Games Area

Authority: West Swindon Parish Council (Local council)

GoodsCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Prices for supply and installation.

We are looking for a MUGA to be replaced in our Westlea play area (///recent.dunes.hosts. SN5 7AP). Consisting of two goal ends (goals and baskets), low fence around perimeter, and sports markings on surfacing. Installed into existing tarmac surface that is roughly 15m * 25m. Non weld mesh construction preferred.

CPV: Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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 were scored
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality of product: 20%
  • Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price: 80
  • Quality of product: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    We are looking for a MUGA to be replaced in our Westlea play area (///recent.dunes.hosts. SN5 7AP). Consisting of two goal ends (goals and baskets), low fence around perimeter, and sports markings on surfacing. Installed into existing tarmac surface that is roughly 15m * 25m. Non weld mesh construction preferred.

    Please call to discuss further details.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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

Musical instruments, sport, games (CPV 37) in South West England, and who usually turns up

West Swindon Parish Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Musical instruments, sport, games (CPV 37) →

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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 buyerWest Swindon Parish Council · all categories
The marketMusical instruments, sport, games (CPV 37) · South West England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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: 1 of 1 known-size awards · market: division 37 · South West England (authority’s region), n=29
1 of 197%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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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 South West England (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: division 37 · South West England (authority’s region), n=48
—15%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in South West England.

How long to a decision?
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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: division 37 · South West England (authority’s region), n=18
—24 days

Half of these awards were announced within 24 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

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: exactly 0 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 37 · South West England (authority’s region), n=53
0 of 125%

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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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 buyer1 lot with bid counts · broad CPV 37 · too few to chart
The market21 lots with bid counts · division 37 · South West England (authority’s region)
5% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid5%
Market: 1 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
2–348%
Market: 10 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
4–638%
Market: 8 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
7+10%
Market: 2 of 21 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 buyer1 lot with estimate and award · broad CPV 37 · too few to chart
The market19 lots with estimate and award · division 37 · South West England (authority’s region)
26% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate26%
Market: 5 of 19 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%53%
Market: 10 of 19 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21%
Market: 4 of 19 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 #1Quotes for supply and installationEstimate not published
Expected competition
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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 21 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet5% single-bid risk
Past bids on 21 similar lots
1 bid5%
1 of 21 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–348%
10 of 21 similar past lots received 2–3 (48%).
4–638%
8 of 21 similar past lots received 4–6 (38%).
7+10%
2 of 21 similar past lots received 7+ (10%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—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

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

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.
  • 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 earlier-work matches 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
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
16 Feb 2026, 17:32 GMT
Last source update
16 Feb 2026, 17:32 GMT
Award evaluation window
31 Mar 2026 – …
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014050
Classification (CPV)
Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06556d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Any successful contract will be expected to complete our Request for Quotation documentation prior to award being accepted and confirmed

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
28 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published246 days ago
    16 Feb 2026, 17:32 GMT
  2. Submission deadline234 days ago
    28 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT

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

West Swindon Parish Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilParish CouncilRecreation, culture and religion West Swindon Parish Council Unit 25 Westmead Ind Estate, Swindon, South West, SN57YTContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.