Official UK procurement notice
Wigan Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) Concession Contract
Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWigan Council are looking to identify a long-term partner to provide Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) in Council-owned car parks within the borough. The contract will cover supply, installation, operation, maintenance and customer service functions to provide an end-to-end / turnkey service. The project aims to increase the number, range and accessibility of public charging points across the borough. The contract would operate as a concession contract for a 13 year period with option to extend for 2 years. A mix of devices would be sought to meet the varying needs of residents, businesses and visitors
- How the procedure runs: The Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) process will be carried out as follows: Stage 1: Compliance Review (CR) and adherence to ITT (including Declarations), Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ), Quality & Social Value Questions, Commercial Evaluation. Stage 2: Negotiation (if required) Stage 3: Preferred Bidder (if required)
CPV: Chargers · Electrical equipment and apparatus · Electrical installation work · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value
- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Wigan Council buys Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes (CPV 3115), and who usually turns up
Wigan Council’s own published record, 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: Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes (CPV 3115) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 49 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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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.
1 bid0% / 13%
2–344% / 40%
4–633% / 20%
7+22% / 27%
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 estimate29% / 25%
Within ±2%41% / 63%
Above estimate29% / 13%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 3115Published estimate£110m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–351%
4–615%
7+29%
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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.
Based on 14 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£106m–£110m
Estimate£110m
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.
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £274m4 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Zest Eco LtdSME | £48m8 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £1.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 29% below n=2 |
| £266m13 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £300k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £95m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £101k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 20% above n=1 | |
| £7.5m15 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £2.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
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 flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Feb 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
PA106- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084430- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065309Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) process will be carried out as follows:
Stage 1: Compliance Review (CR) and adherence to ITT (including Declarations), Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ), Quality & Social Value Questions, Commercial Evaluation.
Stage 2: Negotiation (if required)
Stage 3: Preferred Bidder (if required)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender Submissions will need to be uploaded to The Chest Procurement Portal (www.the-chest.org.uk ↗)
Please note, there are two separate clarification questions/enquiry deadlines:
Deadline for ‘Contract’ related clarification questions: 19th October 2026 (12 noon)
Deadline for ‘General’ clarification questions:16th November 2026 (12 noon)
Timeline
12 Feb 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published252 days ago12 Feb 2026, 15:33 GMT
- Market engagement205 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this pre-market engagement is to gauge the level of interest in this opportunity and obtain feedback from the market, so all responses received are very much appreciated.. The Pre-Market Engagement process will remain active until the publication of the UK4 Tender Notice. As part of the Pre-Market Engagement Process, Wigan Council are hosting an online meeting on Tuesday 24th February 2026 14:00-16:00 via Microsoft Teams.
If your organisation is interested in attending this event, you will need to sign in and book a place via the Eventbrite link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wigan-evci-pre-mar… ↗
Following the online meeting, a pre-market engagement questionnaire will be shared with attendees to help Wigan Council to gain feedback regarding specific issues and queries. The feedback gained from the questionnaire will help guide to procurement process and the ask going forward.
Wigan Council also reserves the right, during the Pre-Market Engagement period, to hold additional meetings (separate from the above session) in person or virtually with a range of interested parties or one to one meetings and/or issue a series of requests for information which may relate to the Council’s requirements, the procurement process and documents, and the terms of the contract.
- Next notice expected204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published45 days ago7 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 25 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 39 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 186 days26 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 251 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Feb 2026, 15:33 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Sept 2026, 13:47 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £110,000,0007 Sept 2026, 13:47 BSTwas £60,000,000
- Status changed to active7 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT7 Sept 2026, 13:47 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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: All tender documents will be available free of charge via The Chest Procurement Portal (www.the-chest.org.uk)
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender