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Published 29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Antenatal Ward Relocation to Block 14 (SFT-BT-C464875)

Authority: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,200,000≈ £1.2m / year · £1,440,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 2 days left
Clarification cut-off 9 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrends 22 Nov 2027 · starts 23 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renovation of Block 14 into an Antenatal ward/department at Musgrove Park Hospital.

CPV: Refurbishment work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yrSMEPublished value£1,200,000
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2027 (1 yr)Value: £1,200,000 exc. VAT · £1,440,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£2,400,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

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

Lot awarding rule: Price - 30% Technical/Quality - 70%

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

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,400,000 (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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’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: Other building completion work (CPV 4545) →

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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 buyerSomerset NHS Foundation Trust · division 45
The marketOther building completion work (CPV 4545) · South West England
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: 6 of 9 known-size awards · market: CPV 4545 · South West England, n=93
67%82%

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 19 of 28 known-location awards · market: CPV 4545 · South West England, n=102
68%51%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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 bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4545 · South West England, n=17
—35 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 35 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.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 21 of 30 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4545 · South West England, n=123
70%29%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer28 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market26 lots with bid counts · CPV 4545 · South West England
19% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 19%
Buyer: 3 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 26 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 8%
Buyer: 8 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 26 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 27%
Buyer: 5 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 26 lots with published bid counts.
7+43% / 46%
Buyer: 12 of 28 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 26 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 buyer16 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market27 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4545 · South West England
37% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 37%
Buyer: 8 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%31% / 30%
Buyer: 5 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 27 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate19% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 16 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 27 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 454512 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.2m
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.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

6expected bids1% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 13
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid1%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 1%. This is a forecast.
2–37%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 7%. This is a forecast.
4–623%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 23%. This is a forecast.
7+69%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 69%. This is a forecast.
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.

Based on 11 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.

£1.1m8% below estimate
11 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£996k–£1.2m
Half of likely prices fall between £995,562 and £1,166,527.
Estimate£1.2m
The buyer published an estimate of £1,200,000 for this lot.
A 17% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Knight Electrical LimitedWorked for this buyerSwitchgear Replacement at Duchess Building, Musgrove Park Hospitalruns to Mar 2029—£836kSimilar wording and category
ADDICOTT ELECTRICS LIMITEDWorked for this buyerGenerators at Musgrove Park Hospital, 1 major and 1 minor servicenotice published Feb 2026——Similar wording and category
Qube Construct LtdWorked for this buyerCAPRO124 327.0 Alteration Works to Histopathologynotice published Oct 2026——Similar wording and category
Access Specilaist contracts LtdWorked for this buyerGuttering maintenancenotice published Sept 2026——Similar wording and category
M&M Medical LtdWorked for this buyerReplacement of five AGSS pumpsnotice published Oct 2026——Similar wording and category

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
Buyer regular6 wins in South West England
£2.8m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago2 live · £197k
i

Public 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.

26% below n=2
Buyer regular8 wins in South West England
£3.8m9 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago3 live · £1.3m
i

Public 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.

30% below n=1
Buyer regular1 win in South West England
£318k7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago3 live · £112k
i

Public 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.

no comparable pairs
3 wins in South West England1 panel places
£11m31 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago7 live · £2.1m
i

Public 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
1 win in South West England
£8.9m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago4 live · £2.4m
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Public 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.

no comparable pairs
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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
Authority reference
C464875
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092018
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Refurbishment work
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cce Find a Tender
Submission portal named on this notice: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £1,200,000 excludes VAT (£1,440,000 including VAT).

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 23 Nov 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published28 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST
  2. Latest notice published20 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
  3. Clarification questions by18 days ago
    9 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  4. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  5. Submission deadlinein 2 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 25 days
    23 Nov 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
    8 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
    +9 days · was 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)

Submission deadline extended to 12:00 noon of 30 October 2026.

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

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNWR-4212-QWHQ Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, South West, TA1 5DAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender