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Published 8 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Aylesbury Town Centre Regeneration Programme

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)

Works
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Real estate services (70) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 31 Oct 2038 · up to 31 Oct 2043 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to understand market appetite and inform the Council’s strategy for a long-term regeneration partnership for Aylesbury Town Centre.

The Council invites expressions of interest from experienced developers, investors and regeneration partners with the capability, track record and resources to participate in a significant, multi-phase regeneration programme. Responses will form an essential part of the Council's consideration of its procurement strategy, commercial arrangements, and delivery approach.

The Council is considering a period of 10 years for the initial term of the Contract, with the ability to extend by a further 5 years.

This PME notice is issued solely for preliminary market engagement purposes and does not constitute a call for competition.

Proposition

The Council launched the Aylesbury Investment Prospectus at UKREiiF in May 2026, setting out its vision and ambition for Aylesbury Town Centre. A copy of the Prospectus is published alongside the PME documents. Through the proposed partnership, the Council intends to facilitate the transformation of key town centre assets, supporting long-term economic growth, investment, and regeneration within Buckinghamshire's county town.

CPV: Construction work · Development of non-residential real estate · Development of residential real estate

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 10 yrs
Contract period: 1 Nov 2028 – 31 Oct 2038 (10 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2043 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published
45000000 Construction work70111000 Development of residential real estate70112000 Development of non-residential real estate

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Buckinghamshire Council buys Development services of real estate (CPV 7011), and who usually turns up

Buckinghamshire 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: Development services of real estate (CPV 7011) →

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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 buyerBuckinghamshire Council · all categories
The marketDevelopment services of real estate (CPV 7011)
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: 30 of 48 known-size awards · market: CPV 7011 · UK-wide, n=10
63%30%

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 31 of 51 known-location awards · market: CPV 7011 · UK-wide, n=11
61%45%

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

How long to a decision?
i

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: 12 decided notices · market: division 70 · South East England (authority’s region), n=14
49 days53 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 49 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.

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 20 of 60 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7011 · UK-wide, n=14
33%36%

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?

i

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 buyer42 lots with bid counts · all categories
29% had one bid
The market21 lots with bid counts · division 70 · South East England (authority’s region)
14% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid29% / 14%
Buyer: 12 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
2–321% / 24%
Buyer: 9 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 48%
Buyer: 16 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
7+12% / 14%
Buyer: 5 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 21 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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 buyer27 lots with estimate and award · all categories
33% below estimate
The market14 lots with estimate and award · division 70 · South East England (authority’s region)
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33% / 43%
Buyer: 9 of 27 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%56% / 43%
Buyer: 15 of 27 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate11% / 14%
Buyer: 3 of 27 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 14 lots with an estimate and award.
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7011120 monthsEstimate not published
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 21 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet14% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 21 similar lots
1 bid14%
3 of 21 similar past lots received 1 bid (14%).
2–324%
5 of 21 similar past lots received 2–3 (24%).
4–648%
10 of 21 similar past lots received 4–6 (48%).
7+14%
3 of 21 similar past lots received 7+ (14%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 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.

—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.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
8 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
Authority reference
BC/0001947
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095256
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workDevelopment of non-residential real estateDevelopment of residential real estate
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783de Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

8 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2028 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published18 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
  2. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  3. Market engagementin 23 days
    19 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Buckinghamshire Council intends to engage with organisations who have experience and capability commensurate with the scale of Aylesbury Town Centre Regeneration opportunity

    The exercise is focusing on the market, delivery structures and potential procurement routes, rather than the merits of individual organisations. It includes no element of supplier selection or bid-evaluation. There is no commitment of any kind inferred by either party.

    It is expected that this PME notice will run for 6 weeks from the date of publication.

    The purpose of this PME is to:

    • Test market interest and capacity.
    • Refine the requirement.
    • Explore potential delivery approaches.

    This engagement is not a call for competition.

    All suppliers wishing to participate will be required to be registered on our In-tend e-procurement portal.

    If you are not already registered, please ensure you:

    1. Visit the portal at in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-coun… ↗
    2. Complete the supplier registration process.

    Once registered, the reference for this procurement is BC/0001947.

  4. Contract starts
    1 Nov 2028

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
    UK2

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

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCLJ-2677-YQXD The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, South East, HP198FFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure