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Published 29 Sept 2026, 17:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DN Colleges Group - North Lindsey College - ITT for Global House Reclad and Refurbishment Project

Authority: DN Colleges Group (Education)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£3,500,000£4,200,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 9 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 13d 17h left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 7 moends 16 Aug 2027 · starts 18 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This document is an invitation to tender (ITT) for the design and construction of the proposed recladding and refurbishment works to Global House, an existing DN Colleges facility within their North Lindsey Campus.

CPV: Building installation work · Cladding works · Facade work · Refurbishment work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 7 moSMEVCSEPublished value£3,500,000
Contract period: 18 Jan 2027 – 16 Aug 2027 (7 mo)Value: £3,500,000 exc. VAT · £4,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£7,000,000/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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Added Value: 10%
  • Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Price
  • Added Value

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £7,000,000 (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 DN Colleges Group buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up

DN Colleges Group’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 buyerDN Colleges Group · all categories
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: 3 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=471
60%78%

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: no winner locations published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=482
—70%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address 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: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=91
—33 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 33 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 3 of 6 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4545 · UK-wide, n=705
50%23%

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 buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market135 lots with bid counts · CPV 4545 · UK-wide
8% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid8%
Market: 11 of 135 lots with published bid counts.
2–316%
Market: 22 of 135 lots with published bid counts.
4–630%
Market: 40 of 135 lots with published bid counts.
7+46%
Market: 62 of 135 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 buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · broad CPV 45
The market139 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4545 · UK-wide
40% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate40%
Market: 55 of 139 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%32%
Market: 44 of 139 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate29%
Market: 40 of 139 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 457 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£3.5m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.

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.

5expected bids2% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 18
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid2%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 2%. This is a forecast.
2–316%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 16%. This is a forecast.
4–633%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 33%. This is a forecast.
7+49%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 49%. 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 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.

£3.5mLevel with estimate
14 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£3.4m–£3.5m
Half of likely prices fall between £3,354,473 and £3,500,000.
Estimate£3.5m
The buyer published an estimate of £3,500,000 for this lot.
A 35% 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
GELDER LIMITEDEarlier contractDN Colleges Group - ITT for Waterfront Restaurant Refurbishment Worksended Aug 2026—£117kMatched as the earlier contract
CENTRAL ROOFING AND BUILDING SERVICES LIMITEDWorked for this buyerDN Colleges Group - ITT for Doncaster College East Block Roof Repair Worksnotice published Sept 2026——Similar wording and category

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
Earlier contract2 panel places
£4.7m9 awards in 36m · last this month3 live · £5.4m
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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.

3% above n=2
13 panel places
£1.2bn43 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago3 live · £171m
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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.

at estimate n=9
2 panel places
£54m6 awards in 36m · last 1 months agoNone on file3% above n=2
£2.4m13 awards in 36m · last 1 months agoNone on file29% below n=1
1 panel places
£179k4 awards in 36m · last 1 months agoNone on fileno 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, 17:51 BST
Last source update
26 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
Authority reference
CA18487
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092085
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building installation workCladding worksFacade workRefurbishment work
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cf6 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Published estimate £3,500,000 excludes VAT (£4,200,000 including VAT).

Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 18 Jan 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published27 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 17:51 BST
  2. Clarification questions by3 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Latest notice publishedearlier today
    26 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
  4. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  5. Submission deadlinein 14 days
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 83 days
    18 Jan 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 17:51 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    26 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
    26 Oct 2026, 15:33 GMT
    +10 days · was 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 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

DN Colleges Group

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PZBH-4782-ZMWY The Hub, Chappell Drive, Doncaster, Yorkshire & Humber, DN1 2RFContact email, phone

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