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Published 1 Oct 2026, 09:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Equine Classroom Redevelopment Works at Brooksby College

Authority: Loughborough College (Education)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£360,000£360,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 29 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 2d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 22 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 moends 31 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Jun 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to deliver the redevelopment of the Equine classroom facilities at Brooksby College, including alterations to the existing building fabric, creation of three general classrooms, associated building services and the redevelopment of the adjacent external area.

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CPV: Construction work for buildings of further education

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 moSMEPublished value£360,000
Contract period: 1 Jun 2027 – 31 Aug 2027 (3 mo)Value: £360,000 exc. VAT · £360,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£720,000/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: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Criterion 2: 20%
  • Programme: 5%
  • Health & Safety / CDM: 5%
  • Criterion 1: 60%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2
  • Social Value
  • Programme
  • Health & Safety / CDM

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

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £720,000 (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 Loughborough College buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

Loughborough College has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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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 buyerLoughborough College · all categories
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: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=945
—73%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

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 4521 · UK-wide, n=1,018
—71%

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?
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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 4521 · UK-wide, n=252
—48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 48 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.

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: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=1,388
0 of 136%

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 buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market389 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · UK-wide
19% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid19%
Market: 72 of 389 lots with published bid counts.
2–325%
Market: 97 of 389 lots with published bid counts.
4–630%
Market: 116 of 389 lots with published bid counts.
7+27%
Market: 104 of 389 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 · all categories
The market308 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4521 · UK-wide
41% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate41%
Market: 125 of 308 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%24%
Market: 75 of 308 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate35%
Market: 108 of 308 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 45213 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£360k
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 bids4% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 57
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid4%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 4%. This is a forecast.
2–326%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 26%. This is a forecast.
4–633%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 33%. This is a forecast.
7+37%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 37%. 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 28 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.

£360kLevel with estimate
28 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£330k–£366k
Half of likely prices fall between £329,916 and £366,291.
Estimate£360k
The buyer published an estimate of £360,000 for this lot.
A 25% 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.

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
38 panel places
£79m108 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago10 live · £28m
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=30
7 panel places
£117m26 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago3 live · £25m
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.

18% below n=4
9 panel places
£34m38 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago1 live · £311k
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=4
2 panel places
£4.7m9 awards in 36m · last this month3 live · £5.4m
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.

3% above n=2
3 panel places
£18m12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago1 live · £503k
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
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
1 Oct 2026, 09:49 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 09:49 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092659
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work for buildings of further education
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e3a Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
22 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £360,000 excludes VAT (£360,000 including VAT).

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published26 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 09:49 BST
  2. Clarification questions by4 days ago
    22 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 3 days
    29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 217 days
    1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 09:49 BST
    UK4

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

Loughborough College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZDD-5925-TZQD Radmoor Road, Louighborough, Loughborough, East Midlands, LE11 3BTContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender