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Published 2 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ISO11 Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated Air Handling Unit (AHU) - Retender

Authority: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE (Public body)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved: K02000001
Published estimate£151,666≈ £114k / year · £182,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 17d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 20 Oct 202616:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 5 May 2028 · starts 22 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Description

This opportunity (“Contract”) is for a single supplier to provide:

  1. Design, Build, Installation and Operational Qualification of a new Fumigation Lobby and dedicated AHU for the ISO11 SAPO 4 Animal Facility.
  2. Detailed Design including attendance to HAZOP study and allowance for updating Detailed Design in line with HAZOP Recommendations.
  3. Build of the new Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated AHU at the supplier’s factory which includes Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).
  4. Delivery of new Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated AHU to The Pirbright Institute.
  5. Installation of new Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated AHU into refurbish area of ISO11. (Please note that the area where the new equipment will be installed will be externalised from ISO11 and refurbished by others, who will also provide a CDM Construction Site for all works to take place. They will act as Principal Designer and Principal Contractor).
  6. SAT of installed Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated AHU whilst in the externalised area.
  7. SAT of installed Fumigation Lobby and Dedicated AHU once it has been internalised back into ISO11 SAPO 4 Animal Facility. This will be the Operational Qualification.
  8. Management of all subcontractors employed by the supplier to complete these works.
  9. On completion, an O&M is to be submitted which provides details of works from design to completion.

CPV: Construction work · Fumigation services · Supervision of building work · Ventilation and air-conditioning installation work · Ventilation consultancy services · Ventilation ducting

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yr 4 moPublished value£151,666

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: All details can be found in the ITT pack

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 £221,009 (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 THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE buys Miscellaneous textile articles (CPV 3956), and who usually turns up

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE’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: Miscellaneous textile articles (CPV 3956) →

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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 buyerTHE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · 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: 19 of 33 known-size awards · market: CPV 3956 · UK-wide, n=7
58%86%

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 East England (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 of 35 known-location awards · market: division 39 · South East England (authority’s region), n=129
37%31%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside 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: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 3956 · UK-wide, n=5
54 days65 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 54 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 30 of 48 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3956 · UK-wide, n=9
63%33%

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 buyer7 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market27 lots with bid counts · division 39 · South East England (authority’s region)
7% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 7%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 11%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
4–643% / 41%
Buyer: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
7+29% / 41%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 27 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 buyer12 lots with estimate and award · all categories
17% below estimate
The market23 lots with estimate and award · division 39 · South East England (authority’s region)
22% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate17% / 22%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 23 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%25% / 61%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 14 of 23 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate58% / 17%
Buyer: 7 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 4 of 23 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 395616 monthsPublished estimate£152k
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.

4expected bids8% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 1
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid8%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 8%. This is a forecast.
2–341%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 41%. This is a forecast.
4–638%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 38%. This is a forecast.
7+13%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 13%. 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 1 comparable award. 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.

£152kLevel with estimate
1 comparable award
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£143k–£154k
Half of likely prices fall between £142,861 and £154,002.
Estimate£152k
The buyer published an estimate of £151,666 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?
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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
15 panel places
£11m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago8 live · £22m
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.

39% below n=4
6 panel places
£3.7m46 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago5 live · £1.0m
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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=10
£100k4 awards in 36m · last this month2 live · £52k
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
£92k5 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago2 live · £50k
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
£464k1 awards in 36m · last 9 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
2 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093236
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workFumigation servicesSupervision of building workVentilation and air-conditioning installation workVentilation consultancy servicesVentilation ducting
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f78 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £151,666 excludes VAT (£182,000 including VAT).

Timeline

2 Oct 2026 → 22 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published25 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Clarification questions by6 days ago
    20 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 18 days
    13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 56 days
    22 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 11:32 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

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 00559784 Pirbright Laboratory Ash Road, Woking, South East, GU24 0NFContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender