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Published 6 Oct 2026, 12:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Level 1-3 Construction and Energy Efficiency Skills in the Community

Authority: East Lindsey District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsReserved: K02000001SME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£75,000≈ £50k / year · £90,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Nov 202615:00 GMT · 17d 15h left
Clarification cut-off 26 Oct 202617:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 May 2028 · starts 2 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

1.1 East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) is seeking to appoint a training provider with a specialism in construction and energy efficiency skills to recruit and train a cohort of learner's resident in East Lindsey District. Specifically, the Council is seeking a provider who can offer accredited training at NQF Levels 1-2 or 1-3 (inclusive) in one or more of the following disciplines:

CPV: Specialist training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yr 6 moSMEPublished value£75,000
Contract period: 2 Dec 2026 – 31 May 2028 (1 yr 6 mo)Value: £75,000 exc. VAT · £90,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£100,099/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: Quality 70% Price 30%

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 £100,099 (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 East Lindsey District Council buys Specialist training services (CPV 8051), and who usually turns up

East Lindsey District 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: Specialist training services (CPV 8051) →

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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 buyerEast Lindsey District Council · 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: 15 of 20 known-size awards · market: CPV 8051 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=32
75%41%

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 East Midlands (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 25 of 43 known-location awards · market: CPV 8051 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=60
58%8%

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: 12 decided notices · market: CPV 8051 · UK-wide, n=33
28 days41 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 28 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 17 of 44 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8051 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=60
39%77%

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 buyer17 lots with bid counts · all categories
6% had one bid
The market8 lots with bid counts · CPV 8051 · East Midlands (authority’s region)
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid6% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
2–312% / 38%
Buyer: 2 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
4–624% / 63%
Buyer: 4 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 8 lots with published bid counts.
7+59% / 0%
Buyer: 10 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 8 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 buyer9 lots with estimate and award · all categories
11% below estimate
The market38 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8051 · UK-wide
53% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate11% / 53%
Buyer: 1 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 20 of 38 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%56% / 42%
Buyer: 5 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 16 of 38 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate33% / 5%
Buyer: 3 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 38 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 805118 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£75k
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 bids16% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 4
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid16%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 16%. This is a forecast.
2–360%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 60%. This is a forecast.
4–612%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 12%. 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 3 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.

£75kLevel with estimate
3 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£71k–£75k
Half of likely prices fall between £70,942 and £75,000.
Estimate£75k
The buyer published an estimate of £75,000 for this lot.
A 44% 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.

Reserved for SMEs and VCSEs: only small and medium-sized firms and voluntary, community and social enterprises can take part. Firms labelled Large are listed last.
SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
5 panel places
£980k16 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago6 live · £10m
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=1
2 panel places
£103k6 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago3 live · £29m
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 panel places
£512k4 awards in 36m · last 13 months agoNone on fileat estimate n=1
4 panel places
£1.0m9 awards in 36m · last 25 months ago1 live · £7.0m
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 panel places
2 awards in 36m · last 27 months ago1 live · £813k
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
Services
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
6 Oct 2026, 12:41 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 12:41 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094235
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Specialist training services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07819c 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
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
13 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £75,000 excludes VAT (£90,000 including VAT).

Timeline

6 Oct 2026 → 2 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published20 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 12:41 BST
  2. Clarification questions byearlier today
    26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 18 days
    13 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 36 days
    2 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 12:41 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

2 public bodies on the notice

East Lindsey District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGXY-2191-CRQN The Hub, Mareham Road, Horncastle, East Midlands, LN9 6PHContact email

Other public bodies

  • PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityAssisting in advertisingGB-COH: 07289357GB-PPON: PHBH-6448-LMYZ Salford, North WestContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPublic Sector Partnership Services Ltd, have recently advertised the above opportunity, and we would like to invite you to tender. In order to view the tender documents, you will need to register onto our e-Tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/pspslprocurement/aspx/Home an…

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender