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Published 7 Oct 2026, 16:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lived Experience Service – Hull Changing Futures Programme

Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£50,000≈ £50k / year · £60,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 28 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 1d 16h left
Clarification cut-off 21 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide the Lived Experience Service - Hull Changing Futures Programme. It shall be via the open procedure consisting of a one stage process. The contract is anticipated to commence 1st December 2026 ending by 30th November 2027 with an option to extend 2 x 12 month periods at the discretion of the Authority. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services to be £50,000 per annum. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process.

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Social research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2027 (1 yr) · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensionsValue: £50,000 exc. VAT · £60,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£100,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: The Authority reserves the right to increase the value of the contract per annum to take into account inflationary requirements. This shall be at the sole discretion of the Authority. · 2 x 12 month periods subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the Authority.

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: Award criteria is detailed within the RFQ Documentation available at https://yortender.eu-supply.com/

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 £100,000 (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 Hull City Council buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up

Hull City 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: Market research services (CPV 7931) →

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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 buyerHull City Council · division 79
The marketMarket research services (CPV 7931) · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region)
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: 13 of 17 known-size awards · market: CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region), n=39
76%44%

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. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region).

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 of 24 known-location awards · market: CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region), n=46
54%20%

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: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region), n=13
—30 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 30 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 15 of 23 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region), n=69
65%52%

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 buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 79
80% had one bid
The market18 lots with bid counts · CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region)
17% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid80% / 17%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
2–320% / 28%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 17%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 39%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 18 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 buyer5 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 79
20% below estimate
The market21 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7931 · Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region)
52% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate20% / 52%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 21 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%80% / 24%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 21 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 24%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 21 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 793112 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£50k
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.

1expected bid76% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 11
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid76%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 76%. This is a forecast.
2–313%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 13%. This is a forecast.
4–67%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 7%. This is a forecast.
7+4%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 4%. This is a forecast.
Check who supplied similar work and whether the route limits bidders.
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.

£50kMatches estimate (51% chance)
14 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£47k–£50k
Half of likely prices fall between £47,135 and £50,000.
Estimate£50k
The buyer published an estimate of £50,000 for this lot.

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
EMIK LIMITEDWorked for this buyerHire of Event Infrastructure, Marquees & Equipment Service Solutionsruns to Dec 2029—£840kSimilar wording and category
EPICompany LimitedWorked for this buyerEvents Managementruns to Mar 2029—£210kSimilar wording and category
First Move Marketing Services LimitedWorked for this buyerMail Fulfilment Servicesnotice published Sept 2026——Similar wording and category
Outdo Media LimitedWorked for this buyerCommercial Sponsorship Concessionary Service (Roundabout Sponsorship)notice published Jul 2026——Similar wording and category
Bluestorm Design & Marketing LtdWorked for this buyerProvision of Marketing Design Frameworkruns to Jan 2029Lot 1 - A comprehensive Marketing and Design Service for the Leisure Services£520kSimilar wording and category

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
44 panel places
£58m127 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £38m
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.

8% below n=26
12 panel places
£4.1m25 awards in 36m · last this month10 live · £659k
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.

28% below n=2
4 panel places
£3.0m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago4 live · £2.8m
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
£150k1 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago1 live · £150k
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
£200k1 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago1 live · £200k
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
7 Oct 2026, 16:03 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 16:03 BST
Authority reference
LP/26
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094901
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesSocial research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078317 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £50,000 excludes VAT (£60,000 including VAT).

Timeline

7 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published19 days ago
    7 Oct 2026, 16:03 BST
  2. Clarification questions by5 days ago
    21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 2 days
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 35 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 16:03 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

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender