Official UK procurement notice
LPC1: Peatland Restoration and Grazing Infrastructure
Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNeath Port Talbot Council seeks to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to deliver a programme of works across two project sites:
Site A: Cwmparc
Located within the uplands above Treorchy, the Cwmparc site comprises both a plateau peatland restoration area and the adjacent cwm valley. Works at this site include peatland restoration interventions together with the installation of grazing infrastructure designed to support long-term habitat management.
Site B: Cefn Morfudd
Located on the upland plateau above Neath, Cefn Morfudd contains areas of degraded peatland requiring restoration through hydrological interventions, together with associated infrastructure works. Parts of the site are subject to additional operational constraints including Scheduled Ancient Monuments and areas requiring specialist UXO supervision.
The contract has been divided into three principal work packages:
- Work Package A: Cwmparc Peatland Restoration
- Work Package B: Cefn Morfudd Peatland Restoration
- Work Package C: Cwmparc Grazing Infrastructure
Bidders must provide a single submission covering all work packages.
The contract will run over two winter working periods:
- November 2026 to 28 February 2027
- 1 October 2027 to 28 February 2028
CPV: Dam construction work · Drainage works · Dyke construction work · Excavating and earthmoving work · Ground-drainage work · Land rehabilitation work · Landscaping work · Landscaping work for green areas · Site-development work · Siteworks
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Understanding of the Project, Sites and Constraints: 10.5%
- Approach to Delivery: 24.5%
- Relevant Experience and Technical Expertise to deliver this contract: 24.5%
- Commercial: 30%
- QA, Risk Management and Long-Term Sustainability: 10.5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Commercial
- Understanding of the Project, Sites and Constraints
- Approach to Delivery
- Relevant Experience and Technical Expertise to deliver this contract
- QA, Risk Management and Long-Term Sustainability
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £274,464 (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 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council buys Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511), and who usually turns up
Neath Port Talbot County Borough 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: Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work (CPV 4511) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 57 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid31% / 38%
2–338% / 25%
4–619% / 25%
7+13% / 13%
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.
Below estimate53% / 31%
Within ±2%41% / 31%
Above estimate6% / 38%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£174k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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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.
1 bid32%
2–336%
4–626%
7+6%
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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 9 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.
Middle 50%£165k–£174k
Estimate£174k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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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.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.9m5 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic 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 | |
| £227k5 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 5 live · £1.6m iPublic 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 | |
| £304k4 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £293k iPublic 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. | 26% below n=2 | |
| £726k5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | 3% below n=4 | |
| £731k2 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | 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.
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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, 08:16 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 08:16 BST
- Authority reference
CPU26-27-40- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093081- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f25Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Suppliers’ Instructions ‘How to Express Interest in this ITT’:
- Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is required only once. However if your details have changed since you registered you will need to up-date them).
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- Agree to the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’.
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- Login to the portal with the username / password.
- Click the ‘ITT Open to all Suppliers’ link.
- Alternatively, search for the relevant ITT (itt_126531).
- Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
- Click the ‘Express Interest’ button on the right-hand side of the screen.
- This will move the ITT into your ‘My ITT pages’. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
- Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by selecting ‘Buyer Attachments’.
- Responding to the ITT.
- You can now choose to ‘Respond’ or ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining).
- Note the ‘Closing Date’, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT.
Helpdesk details on homepage of etenderwales.
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 23 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published26 days ago2 Oct 2026, 08:16 BST
- Clarification questions by5 days ago23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 46h30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 25 days23 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 08:16 BSTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender