Official UK procurement notice
New Brize Meadows Primary School Project
Authority: OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST (Education)·On behalf of: THINKING BUILDINGS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDesign and Build works contract to deliver a new primary school building and associated landscaping/external works.
The Design and Build contractor will be required to appoint a suitably qualified design team to complete the technical design and for the site phase.
Total value (estimated) = £11,000,000 excluding VAT
- How the procedure runs: The Project will be procured using a 2 stage Design & Build tender and procurement process as follows: Stage 1A: PQQ - submission deadline Thursday 27th August 2026 Initial Pre-Qualifications questions (Pass or Fail). Those not meeting the requirements of the initial PQQ questions will be disregarded from the process at this stage as set out in the PQQ/ITT documentation. Stage 1B: Quality & Financial Assessment Questions As set out in the PQQ/ITT documentation. A shortlist of no more than 3 main bidders will be selected to progress to stage 2 tender. Stage 2: Completive lump sum Fixed price design and build tender to no more than 3 contractors. Submission/tender deadline Wednesday 11th November 2026 Award/Tender Criteria: Stage 1A: PQQ questions (pass of fail) Stage 1B: Cost and Quality Assessment (50%:50% weighting) Stage 2: Cost and Quality Assessment (85%:15% weighting)
- No preliminary market engagement: N/A - UK 3 Planned Procurement notice published 1st July 2026
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 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).
- Stage 1 & 2 - Cost: As PQQ/ITT Documentation
- Stage 1 & 2 - Quality: As PQQ/ITT documentation
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £15,944,326 (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 OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
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.
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.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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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.
Half of these awards have an award date within 45 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.
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.
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.
1 bid12%
2–327%
4–630%
7+31%
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 estimate42%
Within ±2%31%
Above estimate27%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 45Published estimate£10m
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.
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.
1 bid8%
2–39%
4–633%
7+50%
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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 281 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%£10.0m–£10m
Estimate£10m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £43m15 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £500m 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 | |
| £2.3m6 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £761k 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 | |
| £1.1m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £177k 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 | |
| £237k5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £216k 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 | |
| £393k5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | 29% below n=1 |
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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 Jul 2026, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2026, 07:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Mar 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071958- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c157Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Project will be procured using a 2 stage Design & Build tender and procurement process as follows:
Stage 1A: PQQ - submission deadline Thursday 27th August 2026
Initial Pre-Qualifications questions (Pass or Fail). Those not meeting the requirements of the initial PQQ questions will be disregarded from the process at this stage as set out in the PQQ/ITT documentation.
Stage 1B: Quality & Financial Assessment Questions
As set out in the PQQ/ITT documentation.
A shortlist of no more than 3 main bidders will be selected to progress to stage 2 tender.
Stage 2: Completive lump sum Fixed price design and build tender to no more than 3 contractors. Submission/tender deadline Wednesday 11th November 2026
Award/Tender Criteria:
Stage 1A: PQQ questions (pass of fail)
Stage 1B: Cost and Quality Assessment (50%:50% weighting)
Stage 2: Cost and Quality Assessment (85%:15% weighting)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
As set out in PQQ/ITT information with tenders emailed to tenders@thinking-buildings.co.uk
More information can be found at www.thinking-buildings.co.uk ↗
Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 29 Mar 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 13:57 BST
- Next notice expected98 days ago20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published89 days ago30 Jul 2026, 07:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 14 days11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 152 days29 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 153 days29 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2026- Planned procurement notice published1 Jul 2026, 13:57 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published30 Jul 2026, 07:59 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £10,200,00030 Jul 2026, 07:59 BST
- Status changed to active30 Jul 2026, 07:59 BST
- Deadline moved to 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT30 Jul 2026, 07:59 BST+82 days · was 21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
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 noticeOther public bodies
- THINKING BUILDINGS LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityThinking Buildings Limited
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications ITT/PQQ Document
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Interested bidders are to contact Thinking Buildings as set out in the PQQ/ITT document to register interest, and for the full PQQ/ITT documents to be issued by email. These will include the following: RIBA 3 stage Architectural information RIBA 3 stage Structural and civil information RIBA 3 stage M&E information Thinking Buildings Project Programme
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix D_SKP3 Stage 1 Pricing Document
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix C - Stage 1 ITT/PQQ Quality Assessment Questions
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender