Official UK procurement notice
North Wooton Pump and Pre-Cast Concrete Units Supply
Authority: Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board (Public body)·On behalf of: TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement covers the design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of two pumps and pre-cast concrete units (PCCU) that form the pump sump, support and inlet structure for the new pumping station for the North Wootton pumping station replacement project.
The value is estimated at circa £390,000 total. These figures are exclusive of VAT.
The pumps will have high efficiency, low maintenance requirements and will deliver a broad range of flow rates at their design heads. The pumps will provide safe passage for eels and fish and deliver a Best Achievable Eel Protection (BAEP) solution that reduces the killing and injury of fish, improving downstream passage.
The requirement is: The design, manufacture, fabrication, providing, supplying and delivery of pumps for North Wootton pumping station. This includes Design, Testing and
providing the required information for the Health and Safety File and Operations and Maintenance Manual.
The Water Management Alliance (WMA) will oversee this procurement on behalf of the King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board working with Turner & Townsend as advisors.
- How the procedure runs: The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available. 1) Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List) Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the pass/fail criteria. Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price submissions evaluated against the award criteria. The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed. 2) Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders. 3) Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders. If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be used to evaluate amended / updated tenders
- No preliminary market engagement: Prior to issuing this procurement Stantec on behalf of Kings Lynn IDB (the Contracting Authority) undertook limited pre procurement market engagement with a number of suppliers to inform budget development,technical feasibility and procurement planning activities. These pumping stations fall under the Eel Regulations 2009 and the pump station owner is required to obtain an eel exemption notice from the Environment Agency due to abstraction volume. Our understanding is there are only 4 manufacturers that the EA will accept. To ensure compliance with the principles of transparency,equal treatment and fair competition,the CA has reviewed information shared during that engagement and has included within the procurement documentation all information considered material to the preparation of tenders. The Authority considers that these measures are sufficient to ensure that no supplier participating in the earlier engagement benefits from an unfair competitive advantage
CPV: Concrete products · Pumps
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£390,000
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Eel Mortality: 5%
- Efficiency: 10%
- Operating Envelope: 10%
- Pre-cast concrete: 10%
- Programme: 15%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (6)
- Price
- Eel Mortality
- Efficiency
- Operating Envelope
- Pre-cast concrete
- Programme
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £945,978 (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 Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board buys Construction materials (CPV 4411), and who usually turns up
Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction materials (CPV 4411) →
How the contest usually goes
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Across this market, small firms won 42% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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 East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 29% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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 37 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
Across this market, at least 60% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–322%
4–633%
7+33%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate0%
Within ±2%50%
Above estimate50%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 4411Published estimate£390k
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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 bid13%
2–330%
4–650%
7+7%
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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.
Middle 50%£358k–£390k
Estimate£390k
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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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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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Huws Gray LimitedLarge | £109m24 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £2.4m 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. | 5% above n=4 |
| £67m21 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £2.9m 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=4 | |
| £17m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £1.7m 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. | 18% below n=4 | |
| £6.9m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £462k 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. | 39% above n=1 | |
| £2.5m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £16m 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 |
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
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
727- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095771- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077549Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is set out within the tender documents available.
- Tenderers are invited to submit initial tenders. Such tender is made up of both
assessment criteria (evaluated prior to award criteria) and award criteria (quality
submissions and pricing submission based on a Price List)
Compliant tenders will have their assessment criteria submissions reviewed against the
pass/fail criteria.
Only tenders which pass all of the assessment criteria will have their quality and price
submissions evaluated against the award criteria.
The Clients intention is to award a contract at the end of this stage. However, rights are
reserved to progress to an optional negotiation and / or BAFO stage if needed.
- Negotiation (optional). If needed, one round of structured negotiation to clarify and
improve offers. This stage may be with a reduced number of bidders.
- Best and Final Offers (BAFO) (optional). This stage may be with a reduced number of
bidders.
If a negotiation and / or BAFO stage is required, the initial award criteria set out will be
used to evaluate amended / updated tenders
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Sept 2026 → 19 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published40 days ago18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
- Next notice expected32 days ago26 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published19 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Clarification questions by33h ago27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 5 days3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 13 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 21 days19 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published18 Sept 2026, 11:52 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Deadline moved to 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST+14 days · was 20 Oct 2026, 13:00 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
- TURNER & TOWNSEND CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Advisors to Water Management Alliance (WMA) and Kings Lynn IDB. The WMA is not a legal entity - it is an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) where one of its number (King's Lynn IDB) employs all of the shared staff and enters into contracts for the provision of shared services on behalf of the Member Boards,as set out in the Consortium Agreement
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender