Official UK procurement notice
Procurement for a Developer for Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Authority: Stroud District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Gleeds Cost Management Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStroud District Council wishes to procure a developer partner to deliver its Brimscombe Port development. Brimscombe Port was at one time the largest inland port in the Country dating back to the 1780’s. Following the decline in canals the Port became redundant. The canal was in-filled after the Second World War and the site developed as an industrial estate during the 1960/70’s. Today the industrial estate has been demolished, ready for redevelopment , the Listed Port Mill and salt warehouse add to the site's spectacular setting
SDC is leading on the delivery of the redevelopment of Brimscombe Port in conjunction with Stroud Valleys Canal Company (SVCC) and Homes England (HE), to reinstate the canal and provide a mixed use residential led development on a ten-acre site. Please see Procurement documents for further details.
- Two-stage procedure: up to 6 candidates will be invited to tender.
- How the procedure runs: Invitation to participate in Dialogue, please see PSQ for detailed breakdown
- No preliminary market engagement: EOI was published July 26 for information only, system error notice not published.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£50,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum company turnover - please see PSQ for full details
- Technical & professional ability
There are technical conditions of participation - please see the PSQ for details.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please see PSQ for details
What 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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Development Outcomes: 35%
- Delivery Methodology: 5%
- Strategic Partner Structure Offer: 6%
- Deliverability and Risk: 27%
- Development Cost and Viability: 8%
- Social Value: 10%
- Sustainability Strategy: 9%
Published award criteria (7)
- Sustainability Strategy: Compliance with the Councils output specification, and their innovative solutions for sustainability
- Social Value : Social value commitments
- Development Outcomes: Quality of the outcomes to be delivered
- Delivery Methodology: Delivery Programme
- Deliverability and Risk: Commercial proposals and risk
- Strategic Partner Structure Offer: Strategic partnership arrangement
- Development Cost and Viability
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum company turnover - please see PSQ for full details
- Technical & professional ability
There are technical conditions of participation - please see the PSQ for details.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please see PSQ for details
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £19,644,779 (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 Stroud District Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Stroud 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: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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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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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.
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.
Both shares are minimums: 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.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–325%
4–629%
7+36%
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 estimate14% / 43%
Within ±2%14% / 28%
Above estimate71% / 29%
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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.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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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£50m
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 bid10%
2–329%
4–656%
7+5%
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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 194 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%£46m–£52m
Estimate£50m
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| MD Building Services LtdWorked for this buyer | Stroud District Council - Planned External Works 2026-2029runs to May 2029 | — | £7.5m | Similar wording and category |
| IAN WILLIAMSWorked for this buyer | Stroud District Council - Planned External Works 2026-2029runs to May 2029 | — | £7.5m | Similar wording and category |
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 |
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IAN WILLIAMSLarge | £519m61 awards in 36m · last this month | 9 live · £35m 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=15 |
| £176m24 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £21m 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. | 19% below n=2 | |
Van Oord UK Ltd.Large | £43m5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £59m 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. | 21% above n=2 |
| £31m6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £28m 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. | 10% below n=1 | |
| £110m7 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £4.5m 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 |
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- 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
- 2 Oct 2026, 17:06 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 May 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093553- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07802dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Standard payment terms
- How it runs
Invitation to participate in Dialogue, please see PSQ for detailed breakdown
- Risks
Please see procurement documents
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Shortlist
- up to 6 candidates invited to tender
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗. Please use the procurement portal messaging system for all communications and clarifications.
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 17:06 BST
- Latest notice published4 days ago23 Oct 2026, 11:14 BST
- Clarification questions by4 days ago23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 13 days10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 212 days27 May 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 246 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2026- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 17:06 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 Oct 2026, 11:14 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Extension to deadline for requests to participate.
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
- Gleeds Cost Management LimitedProcuring entityPreparation of Procurement Documents
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: All documents are free and accessible via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender