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Published 1 Oct 2026, 16:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QQ26/003 Provision of a Training Provider for the Competence & Conduct Standard (Social Housing regulatory Framework)

Authority: Tamworth Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£50,000≈ £17k / year · £62,500 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 29 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 2d 15h left
Clarification cut-off 26 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tamworth Borough Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced provider to support the council in meeting the requirements of the Government's Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing (2025) which is incorporated into the Regulator of Social Housing's Regulatory Framework.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 yrsSMEPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2029 (3 yrs)Value: £50,000 exc. VAT · £62,500 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£33,303/yr≈ 2× annual value

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: The Evaluation is made up of Price 50% Quality 45% and Social Value 5% There are 4 Quality Questions.

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 £33,303 (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 Tamworth Borough Council buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up

Tamworth 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: Education and training services (CPV 80) →

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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 buyerTamworth Borough Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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: 6 of 9 known-size awards · market: division 80 · UK-wide, n=2,236
67%56%

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 14 known-location awards · market: division 80 · UK-wide, n=2,296
50%63%

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: division 80 · UK-wide, n=387
—37 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 37 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 8 of 18 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 80 · UK-wide, n=2,634
44%55%

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 buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market785 lots with bid counts · division 80 · UK-wide
22% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid22%
Market: 176 of 785 lots with published bid counts.
2–330%
Market: 233 of 785 lots with published bid counts.
4–624%
Market: 189 of 785 lots with published bid counts.
7+24%
Market: 187 of 785 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 buyerToo few to chart: 3 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market491 lots with estimate and award · division 80 · UK-wide
31% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate31%
Market: 151 of 491 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%56%
Market: 274 of 491 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13%
Market: 66 of 491 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 8036 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£50k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.

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.

2expected bids41% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 179
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid41%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 41%. This is a forecast.
2–332%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 32%. This is a forecast.
4–619%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 19%. This is a forecast.
7+8%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 8%. 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 65 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.

£48k4% below estimate
65 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£45k–£50k
Half of likely prices fall between £45,032 and £50,000.
Estimate£50k
The buyer published an estimate of £50,000 for this lot.
A 25% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

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.

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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
1 panel places
£5.8m5 awards in 36m · last this month3 live · £1.1m
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
3 panel places
£5.3m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago4 live · £2.5m
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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=3
4 panel places
£3.6m9 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago7 live · £12m
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
1 panel places
£657k5 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago4 live · £657k
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=2
£150k1 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago1 live · £150k
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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
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
1 Oct 2026, 16:08 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 16:08 BST
Authority reference
QQ26/003
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093000
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077efc Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £50,000 excludes VAT (£62,500 including VAT).

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published25 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 16:08 BST
  2. Clarification questions byearlier today
    26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 3 days
    29 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
    1 Oct 2026, 16:08 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

Tamworth Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTDD-5754-QXLV Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, West Midlands, B79 7BZContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender