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Published 7 Nov 2025, 10:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Repair and Maintenance for Vehicles

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: South Hams District Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: South West (UKK4)
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

***PLEASE NOTE, THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE REARRANGED***

South Hams District Council will be running an early market engagement event at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes TQ9 5NE on Tuesday 6th January 2026 from 10am - 12pm.

The Authority would like to meet with suppliers ahead of a potential procurement to present their requirements and hold a forum.

The Authority is looking for a supplier to be the sole provider of the repair and maintenance of their vehicles fleet from vans to waste RCVs.

If you are interested in attending, please email rosanna.wilson@teignbridge.gov.uk or ollie.rees@swdevon.gov.uk by Friday 5th December 2025 to confirm your attendance.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
50000000 Repair and maintenance services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How South Hams District Council buys Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50), and who usually turns up

South Hams 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: Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) →

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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 buyerSouth Hams District Council · all categories
The marketRepair and maintenance services (CPV 50) · South West England
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: 3 of 9 known-size awards · market: division 50 · South West England, n=369
33%53%

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. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 11 known-location awards · market: division 50 · South West England, n=475
45%27%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside 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: 7 decided notices · market: division 50 · South West England, n=71
12 days63 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 12 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 6 of 11 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 50 · South West England, n=595
55%64%

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?

i

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 buyer5 lots with bid counts · all categories
20% had one bid
The market130 lots with bid counts · division 50 · South West England
11% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid20% / 11%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 130 lots with published bid counts.
2–360% / 28%
Buyer: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 37 of 130 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 36%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 47 of 130 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 25%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 32 of 130 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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 market81 lots with estimate and award · division 50 · South West England
27% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate27%
Market: 22 of 81 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%53%
Market: 43 of 81 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20%
Market: 16 of 81 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 5024 monthsSME suitableNo real estimate

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 50. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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. The bar shows 130 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet11% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 130 similar lots
1 bid11%
14 of 130 similar past lots received 1 bid (11%).
2–328%
37 of 130 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–636%
47 of 130 similar past lots received 4–6 (36%).
7+25%
32 of 130 similar past lots received 7+ (25%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No real estimate
The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Dennis Eagle LtdEarlier contractRepair and Maintenance for Fleet Vehiclesnotice published Sept 2022—£600kMatched as the earlier contract

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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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.

What this replaces
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

88% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (88% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Repair and Maintenance for Fleet Vehicles — held by Dennis Eagle Ltd; no contract end date published.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
7 Nov 2025, 10:23 GMT
Last source update
5 Jan 2026, 09:40 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000137
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dc73 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Nov 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published354 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 10:23 GMT
  2. Latest notice published295 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 09:40 GMT
  3. Market engagement294 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT

    ***PLEASE NOTE, THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE REARRANGED***

    South Hams District Council will be running an early market engagement event at Follaton House Plymouth Road Totnes Devon TQ95NE on Tuesday 6th January 2025 from 10am - 12pm.

    The Authority would like to meet with suppliers ahead of a potential procurement to present their requirements and hold a forum.

    The Authority is looking for a supplier to be the sole provider of the repair and maintenance of their vehicles fleet from vans to waste RCVs.

    If you are interested in attending, please email rosanna.wilson@teignbridge.gov.uk or ollie.rees@swdevon.gov.uk by Friday 5th December 2025 to confirm your attendance.

  4. Contract starts27 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Nov 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 10:23 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Dec 2025, 15:07 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Dec 2025, 09:14 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Dec 2025, 09:24 GMT
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Dec 2025, 13:38 GMT
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Jan 2026, 09:40 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (3)

Change of date and location

Date

EVENT NOW CANCELLED

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2025-12: 2 releases · 1 Dec 2025, 4 Dec 2025
  • 2025-11: 1 release · 7 Nov 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Hams District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGRN-9782-BBWZ Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, South West, TQ9 5NEContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure