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Published 20 May 2026, 08:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Request for Information - Structural Wall Works - Chilwell Lane, NG9 3DU

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Via East Midlands LTD (Public body)

WorksBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 moends 1 Sept 2027 · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Via is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement, to understand the range of potential solutions available in the market, and to assist with drafting a potential future tender specification for structural wall works at Chilwell, Nottingham NG9 3DU.

Via intends to gather this information through written responses to this RFI.

All responses will be kept strictly private and confidential and will only be used to inform the next steps and possible procurement approach Via should take.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this RFI.

The deadline for RFI responses is 30/06/2026 - 12:00PM

CPV: Structural works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 1 Sept 2027 (2 mo)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
45223200 Structural works

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Via East Midlands LTD buys Engineering works and construction works (CPV 4522), and who usually turns up

Via East Midlands LTD’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: Engineering works and construction works (CPV 4522) →

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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 buyerVia East Midlands LTD · division 45
The marketEngineering works and construction works (CPV 4522)
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 4 known-size awards · market: CPV 4522 · UK-wide, n=121
3 of 459%

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 East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 4522 · East Midlands, n=16
83%44%

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: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 4522 · UK-wide, n=16
31 days39 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 31 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 1 of 9 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4522 · East Midlands, n=15
11%20%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
0% had one bid
The market31 lots with bid counts · CPV 4522 · UK-wide
19% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 19%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 31 lots with published bid counts.
2–320% / 48%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 31 lots with published bid counts.
4–640% / 29%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 31 lots with published bid counts.
7+40% / 3%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 31 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 buyer9 lots with estimate and award · all categories
22% below estimate
The market26 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4522 · UK-wide
62% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate22% / 62%
Buyer: 2 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 16 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%44% / 19%
Buyer: 4 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate33% / 19%
Buyer: 3 of 9 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 26 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 45222 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
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 245 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 245 similar lots
1 bid10%
25 of 245 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–322%
55 of 245 similar past lots received 2–3 (22%).
4–629%
70 of 245 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+39%
95 of 245 similar past lots received 7+ (39%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
20 May 2026, 08:21 BST
Last source update
20 May 2026, 08:21 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045983
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Structural works
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069c70 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 May 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published161 days ago
    20 May 2026, 08:21 BST
  2. Market engagement119 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    Via intends to gather this information through written responses to this RFI.

    All responses will be kept strictly private and confidential and will only be used to inform the next steps and possible procurement approach Via should take.

    All required documents can be found on the below link:

    Please login to the Supplier Network to view the Opportunity:

    Please send RFI any queries and response via the procurement portal detailed above.

    The deadline for RFI responses is 30/06/2026 - 12:00PM

  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 245 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 May 2026, 08:21 BST
    UK2

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

VIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 09903246 · GB-PPON: PRWJ-7547-VYNP Bilsthorpe Depot Bilsthorpe Business Park, Bilsthorpe, East Midlands, NG22 8STContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure