Find a TenderOpen admission Tender notice
Published 30 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ridgewood Village Hall Car Park

Authority: Uckfield Town Council (Local council)

Open framework schemeWorksCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£60,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Open framework scheme until 6 Nov 202623:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Places on the framework 4call-offs with or without competition
Framework period 5 moends 31 May 2027 · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Installation of new soakaway(s), grading of site, resurfacing of car parking area and line marking of parking bays.

  • How the procedure runs: Tenders will be opened formally with nominated Town Councillors and the Chief Officer/Facilities & Compliance Manager, and reviewed through the Town Council's governance arrangements i.e. committee process.

CPV: Car park building construction work · Macadam, tarmac and tar sands

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Places
up to 4 suppliers
Framework period
5 mo from 1 Jan 2027
Scheme runs until
31 May 2027
Published description of the framework

Tenders will be formally opened by nominated Councillors, plus the Chief Officer and Facilities & Compliance Manager. The initial tender documents will be reviewed by the same small group of nominated individuals in detail, against a scoring matrix. The final decision and award of the contract will be taken by General Purposes Committee.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 moSMEPublished value£60,000

What it takes to win
i

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
  • Price: Costing will be taken in to consideration.
What this means for your bid
  • “Ridgewood Village Hall Car Park” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Uckfield Town Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

Uckfield Town Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerUckfield Town Council · this authority
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: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=69
—68%

Across this market, small firms won 68% of awards with a known supplier size.

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: no winner locations published · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=86
—63%

Across this market, 63% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

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: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=28
—78 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 78 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.

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=59
—10%

Across this market, at least 10% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

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 buyerNo bid counts published
The market212 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · UK-wide
3% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid3%
Market: 7 of 212 lots with published bid counts.
2–316%
Market: 34 of 212 lots with published bid counts.
4–627%
Market: 58 of 212 lots with published bid counts.
7+53%
Market: 113 of 212 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.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

2

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 45215 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£60k
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.

5expected bids3% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 12
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid3%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 3%. This is a forecast.
2–322%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 22%. This is a forecast.
4–637%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 37%. This is a forecast.
7+38%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 38%. This is a forecast.
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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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
17 panel places
£659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £9.9m
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=9
1 panel places
£14m13 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £824k
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.

6% below n=5
3 panel places
£11m12 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £8.8m
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.

44% below n=2
£1.1m6 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago4 live · £1.0m
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.

27% above n=2
1 panel places
£173k5 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago1 live · £105k
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.

45% above n=3
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
Works
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Open framework scheme
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST
Last source update
26 Oct 2026, 12:18 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 24 Nov 2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092203
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Car park building construction workMacadam, tarmac and tar sands
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-077d30 Find a Tender
How it runs

Tenders will be opened formally with nominated Town Councillors and the Chief Officer/Facilities & Compliance Manager, and reviewed through the Town Council's governance arrangements i.e. committee process.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
—
Appointment period ends
6 Nov 2026, 23:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
—
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Post: Facilities & Compliance Manager

Uckfield Town Council

Civic Centre

Uckfield

TN22 1AE

Email: james@uckfieldtc.gov.uk

Website: www.uckfieldtc.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

30 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published28 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST
  2. Latest notice published47h ago
    26 Oct 2026, 12:18 GMT
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Admission / appointment period endsin 9 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    6 Nov 2026, 23:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 27 days
    24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 64 days
    1 Jan 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    26 Oct 2026, 12:18 GMT
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 6 Nov 2026, 23:00 GMT
    26 Oct 2026, 12:18 GMT
    +7 days · was 30 Oct 2026, 23:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)

The deadline for the submission of tender documentation has been extended to Friday 6 November at 23:00hours, from the original deadline of Friday 30 October 2026.

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

Uckfield Town Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYCM-2287-GGQG Civic Centre, Bell Farm Lane, Uckfield, South East, TN22 1AEContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender