Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 30 Sept 2026, 16:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Roofing Systems, Installation, Repair, Investigation & Associated Services

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£5,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 26 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2030 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Project works, for a specialist in roofing systems, installation, repair, investigation & associated Services.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Roof maintenance work · Roof repair and maintenance work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How UK Research and Innovation buys Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526), and who usually turns up

UK Research and Innovation’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: Roof works and other special trade construction works (CPV 4526) →

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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 buyerUK Research and Innovation · division 45
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: 66 of 89 known-size awards · market: CPV 4526 · UK-wide, n=600
74%84%

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: 29 of 42 known-location awards · market: CPV 4526 · UK-wide, n=674
69%72%

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: 6 decided notices · market: CPV 4526 · UK-wide, n=104
25 days46 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 25 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 59 of 144 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4526 · UK-wide, n=905
41%28%

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 buyer7 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
29% had one bid
The market166 lots with bid counts · CPV 4526 · UK-wide
8% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid29% / 8%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 166 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 25%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 41 of 166 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 27%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 44 of 166 lots with published bid counts.
7+14% / 41%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 68 of 166 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 buyer7 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
29% below estimate
The market158 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4526 · UK-wide
41% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate29% / 41%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 65 of 158 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%57% / 36%
Buyer: 4 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 57 of 158 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 23%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 36 of 158 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 452636 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£5.0m
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. The bar shows 166 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 166 similar lots
1 bid8%
13 of 166 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–325%
41 of 166 similar past lots received 2–3 (25%).
4–627%
44 of 166 similar past lots received 4–6 (27%).
7+41%
68 of 166 similar past lots received 7+ (41%).
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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £5.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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
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
30 Sept 2026, 16:20 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 16:20 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-6272
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092551
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of building installationsRoof maintenance workRoof repair and maintenance work
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e00 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Sept 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published27 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 16:20 BST
  2. Market engagement6 days ago
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    UKRI is seeking to engage a specialist roofing and building envelope contractor with the relevant technical expertise and experience in roofing, maintenance, repairs and associated building envelope works. The requirement is intended to support both reactive maintenance and planned refurbishment works. The current arrangements require individual works to be procured separately, which can result in additional procurement activity, delays and resource requirements.

    The intention is to appoint a specialist provider rather than a general facilities management provider or intermediary, to ensure the required technical expertise is available directly through the contract and to minimise unnecessary additional management arrangements.

    The proposed contract will provide UKRI with an established supplier capable of responding to individual requirements as they arise throughout the contract term.

    The anticipated contract duration is three years, with an optional one-year extension, with an estimated total value of £5 million excluding VAT.

    The purpose of this pre-market engagement is to gather market intelligence, validate the proposed service requirements, understand current supplier capability and capacity, explore mobilisation approaches and commercial models, and identify any considerations that should be reflected in the final procurement strategy and Invitation to Tender.

    Please send your Expression of Interest to STFCProcurement@UKRI.org, referencing - PME RFI Request - UKRI-6272 – Roofing Works, Maintenance and Associated Services

    Any information provided during the PME that may provide an advantage to a particular supplier will be anonymised and shared with all interested suppliers to ensure transparency and equal treatment.

  3. Tender notice expected31h ago
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 95 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 16:20 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

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure