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Published 6 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply and instal doors to Hexton Barn, SG5 3HX

Authority: NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved: K02000001
Published estimate£18,000£21,600 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Nov 202623:59 GMT · 18d 3h left
Contract term 2 moends 23 Jan 2027 · starts 7 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply and installation of roller shutter and pedestrian doors with infill cladding to barn at Manor Farm, Hexton, SG5 3HX. Site visit required. Looking to instal Dec 2026/Jan 2027.

CPV: Construction work for commercial buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 moPublished value£18,000
Contract period: 7 Dec 2026 – 23 Jan 2027 (2 mo)Value: £18,000 exc. VAT · £21,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of EnglandTurnover guideline: ~£36,000/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: Full details in RFQ

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 £36,000 (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 NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal)’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: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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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
The marketBuilding construction work (CPV 4521) · East of 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: 16 of 18 known-size awards · market: CPV 4521 · East of England, n=122
89%75%

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 of England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 23 of 31 known-location awards · market: CPV 4521 · East of England, n=153
74%27%

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: 3 decided notices · market: CPV 4521 · East of England, n=43
10 days28 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 10 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 3 of 37 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4521 · East of England, n=210
8%33%

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 buyerToo few to chart: 3 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market53 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · East of England
8% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid8%
Market: 4 of 53 lots with published bid counts.
2–330%
Market: 16 of 53 lots with published bid counts.
4–636%
Market: 19 of 53 lots with published bid counts.
7+26%
Market: 14 of 53 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 buyer31 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
68% below estimate
The market47 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4521 · East of England
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate68% / 43%
Buyer: 21 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 20 of 47 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%16% / 19%
Buyer: 5 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 47 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate16% / 38%
Buyer: 5 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 18 of 47 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 45212 monthsPublished estimate£18k
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.

7expected bids8% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 117
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid8%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 8%. This is a forecast.
2–318%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 18%. This is a forecast.
4–627%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 27%. This is a forecast.
7+47%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 47%. This is a forecast.
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 50 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.

£17k6% below estimate
50 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£15k–£18k
Half of likely prices fall between £15,158 and £18,000.
Estimate£18k
The buyer published an estimate of £18,000 for this lot.
A 10% 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
2 wins in East of England18 panel places
£30m56 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago10 live · £7.8m
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.

at estimate n=11
1 win in East of England1 panel places
£26m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago2 live · £733k
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=5
2 wins in East of England2 panel places
£5.8m12 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago8 live · £6.6m
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=7
2 wins in East of England6 panel places
£17m9 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago3 live · £16m
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.

8% below n=3
4 wins in East of England6 panel places
£50m14 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago2 live · £884k
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.

14% below n=6
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
Works
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
6 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094348
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work for commercial buildings
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781db Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached.

Your response must be sent to alistair.helliwell@naturalengland.org.uk by 12pm on 13th November 2026

If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to alistair.helliwell@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

Published estimate £18,000 excludes VAT (£21,600 including VAT).

Timeline

6 Oct 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published20 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
  2. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadlinein 18 days
    13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 41 days
    7 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 15:03 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

Natural England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJDG-6588-XDMM Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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