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Published 9 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T26-132ENV Long Wheel Base Executive Saloon Car Contract Lease

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£50,000≈ £25k / year · £50,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 8 days left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Feb 2029 · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite tenders for the provision under a 48-month Contract-Hire agreement of 1 no. New Hybrid Petrol Long Wheelbase Executive Limousine Saloon Car suitable for deployment on Civic/Mayoral Duties. Specification to include all refinements, communication-aids and safety features associated with a vehicle of this calibre. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Vehicle-fleet management services · Vehicle-fleet-support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 yrsPublished value£50,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 1 Feb 2029 (2 yrs)Value: £50,000 exc. VAT · £50,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern IrelandTurnover guideline: ~£49,863/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: Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

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 £49,863 (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 Derry City and Strabane District Council buys Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011), and who usually turns up

Derry City and Strabane 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 of motor vehicles and associated equipment (CPV 5011) →

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How the contest usually goes

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

How often do SMEs win?
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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: 128 of 149 known-size awards · market: CPV 5011 · UK-wide, n=119
86%58%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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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 Northern Ireland.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 64 of 77 known-location awards · market: CPV 5011 · Northern Ireland, n=5
83%100%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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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: 91 decided notices · market: CPV 5011 · UK-wide, n=44
47 days50 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 47 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 54 of 150 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 5011 · Northern Ireland, n=6
36%33%

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 buyer179 lots with bid counts · all categories
35% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 5011 · Northern Ireland
20% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid35% / 20%
Buyer: 62 of 179 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–341% / 60%
Buyer: 73 of 179 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–615% / 20%
Buyer: 26 of 179 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+10% / 0%
Buyer: 18 of 179 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 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 buyer125 lots with estimate and award · all categories
26% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 5011 · Northern Ireland
20% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate26% / 20%
Buyer: 32 of 125 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%54% / 40%
Buyer: 67 of 125 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21% / 40%
Buyer: 26 of 125 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 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 501124 monthsPublished estimate£50k
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.

2expected bids42% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 10
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid42%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 42%. This is a forecast.
2–337%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 37%. This is a forecast.
4–616%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 16%. This is a forecast.
7+5%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 5%. This is a forecast.
Check who supplied similar work and whether the route limits bidders.
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 7 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.

£50kLevel with estimate
7 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£45k–£50k
Half of likely prices fall between £45,437 and £50,000.
Estimate£50k
The buyer published an estimate of £50,000 for this lot.
A 23% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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
3 wins in Northern Ireland
£5.0m3 awards in 36m · last 13 months ago1 live · £5.0m
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.

no comparable pairs
5 panel places
£9.4m9 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £86k
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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=1
1 win in Northern Ireland2 panel places
1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago1 live · £238k
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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.

29% below n=1
1 win in Northern Ireland
£1.5m1 award in 36m · last 16 months agoNone on file36% above n=1
1 win in Northern Ireland
£923k1 award in 36m · last 25 months agoNone on file3% above n=1
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
Services
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
9 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
Authority reference
T26-132ENV Long Wheel Base Executive Saloon Car Contract Lease
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095765
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Fleet management, repair and maintenance servicesVehicle-fleet management servicesVehicle-fleet-support services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0784f9 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £50,000 excludes VAT (£50,000 including VAT).

Timeline

9 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published19 days ago
    9 Oct 2026, 15:24 BST
  2. Clarification questions by5 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 8 days
    6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 95 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Oct 2026, 15:24 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

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender