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Published 8 Oct 2026, 12:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender 57/2026 - 2G, 3G & Polymeric Sports Surface Assessment, Maintenance & Renovation Works District Wide, 2026/27 to 2027/28

Authority: Newry Mourne & Down District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£120,000≈ £60k / year · £144,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 3d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 26 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 6 Dec 2028 · starts 7 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The principal intention is to appoint a Contractor to provide an initial assessment, an annual maintenance program, and to undertake any identified renovation works for each of the 11 artificial sports surface sites Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC) currently owns.

CPV: Sports fields maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 7 Dec 2026 – 6 Dec 2028 (2 yrs)Value: £120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£119,836/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
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As per ITT Documentation: 20%
  • As per ITT Documentation: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per ITT Documentation
  • As per ITT Documentation

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £119,836 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Newry Mourne & Down District Council buys Sports fields maintenance services (CPV 7732), and who usually turns up

Newry Mourne & Down 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: Sports fields maintenance services (CPV 7732) →

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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 buyerNewry Mourne & Down District Council · all categories
What to do with it
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: 19 of 29 known-size awards · market: division 77 · UK-wide, n=564
66%83%

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-location awards · market: division 77 · UK-wide, n=660
3 of 474%

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: 3 decided notices · market: division 77 · UK-wide, n=138
26 days41 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 26 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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 5 of 34 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7732 · UK-wide, n=7
15%14%

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 buyer22 lots with bid counts · all categories
45% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 7732 · UK-wide
17% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid45% / 17%
Buyer: 10 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 67%
Buyer: 8 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 17%
Buyer: 4 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 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 · all categories
16% below estimate
The market302 lots with estimate and award · division 77 · UK-wide
39% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate16% / 39%
Buyer: 5 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 117 of 302 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%29% / 34%
Buyer: 9 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 103 of 302 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate55% / 27%
Buyer: 17 of 31 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 82 of 302 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 773224 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£120k
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.

3expected bids47% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 39
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid47%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 47%. This is a forecast.
2–342%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 42%. This is a forecast.
4–610%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 10%. This is a forecast.
7+1%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 1%. 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 22 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.

£120kLevel with estimate
22 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£120k–£137k
Half of likely prices fall between £120,000 and £137,390.
Estimate£120k
The buyer published an estimate of £120,000 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?
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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
4 panel places
£43m19 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago1 live · £400k
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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=12
2 panel places
£8.1m12 awards in 36m · last this month1 live · £372k
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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=4
2 panel places
£45m19 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago3 live · £1.4m
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=6
1 panel places
£1.7m5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago2 live · £950k
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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=3
1 panel places
£11m3 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £315k
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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=2
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
8 Oct 2026, 12:12 BST
Last source update
19 Oct 2026, 12:57 BST
Authority reference
CA18531
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095153
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Sports fields maintenance services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783a2 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
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Published estimate £120,000 excludes VAT (£144,000 including VAT).

Timeline

8 Oct 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published19 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 12:12 BST
  2. Latest notice published7 days ago
    19 Oct 2026, 12:57 BST
  3. Clarification questions byearlier today
    26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  5. Submission deadlinein 4 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 41 days
    7 Dec 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 12:12 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    19 Oct 2026, 12:57 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
    19 Oct 2026, 12:57 BST
    +7 days · was 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

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

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PJMQ-5831-RNZM Unit 19 Rampart Road, Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry, Northern Ireland, BT34 2QUContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
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