Official UK procurement notice
The Supply of Commercial Refrigeration and Freezer Equipment
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement relates to the renewal of Lancashire County Council's contract for the supply and delivery of commercial refrigeration and freezer equipment. The equipment is primarily used within schools, colleges and other Council establishments where the safe storage of food products is required.
CPV: Installation work of refrigeration equipment · Refrigerators and freezers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£400,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documents for further information
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value: The total Social Value score will be derived from the following calculation: Total Social Value score = (quantitative score (7%) + qualitative score (3%))
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documents for further information
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £399,453 (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 Lancashire County Council buys Electrical domestic appliances (CPV 3971), and who usually turns up
Lancashire County 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: Electrical domestic appliances (CPV 3971) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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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.
Half of these awards have an award date within 63 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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.
1 bid20% / 12%
2–330% / 15%
4–624% / 61%
7+26% / 12%
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.
Below estimate29% / 38%
Within ±2%52% / 38%
Above estimate20% / 23%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 4533Published estimate£400k
This lot is listed as CPV 4533. The table above uses the notice category.
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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.
1 bid49%
2–315%
4–631%
7+4%
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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 4 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.
Middle 50%£391k–£400k
Estimate£400k
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Acme Facilities Group LimitedEarlier contract | The Supply of Commercial Refrigerator and Freezer Products and Equipmentnotice published Feb 2023 | CR/CORP/LCC/22/1518 | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Cromwell Polythene LtdWorked for this buyer | The Provision of Cleaning Materialsruns to Jul 2028 | Bulk Supply of Refuse Bags | £123k | Similar wording and category |
| Enviroclean Global LtdWorked for this buyer | The Provision of Cleaning Materialsruns to Jul 2028 | Bulk Supply of Chemical Products | £343k | Similar wording and category |
| Banner Group LimitedWorked for this buyer | The Provision of Cleaning Materialsruns to Jul 2028 | Bulk Supply of Cleaning Materials | £264k | Similar wording and category |
| Bunzl UK Ltd trading as GreenhamWorked for this buyer | The Supply and Distribution of Catering Disposablesnotice published Jul 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £11m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £22m iPublic 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. | 39% below n=4 | |
| £2.6m4 awards in 36m · last 32 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=4 | |
Banner Group LimitedLarge | £7.4m70 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 18 live · £18m iPublic 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 |
| £2.0m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 7 live · £1.6m iPublic 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 | |
| £585k4 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 2 live · £231k iPublic 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. | 17% below 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (78% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
The Supply of Commercial Refrigerator and Freezer Products and Equipment — held by The Acme Facilities Group Limited; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:09 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 15:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
LCC48638- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098090- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078176Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The tender documents are available on the Lancashire County Council electronic tendering site.
www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/ ↗
Use of this portal does not require the purchase of high specification IT equipment or connections, nor high level personal IT skills/capabilities. Access to the portal and advice/training is free of charge. Registration is necessary in order to view the tender details and obtain tender documentation. Tenderers are advised to allow plenty of time for registration and to do this as early as possible during the tender period.
Please see www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and… ↗ for further information.
Timeline
6 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published23 days ago6 Oct 2026, 11:09 BST
- Market engagement16 days ago13 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Lancashire County Council anticipates publishing the procurement opportunity in due course and invites all interested suppliers to ensure they are registered on the Council's e-tendering portal in readiness for the tender being advertised.
No response is required to this notice. Suppliers are simply encouraged to register their interest by ensuring they have access to the e-tendering portal and by monitoring the portal for the formal publication of the opportunity.
- Tender notice published12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 7 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 14 days13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 50 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 94 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Oct 2026, 11:09 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 15:33 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £400,00016 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Status changed to active16 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 15:46 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Update to internal reference.
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender