Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-6031 Civils. Groundworks and Associated Services
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Research and Innovation–Science and Technology Facilities Council (UKRI-STFC) manages a diverse scientific estate supported by an established in-house maintenance and design team.
UKRI-STFC is undertaking pre-market engagement to inform a future procurement for a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to deliver civil engineering, groundworks and associated services. The services will be commissioned through individual call-off task orders and may include planned, reactive and project works, asset replacement, and works supporting future developments.
The contract will principally cover the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire and The Cosener’s House in Abingdon, with provision to include other UKRI-managed sites. The successful supplier will be expected to work safely alongside UKRI-STFC’s in-house team within operational scientific environments, delivering high-quality services, asset reliability and value for money.
The anticipated contract term is three years, with an option to extend for a further year (3+1 years).
CPV: Drainage construction works · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Ground investigation work · Installation of street furniture · Paving and asphalting works · Site preparation and clearance work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How UK Research and Innovation buys Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520), 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: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520) →
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 South East 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 25 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 bid29% / 13%
2–329% / 35%
4–629% / 35%
7+14% / 18%
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% / 45%
Within ±2%57% / 43%
Above estimate14% / 13%
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 45Published estimate£6.0m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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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 316 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–322%
4–629%
7+36%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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 |
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| DH Building Services Oxford LtdEarlier contract | UKRI-5880 Civil and Groundwork Servicesstarted Mar 2026 | — | £150k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
56% 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.
56% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (56% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
UKRI-5880 Civil and Groundwork Services — held by DH Building Services Oxford Ltd; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- 22 May 2026, 12:04 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-6031- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086573- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a0e2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 22 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published159 days ago22 May 2026, 12:04 BST
- Latest notice published47 days ago11 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Market engagement36 days ago21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
UKRI will be holding an on-site Market Engagement Event at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on 23rd September 2026, providing an overview of the upcoming requirement and the opportunity for bidders to ask questions.
If you are interested in attending, please email the below details to STFCprocurement@ukri.org, quoting the UKRI reference number (UKRI-6031) by Monday 21st September 2026.
Details for Registration:
Attendee Name:
Attendee Email Address:
Company Name:
Vehicle Registration:
- Tender notice expected7 days ago20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 54 days22 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 12:04 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Sept 2026, 15:47 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £6,000,00011 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender