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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Pool Water Recovery Systems Across Three Sports Centres

ConstructionCPV 45212212
Value£281k
Deadline17 Sept 2026
Published20 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 Aug 202624 days leftCloses 17 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Natalie Schofield
natalie.schofield@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

This Procurement exercise is being run by the Authority's e-tendering portal Bravo Solutions https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.All documentation has been uploaded to enable direct access following registration.NB: You must download all documentation directly from the portal, tender documents will not be communicated by any other means.E-Tender access information: — Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. — The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. — On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. — The Password will be sent by e-mail to the e-mail address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. — In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. — Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). — Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration.Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. — The Help desk is available Monday-Friday: 8:00-18:00.Telephone: 44 8003684852 e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk — Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12:00 noon 17th September 2026. How to find the ITT: — Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT's Open to all Suppliers'. — The Etender references for this contract are: Project_63728 and ITT_126103. — Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button'. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers' area to the ‘My ITT's' on the home page. — You will then see the full details of the ITT in the Qualification, Technical and Commercial envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments' area. — Tenderers are required to provide responses to: —the Selection Questionnaire within the Qualification Envelope —the Method Statements within the Technical Envelope —upload the requested Pricing information within the Commercial envelope. — Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages' area to contact the buyer directly - Do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. Deadlines for submissions is 12 noon the 17th September 2026 with clarifications allowed until 12noon on the 10th September 2026.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£281ktotal contract value
median £78k
this tender£0£853k

This is a large award for Musical, Sports & Leisure Goods — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 1,946 valued Musical, Sports & Leisure Goods tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, is seeking to appoint a specialist contractor to design, supply, install, test, commission, maintain and monitor Pool Water Recovery Systems across the following operational sports centres: • Ebbw Vale Sports Centre • Abertillery Sports Centre • Tredegar Sports Centre The purpose of the project is to reduce water consumption, reduce energy demand, reduce sewage discharge, lower carbon emissions, and improve the long-term efficiency and sustainability of pool plant operations.

The contractor must provide a complete turnkey solution and take responsibility for the design, supply, installation, integration, commissioning, handover, maintenance and monitoring of the systems.

The project must be completed by 31st December 2026.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The contractor must provide a complete turnkey

The contractor must provide a complete turnkey solution and take responsibility for the design, supply, installation, integration, commissioning, handover, maintenance and monitoring of the systems.

02

The project must be completed by 31st

The project must be completed by 31st December 2026.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

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  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8d7
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079553-2026
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