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Natural England

Water Pipe Installation at Aston Rowant NNR

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39370000
Value£21k
Deadline1 Sept 2026
Published20 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 Aug 20265 days leftCloses 1 Sept 2026
Who to contact
stephanieann.wilson@naturalengland.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

To apply for this opportunity you must submit your quotation meeting the requirements detailed in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) attached. Your response must be sent to stephanieann.wilson@naturalengland.org.uk by 23:59 on 1st September 2026. If you have any clarification questions linked to this opportunity or the procurement process please submit these via email to stephanieann.wilson@naturalengland.org.uk. Please note that, unless commercially sensitive, both the question and the response will be circulated to all tenderers.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£21ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits below the typical range for Furniture & Furnishings contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

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The brief

To install sections of water pipe at Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, to be installed in October 2026.

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k 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

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

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e8ae
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079493-2026
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