Summary
Machine-generated summaryBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council seeks a qualified supplier to provide structured cabling services. The scope covers installation, repair, maintenance, testing, and certification of cabling systems. Additionally, the contract includes associated network infrastructure services. These works will be carried out across various Council sites within the local authority area. The supplier must demonstrate relevant experience and qualifications to meet the technical requirements of the project.
The Aperlena Verdict
Open race
No supplier dominates: 9 different companies have won the last 9 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
How we count
Based on 9 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. Our calls have been right 87% of the time (54,610 graded).
Timing
28 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 30 days. Usual length
- Published
- Today
- Deadline
- Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 2,228 notices of the last two years.
Description
Bid or no-bid?
3 of 6 answered from the register
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Can I bid?
- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
- Documents in English.
Official source
Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)
Always verify details on the official notice.
Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 10 hours ago
Market
IT services in United Kingdom
- median award in this market
- €174,896
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What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,398 awards for IT services in United Kingdom.
- This notice
- €430,529
- Median award
- €174,896
- Middle half of past awards
- €80,018 to €580,143
The estimate sits inside the usual range.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
Market context
Larger than 48% of the open notices in IT services across Europe.
- open now in IT services
- 3,340
- median open notice
- €450,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersUnited Kingdom · IT services
- different companies won awards here
- 927
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 10%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 508
Based on 1,767 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
The buyer in figures
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- notices in the register
- 78
- awards
- 69
- awarded in total
- €11.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 60
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
Based on 67 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
The buyer
Full buyer profileBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, IT services - United Kingdom
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat PLC | 67 | €114.7M | Nov 2026 |
| Computacenter | 54 | €13.0M | Nov 2026 |
| Computacenter (UK) limited | 50 | €10.9M | Oct 2026 |
| Phoenix software limited | 45 | €264.1M | Nov 2026 |
| Civica UK Limited | 30 | €6.5M | Nov 2026 |
Based on 1767 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.
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