Official UK procurement notice
715097451 - Defence Maintenance Accommodation Project - UK2
Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement covers responsive repairs and property refurbishment, management of a regeneration programme of capital investment works, compliance services and grounds maintenance to Service Family Accommodation throughout the UK owned and managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
DIO is exploring disaggregating these requirements into multiple separate contracts, in particular separating Planned Works from Repairs and Maintenance."
The Authority is keen to engage with providers with a solid background in delivering similar repairs and maintenance contracts for public sector landlords with a strong customer and safety focus, who are able to work collaboratively with the Authority to deliver a first in class service.
The Contracting Authority is undertaking preliminary market engagement in accordance with section 16 of the Procurement Act 2023. The purpose of the engagement is to inform the development of the Authority's requirements, its procurement strategy and future tender documentation. This notice is published under section 17 of the Act and Regulation 17 of the Procurement Regulations 2024.
The engagement will be conducted by way of an on-line questionnaire, supplemented with a briefing session. There will be two sessions available, one of the 22nd July and one on the 28th July 2026. Suppliers only need to attend one session.
The Authority may contact providers who submit a completed questionnaire should it be necessary to clarify their response or raise any questions arising in order to ensure a fulsome exercise can be conducted.
The objectives of the exercise are to analyse the responses from the market, take their views into account when designing the procurement strategy and ensure that any barriers to suppliers intending to bid for the works and services are removed.
Purpose and Objectives of the Engagement.
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- Developing the Authority's procurement strategy, pricing and evaluation models and lotting strategy
- Explore opportunities for SMEs and specialist providers
- Designing the procurement procedure, conditions of participation and award criteria
- Preparing the Tender Notice and associated tender documents
- Identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the works and services required
- Identifying the likely contract management arrangements
- Establish the most appropriate contract form
- Confirming the appetite and capacity among suppliers in relation to the proposed contracts
CPV: Building construction work · Building installation work · Central-heating installation work · Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment · Grounds maintenance services · Heating works · Overhaul and refurbishment work · Refurbishment work · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Repair and maintenance services of central heating · Solar installation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up
Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Other building completion work (CPV 4545) →
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.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 101 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 bid36%
2–39%
4–618%
7+36%
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 estimate45%
Within ±2%27%
Above estimate27%
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 4545Published estimate£6.6bn
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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 11 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid36%
2–39%
4–618%
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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 19 Sept 2025, 09:31 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2026, 14:04 BST
- Authority reference
715097451 - UK2- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064252- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059dd1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Sept 2025 → 1 Mar 2029 · 5 dates- Planning notice published397 days ago19 Sept 2025, 09:31 BST
- Latest notice published105 days ago8 Jul 2026, 14:04 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 1 day22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
This is an open invitation to express interest and get in touch.
The Engagement will be in the form of:
- An On-line briefing for interested participants that respond to this PME Notice
- Supplier questionnaire / written request for information
- Possible clarification questions follow up by the Authority to those who submitted the questionnaire
Details of the Event:
Event / activity - On-line Briefing
Location / platform - By Microsoft Teams
Date and time - Wednesday 15 July (time to be confirmed)
Format and duration - On-line, max duration 1 hour
Suppliers wishing to take part should provide the following:
- Organisation name and registered address
- Contact name, email and telephone number
- Relevant experience and capability
- Specific areas of interest in relation to this requirement
This should be sent to:
Indicative Procurement Timetable:
Deadline for expressions of interest - 17:00 hours, 15 July 2026
Supplier event(s) / engagement activity - 1st session - 22 July 2026 (time to be confirmed) Second Session - 28 July 2026
Deadline for written responses / questionnaire - 17:00 hours, 29 July 2026
Date engagement intended to close / closed 31 July 2026
Anticipated commencement of procurement January 2027
Anticipated publication of tender notice February 2027
The engagement will be conducted by way of an on-line questionnaire, supplemented with a briefing session. There will be two sessions available, one of the 22nd July and one on the 28th July 2026. Suppliers only need to attend one session.
In accordance with section 16 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Authority will take appropriate steps to ensure that no supplier is placed at an unfair advantage as a result of participating in this engagement, and that competition for any subsequent contract is not distorted. Where any such advantage cannot be avoided, the supplier concerned may be excluded from the related procurement.
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary. It does not form part of any procurement process, nor does it constitute a commitment by the Authority to conduct a procurement, nor does it confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement. The Authority is not bound to proceed with any procurement to which this Notice relates.
The Authority welcomes participation from organisations of all sizes, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs). In line with the procurement objectives in section 12 of the Act, the Authority will have regard to any particular barriers to participation that smaller organisations may face and will consider whether such barriers can be removed or reduced.
- Tender notice expectedin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Mar 2029
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2025- Pipeline notice published19 Sept 2025, 09:31 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Sept 2025, 09:42 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Oct 2025, 12:55 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jun 2026, 09:48 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £6,600,000,00030 Jun 2026, 09:48 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jul 2026, 14:04 BSTUK2
Published amendments (3)
Extension of response deadline
New Engagement opportunity
New Engagement opportunity
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 19 Sept 2025, 19 Sept 2025
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 (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender