Official UK procurement notice
Advance Housing and Support - Provision of a Repairs Service
Authority: Advance Housing and Support (Public body)·On behalf of: Echelon Consultancy
Description of the procurement (UK4) The Authority is procuring contractors to deliver the following services to its homes, divided into nine geographical lots: responsive repairs, including an emergency and out-of-hours service; empty property (void) repairs; and planned maintenance and component replacement works (ad hoc). Lots Each lot has the same deliverables, so the same description can be used for all nine: Provision of responsive repairs (including an emergency and out-of-hours service), empty property (void) repairs, and planned maintenance / component replacement works within the lot area.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDescription of the procurement (UK4) The Authority is procuring contractors to deliver the following services to its homes, divided into nine geographical lots: responsive repairs, including an emergency and out-of-hours service; empty property (void) repairs; and planned maintenance and component replacement works (ad hoc). Lots Each lot has the same deliverables, so the same description can be used for all nine: Provision of responsive repairs (including an emergency and out-of-hours service), empty property (void) repairs, and planned maintenance / component replacement works within the lot area. Lot Lot title Lot area 1 Lot 1 – Lincolnshire, Nottingham and Derbyshire Lincolnshire, Nottingham and Derbyshire 2 Lot 2 – Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 3 Lot 3 – Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London 4 Lot 4 – “Leaves”, Hampshire and East Dorset “Leaves”, Hampshire and East Dorset 5 Lot 5 – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 6 Lot 6 – Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset 7 Lot 7 – Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands 8 Lot 8 – Devon and Cornwall Devon and Cornwall 9 Lot 9 – South Somerset, West Dorset and Wiltshire South Somerset, West Dorset and Wiltshire *NOTE THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE HOW MANY LOTS CAN A BIDDER BID FOR AND BE AWARED IN THE NOTICE, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE FTS SYSTEM, PLEASE REFER TO TENDER DOCS FOR ACTUAL RULES: BIDDERS MAY BID FOR AS MANY LOTS AS THEY LIKE BUT MAY ONLY BE AWARDED 2.
- No preliminary market engagement: Advance Housing and Support is satisfied that there is sufficient interest in the market to proceed without engagement.
CPV: Construction work · Overhaul and refurbishment work · Repair and maintenance services of building installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£16,830,198
- Economic & financial standing
Listed in the tender docs
- Technical & professional ability
Listed in the tender docs
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Listed in the tender docs
- Technical & professional ability
Listed in the tender docs
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £6,724,863 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Advance Housing and Support buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545), and who usually turns up
Advance Housing and Support has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. 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.
Across this market, small firms won 77% of awards with a known supplier size.
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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.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 70% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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 34 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 23% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
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 bid8%
2–316%
4–629%
7+46%
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 estimate40%
Within ±2%31%
Above estimate29%
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£17m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–322%
4–649%
7+20%
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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.
Based on 20 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£17m–£17m
Estimate£17m
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Mears LimitedLarge | £2.0bn34 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 5 live · £528m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 |
| £1.2bn43 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £171m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
BELL GROUP LTDLarge | £93m111 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=30 |
| £1.9m3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £1.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £5.6m35 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | 20% below n=1 |
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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 2 Nov 2026, 19:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 19:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
1374- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103946- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079605Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1h ago2 Nov 2026, 19:34 GMT
- Today2 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 16 days19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 90 days31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 149 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Nov 2026, 19:34 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Echelon ConsultancyProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement consultancy appointed by Advance to administer the process.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender