Official UK procurement notice
Albert Island Development Opportunity
Authority: Greater London Authority·On behalf of: Places for London Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGLA Land and Property Limited (GLAP) is advancing plans for the comprehensive redevelopment of Albert Island, a strategically significant 25-acre brownfield employment site in at the Royal Docks, Newham. The site has been selected by GLAP and the City of London Corporation as the preferred location for the co-located new Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets, that will be relocating from their current locations in the City of London and Tower Hamlets respectively.
The opportunity is expected to involve the appointment of a development partner to work with GLAP and the Corporation to bring forward the two new wholesale markets, alongside supporting commercial and ancillary uses. The development will also require the delivery of enabling infrastructure, site servicing, and associated works to unlock the site.
The existing planning consent on the site provides for c.750,000 sq ft of development, while the two new co-located markets are expected to comprise circa c.300,000 sq ft in addition to the supporting commercial and ancillary uses which are less defined.
Working with the Corporation, GLAP is currently testing a range of schemes and delivery options, to inform the preferred approach. To support this, GLAP will be undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise. This will provide an opportunity for interested organisations to engage with GLAP, inform the emerging delivery and procurement strategy, and shape the approach to selecting a development partner.
Montagu Evans LLP is supporting GLAP in coordinating the PME process and managing engagement with the market during this stage.
CPV: Development services of real estate
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Greater London Authority buys Development services of real estate (CPV 7011), and who usually turns up
Greater London Authority’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: Development services of real estate (CPV 7011) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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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 79 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.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid50% / 11%
2–317% / 36%
4–60% / 36%
7+33% / 18%
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 estimate57%
Within ±2%30%
Above estimate13%
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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.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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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 7011Published estimate£220m
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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 28 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–336%
4–636%
7+18%
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| BDW TradingLive contract | Ruislip Depot Development Opportunityruns to Jun 2066 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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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.
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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.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
51% title match.
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.
51% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (51% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Ruislip Depot Development Opportunity — held by BDW Trading; the published contract ends 26 Jun 2066.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 22 Jun 2026, 16:49 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jun 2026, 16:49 BST
- Authority reference
Places_00211- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058681- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ba79Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published121 days ago22 Jun 2026, 16:49 BST
- Market engagement107 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
To inform the future delivery and procurement strategy for the Albert Island project, GLAP will undertake a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise.
Montagu Evans LLP is supporting GLAP during the PME stage and coordinating engagement activities on behalf of the authority.
The team wishes to engage with a diverse range of potential bidding parties.
Interested organisations should email [email protected] with the subject line "Albert Island PME" to request the PME questionnaire and supporting information. Please include the organisation name, contact name, email address, telephone number and a short description of the organisation / consortium.
Completed questionnaire responses should be returned by email to [email protected] no later than 15:00 on 06/07/2026.
Following the PME, GLAP may undertake further engagement with selected organisations. It is not expected to be possible for GLAP to invite all interested parties to participate in further engagement. The engagement will focus on those parties with the skills, experience and expertise in delivering similar projects in the UK.
This Preliminary Market Engagement notice is issued solely for information and market testing purposes. It does not constitute the commencement of a procurement procedure, create any commitment by GLAP to procure a development partner, or constitute any form of pre-qualification process. Responses are sought for market engagement purposes only, and proposals are not invited at this stage. GLAP is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in any aspect of this early market engagement exercise.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Jun 2026, 16:49 BSTUK2
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Places for London LimitedProcuring entityProcurement advisor as per the shared service agreement.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender