Official UK procurement notice
CBC-2068-CFP-SK Housing Repairs and Void Property Works
Authority: Central Bedfordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCentral Bedfordshire Council is seeking to appoint a contractor to deliver housing repairs and void property works across its social housing portfolio. The service will support the ongoing maintenance, repair and re-letting of homes, ensuring properties are safe, well-maintained and available for occupation, while delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service for residents.
The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.
If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: 17:00 on 27 August 2026
Completed tenders and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Tenders must be uploaded via the “My Return” section of the system. Tenders submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered.
Your Tender must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12:00 noon on 4 September 2026.
Tenders received after that time will be excluded.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) - Two-Stage Process Stage 1: Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) Applicants will be evaluated against the published shortlisting criteria. The six (6) highest-scoring suppliers will be shortlisted and invited to proceed to Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (ITT). As part of the Stage 1 assessment, the Authority will review the financial standing of each applicant, based on an evaluation of the applicant's audited accounts for the preceding two financial years.
CPV: Building construction work · Building materials · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Refurbishment work · Repair and maintenance services of building installations
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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 (3)
- Price
- Quality: 60%
- Social Value: Social Value Portal - Stage Two
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 4 Aug 2026, 18:33 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 12:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
CBC-2068-CFP-SK- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073911- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dbc6Find a Tender
- How it runs
Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) - Two-Stage Process
Stage 1: Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ)
Applicants will be evaluated against the published shortlisting criteria. The six (6) highest-scoring suppliers will be shortlisted and invited to proceed to Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (ITT).
As part of the Stage 1 assessment, the Authority will review the financial standing of each applicant, based on an evaluation of the applicant's audited accounts for the preceding two financial years.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published82 days ago4 Aug 2026, 18:33 BST
- Latest notice published65 days ago21 Aug 2026, 12:21 BST
- Clarification questions by59 days ago27 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline52 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 87 days20 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 157 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Tender notice published4 Aug 2026, 18:33 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Aug 2026, 18:50 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £60,000,0004 Aug 2026, 18:50 BST
- Tender notice published19 Aug 2026, 09:44 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 12:21 BSTUK4
- Procurement method changed21 Aug 2026, 12:21 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 4 Aug 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender