Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

City Housing Investment & Refurbishment Programme

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: WOLVERHAMPTON HOMES LIMITED

WorksCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£900,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 15 yrsends 1 Apr 2042 · starts 31 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This opportunity may be split over a number of Lots to cover all the City Council's HRA assets, across all managing agents, including;

Maintaining Decent Homes

Energy Efficiency & Retrofit

Planned Maintenance

Building Safety and Infrastructure

Environmental & Estate Enhancements

Decarbonisation Activities

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 15 yrsSME
Contract period: 31 Mar 2027 – 1 Apr 2042 (15 yrs)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Wolverhampton City Council buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up

Wolverhampton City Council’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: Construction work (CPV 45) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWolverhampton City Council · division 45
The marketConstruction work (CPV 45) · West Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 3 known-size awards · market: division 45 · West Midlands, n=454
2 of 373%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 of 18 known-location awards · market: division 45 · West Midlands, n=728
89%52%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 89% against 52%, n=18.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 25 decided notices · market: division 45 · West Midlands, n=59
81 days65 days

Half of these awards were announced within 81 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 5 of 16 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 45 · West Midlands, n=699
31%22%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer45 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market129 lots with bid counts · division 45 · West Midlands
18% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 18%
Buyer: 6 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 23 of 129 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 33%
Buyer: 16 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 42 of 129 lots with published bid counts.
4–622% / 19%
Buyer: 10 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 24 of 129 lots with published bid counts.
7+29% / 31%
Buyer: 13 of 45 lots with published bid counts. Market: 40 of 129 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
20% below estimate
The market138 lots with estimate and award · division 45 · West Midlands
40% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate20% / 40%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 55 of 138 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%60% / 34%
Buyer: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 47 of 138 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 26%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 36 of 138 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #1180 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£900m
Expected competition
i

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 129 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet18% single-bid risk
Past bids on 129 similar lots
1 bid18%
23 of 129 similar past lots received 1 bid (18%).
2–333%
42 of 129 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–619%
24 of 129 similar past lots received 4–6 (19%).
7+31%
40 of 129 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £900m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

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.

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
Works
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
16 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
Last source update
16 Jan 2026, 16:08 GMT
Authority reference
CWC26011
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004054
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG39)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06076d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Jan 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published278 days ago
    16 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
  2. Market engagement252 days ago
    10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

    The City Council will be holding an in-person market engagement session with interested providers on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at the Wolverhampton Civic Centre, to discuss this opportunity. The Council will be seeking feedback from providers on potential participation barriers, scope of works, standard form of contract, duration, pricing mechanisms, supply chain opportunities and challenges, and innovations and added value.

    Interested organisations should submit responses to the questions at www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗ to register interest in attending this in-person event.

  3. Tender notice expected142 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 160 days
    31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jan 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    16 Jan 2026, 11:00 GMT
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jan 2026, 16:08 GMT
    UK2

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 notice

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1SHContact email

Other public bodies

  • WOLVERHAMPTON HOMES LIMITEDProcuring entityWolverhampton Homes are acting as the employer's agent, and shall be responsible for the evaluation of tender submissions and day to day management of this contractGB-COH: 05441967GB-PPON: PXDR-7594-WZQV Wolverhampton, West MidlandsContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure