Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Clean and Foul Water Repairs Contract

Authority: Walsall Housing Group Ltd (Housing)·On behalf of: Faithorn Farrell Timms

WorksBelow threshold
Published estimate £3,885,000≈ £1.9m / year · £3,885,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 4 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Walsall Housing Group (whg) are looking to engage with Suppliers in relation to an upcoming procurement for a Clean and Foul Water Repairs Contract. This is intended to appoint one Supplier to the Contract and the Contract will relate to circa GBP647,500.00 per annum (excluding VAT). Contract start dates are indicative at this time, and will be updated at the time of Tender Notice publication.

The Boards of whg and Aspire Housing officially announced their decision to approve merger plans on July 31 2026, creating a combined housing association managing over 32,000 homes across the Midlands. Any contract awarded by whg following a procurement process may afford the opportunity for all current operating entities and any future operating entities of whg (including Aspire) to utilise the contract covering the groups geographical areas of service delivery.

CPV: Ancillary works for water pipelines · Drainage works · Ground-drainage work · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Sewerage work · Water plumbing work · Works related to water-distribution pipelines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 4 May 2027 — 3 May 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsDelivery: East Midlands, West Midlands
Extensions
Extension options published
45111240 Ground-drainage work45232100 Ancillary works for water pipelines45232150 Works related to water-distribution pipelines45232410 Sewerage work45232452 Drainage works45332200 Water plumbing work

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Ancillary works for water pipelinesDrainage worksGround-drainage workRepair and maintenance services of building installationsSewerage workWater plumbing workWorks related to water-distribution pipelines
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07762b

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    21 Sept 2026, 11:01 BST
  2. Market engagementin 18 days
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTwhg have issued a Questionnaire with this Notice requesting the market to confirm if the contract will be of interest. A deadline for responses has been set as 9th October 2026 - forms.cloud.microsoft/e/iiK7fBeBZK
  3. Contract startsin 224 days
    4 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 11:01 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Walsall Housing Group Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYHD-5721-XWDQ 100 Hatherton Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1AB [email protected]

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure