Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 9 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Commercial Management of Telecommunications

Official notice

Authority: Citizen Housing Group Ltd (Charity / VCSE)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Citizen are conducting a pre-market excersize for information gathering purposes only. Due to conflicts of interest the potential supplier needs to work for the landlord (Citizen) only.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Citizen are conducting a pre-market excersize for information gathering purposes only.

Due to conflicts of interest the potential supplier needs to work for the landlord (Citizen) only.

There are two main lines of service with more information below.

Citizen Communications Equipment and Site Rentals

Manging Agent Role

Portfolio currently consists of 24 rooftop sites, two ground masts and one cable installation serving a pylon on Citizen land

1 Access Vetting System - Rooftop Sites

Managing access requests from Operators and existing and future communications rental tenants and their contractor to ensure:

  • Right to access under agreement
  • Rights to carry out works
  • Obtaining RAMS and reviewing to ensure works are planned safely and that engineers have appropriate training and qualifications
  • Consulting as required with Citizen to ensure that all health and Safety requirements and other legislative and regulatory requirements have been met before access is granted
  • Confirm to Citizen's Concierge scheme when keys can be issued to contractors
  • Maintenance and retention of records of access requests for monitoring and reporting as required

2 Consultancy Services

  • Act for Landlords only, conforming with all relevant legislation
  • RICS Surveyors - Commercial Property and Building Surveyor services with specialist knowledge of Electronic Communications Code legislation and that concerning Leasehold
  • To advise Citizen in respect of existing agreements and new approaches
  • Lease (and other agreements) negotiations - track and implement lease renewals; Act for Citizen to negotiate Heads of Terms with Operators and their Agents and continue to be liaison point with Citizen Solicitor and Operator agent until ready to complete; Manage consent for alterations under existing agreement
  • Undertake Rental Valuations as part of lease negotiations and rent reviews when due under leases
  • Be Citizen's liaison with Operators and their agents
  • Attend and lead on Quarterly Contract Meetings with Citizen, providing a summary report of the Portfolio for each meeting and in between times as required
  • Support Citizen and Legal representatives following removal notices being served
  • to provide Building Surveyor supervision for Citizen in respect of major works as required
  • Advise on and act for Citizen on communications equipment Wayleaves
  • Other ad hoc consultancy on communications equipment installations, existing and future

All eligible costs relating to the above to be recovered directly from the Operator where the legislation allows.

CPV: Telecommunication consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063602
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Telecommunication consultancy services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab55 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published388 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
  2. Market engagement372 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please contact [email protected] if you believe you can meet the full specification and would be interested in participating.

    Please note this notice is not a guarentee of a procurement exersize and is for information gathering.

  3. Contract starts214 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
    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

Citizen Housing Group Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: 8181 · GB-PPON: PWJN-9145-YTML 4040 Lakeside, Birmingham, West Midlands, B377YNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure