Official UK procurement notice
Defence Rental Accommodation Project
Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defence Rented Accommodation Programme (DRAP) is intended to replace the existing Rented Living Accommodation Project (RLAP) upon its expiry, ensuring continuity of Substitute Service Family Accommodation (SSFA) and Substitute Service Single Accommodation (SSSA) across the UK.
The contract is designed to provide suitable, timely, and compliant accommodation where insufficient Service Family Accommodation (SFA) or Single Living Accommodation (SLA) exists, ensuring operational effectiveness and supporting the wellbeing of Service personnel. DRAP must deliver accommodation that meets JSP 464 condition standards, is fit for purpose, and is statutorily and mandatorily compliant. Properties must be located within agreed distance or travel time parameters of duty stations and aligned with Service personnel entitlements.
The contractor will be required to source accommodation to meet required-by dates, offer appropriate choice (including viewings for SSFA), and provide temporary accommodation where necessary to prevent any accommodation gaps.
CPV: Accommodation management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence buys Accommodation and office services (CPV 9834), and who usually turns up
Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Accommodation and office services (CPV 9834) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 83 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13%
2–343%
4–620%
7+25%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate35%
Within ±2%18%
Above estimate47%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 9834Published estimate£700m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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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 40 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–343%
4–620%
7+25%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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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.
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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
- 4 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2026, 13:25 BST
- Authority reference
714839450- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042508- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 1 Apr 2029 · 5 dates- Planning notice published4 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Latest notice published170 days ago8 May 2026, 13:25 BST
- Market engagement153 days ago25 May 2026, 23:59 BST
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is undertaking early market engagement activities in support of the forthcoming Defence Rentals Accommodation Project (DRAP) procurement. DRAP will deliver a future service for the provision and management of Substitute Service Family Accommodation (SSFA) and Substitute Single Service Accommodation (SSSA), ensuring that Service Personnel continue to receive accommodation that meets the required policy standards.
As part of this engagement, the Authority will host a virtual Early Market Engagement (EME) seminar on 2nd June 2026 at 1300 running until 1600.
The purpose of the seminar is to provide prospective suppliers with an overview of the requirement, outline the proposed commercial and procurement approach, and seek initial market feedback to help shape the final tender.
Organisations interested in attending are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to:
The EOI must include:
The name of the organisation, and
A single point of contact, including contact details.
Upon receipt of a valid EOI, the nominated contact will be issued with a pre‑seminar briefing pack, which will include further information on the DRAP opportunity, alongside an invitation to attend the virtual seminar.
The Authority encourages participation from a broad range of suppliers to support the development of a robust, competitive and deliverable procurement strategy.
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 99 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2029, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025- Pipeline notice published4 Jun 2025, 15:27 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 May 2026, 13:15 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £700,000,0008 May 2026, 13:15 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 May 2026, 13:25 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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender