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title: "Development Contractors Soft Market Testing"
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# Development Contractors Soft Market Testing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/development-contractors-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-035f87). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Longhurst Group: "Development Contractors Soft Market Testing". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £148,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Longhurst Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/longhurst-group-GB-FTS-83142)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £148,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKG, UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035f87`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/development-contractors-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-035f87#tl-md)

## Description
On behalf of the Blue Skies Consortium (Consortium), Longhurst Group, Nottingham Community Housing Association and Keystone Developments (LG) Ltd (“The Consortium”) are seeking views, as part of an early market engagement exercise, on its Contractor Framework Agreement 2022-2026. These are Contractor Services for the development of general needs, leasehold and care and support properties, both in terms of new developments and major refurbishment/remodelling works. This offers the opportunity to review and re-design services with the aim of offering the Consortium members the best services at the most competitive rates available.
With the current framework due to expire in January 2023 the Consortium are looking to commence the procurement of a new four year framework agreement, starting with this market engagement exercise to seek the supply markets thoughts on the general scope and proposed procurement process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKF, UKG, UKH

- **Description:** The Consortium wishes to seek the views of potential suppliers in relation to Contractor Services for the development of general needs, leasehold and care and support properties, both in terms of new developments and major refurbishment/remodelling w...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022832-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-17T14:14:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:49:44.528Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035f87