Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DoF - 6752683 - Property Maintenance Framework 2028 - C001554FS - Preliminary Market Engagement

Authority: CPD - Construction Division (Central government)

Framework agreementWorksBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£110,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 11 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Apr 2032 · starts 1 May 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Property Maintenance Services to the Northern Ireland Government Estate which is anticipated to include: The Agreement is anticipated to comprise of three Lots by geographical areas of Northern Ireland - North, South and West.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Property Maintenance Services to the Northern Ireland Government Estate which is anticipated to include:

  • Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) Works;
  • Remedial Maintenance;
  • Reactive Maintenance; and
  • Minor Works up to a value of £250,000 including Design Services as necessary.

The Agreement is anticipated to comprise of three Lots by geographical areas of Northern Ireland - North, South and West.

The Framework Agreement is anticipated to last for 4 years following completion of the mobilisation period. The successful Suppliers will enter NEC4 Facilities Management Contracts (FMC) with the participating bodies.

The appointment of a Contractor to the Agreement is not a guarantee of any future workload, but demonstrates an intention to utilise the appointed Contractors to provide services where appropriate.

The overall volume and value of property maintenance services that are anticipated to be delivered through the NEC4 FMCs will be wholly dependent on Clients’ asset portfolios and current budget constraints.

Refer to the information bulletin for more information

CPV: Building construction work · Building installation work · Electrical installation work · Mechanical engineering installation works · Refurbishment work

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How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 May 2028

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “DoF - 6752683 - Property Maintenance Framework 2028 - C001554FS -…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

How CPD - Construction Division buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

CPD - Construction Division’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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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 buyerCPD - Construction Division · division 45
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 3 of 7 known-size awards · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=90
43%78%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 12 of 12 known-location awards · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=93
100%62%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=30
—82 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 82 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 0 of 2 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4521 · UK-wide, n=60
0 of 210%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyerToo few to chart: 2 lots with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market20 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
0% had one bid
% of the market's 20 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Market: 0 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
4–60%
Market: 0 of 20 lots with published bid counts.
7+100%
Market: 20 of 20 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 4548 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£110m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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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 83 past lots.

—No model forecast yet5% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 83 similar lots
1 bid5%
4 of 83 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–35%
4 of 83 similar past lots received 2–3 (5%).
4–634%
28 of 83 similar past lots received 4–6 (34%).
7+57%
47 of 83 similar past lots received 7+ (57%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 8 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST
Authority reference
6752683
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092223
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workBuilding installation workElectrical installation workMechanical engineering installation worksRefurbishment work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077967 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

24 Sept 2026 → 1 May 2028 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published50 days ago
    24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST
  2. Latest notice published44 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST
  3. Market engagement27 days ago
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    The Authority has provided an Information Bulletin along with this PME Notice, and is seeking feedback by way of response to a number of questions within the PMF2028 Feedback Form

  4. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 59 days
    11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract starts
    1 May 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

The contracting Authority has now changed the Engagement deadline (When the engagement period will end) to 16 October at 15.00.

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

Department of Finance Northern Ireland, Construction and Procurement Delivery

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBPX-2845-LQQH Clare House 303 Airport Road West, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9EDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure