Official UK procurement notice
GLA Support and Management of REFIT5 2026-30 (outside London)
Authority: Greater London Authority·On behalf of: Docklands Light Railway Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Greater London Authority (GLA) is undertaking preliminary market engagement in advance of a potential procurement for support and management services associated with the RE:FIT 5 Framework (2026-2030), specifically for delivery outside London.
RE:FIT is a long-established public sector decarbonisation framework. Since 2016, it has supported the delivery of:
- £576m of investment in decarbonisation/energy efficient projects.
- £35m annual savings to public sector organisations and
- 654,700 tonnes of carbon reduction per year
RE:FIT 5 represents the next phase in scaling delivery nationally and accelerating decarbonisation across public sector estates with an estimated value of £1 billion.
This engagement seeks to:
- Assess the viability and attractiveness of a concession-based delivery model for the management of the framework outside London.
- Understand market capacity, capability and expertise to deliver national technical, commercial and procurement support services to framework users, specifically for each and all of the defined RE:FIT 5 delivery stages:
- The Investment Grade Proposal Stage
- Works Delivery Stage
- Measurement and Verification Stage
- Maintenance Stage and
- Alternative/Off-balance sheet financing Stage.
- Gather insights on delivery models, risks, innovation opportunities challenges within the supply chain
- Inform the commercial and procurement approach.
ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF SERVICES
The GLA is seeking feedback on services that may include:
- Framework management and governance
- End-to-end support to framework users, including procurement, commercial and technical advisory services across the REFIT lifecycle.
- National market engagement and pipeline development
- Data management, reporting and performance monitoring
- Operational support and administration
The GLA is exploring a concession-based delivery model, under which:
- Services are delivered at no direct cost to the GLA and may deliver revenue to the GLA.
- The provider generates revenue through agreed mechanisms
The viability, risks, and potential structures of this model are a key focus of this engagement including supplier appetite.
This exercise is for information‑gathering only. It does not constitute a commitment to procure, and participation will not preclude suppliers from future procurement opportunities.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Greater London Authority buys Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 7940), and who usually turns up
Greater London Authority’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: Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 7940) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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 32 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid50% / 26%
2–317% / 18%
4–60% / 37%
7+33% / 19%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate43%
Within ±2%50%
Above estimate7%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7940Published estimate£3.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
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 57 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–318%
4–637%
7+19%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2026, 17:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 17:05 BST
- Authority reference
WS2588726158- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054933- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b248Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jun 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published141 days ago10 Jun 2026, 17:05 BST
- Market engagement120 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Interested organisations are invited to express their interest and participate this market engagement exercise.
Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire
The GLA has developed a qualitative questionnaire to gather feedback on the initial delivery model and early thinking. Organisations interested in participating in this questionnaire should email [email protected]. The questionnaire will remain open until Wednesday 1st July. GLA reserves the right to undertake further engagement exercises as required.
- Contract starts29 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jun 2026, 17:05 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
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Docklands Light Railway LimitedBeneficiary authority
- Transport for LondonProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcuring on behalf of GLA
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender