Official UK procurement notice
HMCTS Provision of Facilities Management and Security Services
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHis Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is in the early stages of reviewing its current Facilities Management (FM) and Security provision across its estate. This notice is published for transparency purposes in accordance with the Procurement Act (2023) and does not constitute the commencement of a procurement.
HMCTS is responsible for approximately 340 locations throughout England, Wales and certain sites in Scotland. FM and Security arrangements are currently delivered through two national contracts.
Current FM provision includes a range of Hard FM and Soft FM services. Hard FM services include, but are not limited to, statutory and mandatory compliance, projects, planned and reactive maintenance, building fabric maintenance, mechanical, electrical & plumbing (MEP). Soft FM services include, but are not limited to, FM support services, grounds maintenance and landscaping including gritting, routine and reactive cleaning services, window cleaning, pest control and general waste and recycling services.
Security provision includes, but is not limited to, guarding, reactive ad hoc guarding, out of hours alarm response and management of search equipment.
The project aims to ensure that critical FM and Security support arrangements are put in place so that services continue beyond the expiry of the current contracts in April 2029.
This project is at an early stage. All information contained in this notice, including but not limited to, timings and potential scope, is indicative only and may be subject to change.
No response is required from interested parties regarding this notice however HMCTS intend to publish a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) notice in due course.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Cleaning services · Facilities management services · Grounds maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Security 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 Ministry of Justice buys Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999), and who usually turns up
Ministry of Justice’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
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.
Here, local means registered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 49 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 bid10% / 12%
2–358% / 35%
4–620% / 46%
7+12% / 8%
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 estimate56% / 50%
Within ±2%30% / 40%
Above estimate15% / 10%
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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 7999Published estimate£3.0bn
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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 26 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–335%
4–646%
7+8%
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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- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
- 8 May 2026, 16:12 BST
- Last source update
- 26 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048807- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069513Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 May 2026 → 1 Apr 2029 · 5 dates- Planning notice published166 days ago8 May 2026, 16:12 BST
- Latest notice published148 days ago26 May 2026, 14:00 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 71 days31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
It is anticipated that the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) period will run from now until the end of December 2026. HMCTS intends to use this period to refine its requirements and delivery model through various activities, which may include, but is not limited to:
- Online supplier surveys.
- One-to-one clarification sessions.
Specific details, dates, and access for these activities will be shared with suppliers who are registered and expressed their interest via the e-sourcing portal.
How to Register
To participate in this PME and receive further updates, interested parties must be registered on the e-sourcing portal, Jaggaer. Suppliers can register by accessing Jaggaer through the following link: ministryofjusticecommercial.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Suppliers can then express interest against Pre-Qualification Question (PQQ) PQQ_578 in order to be included in future communications.
We ask that suppliers express their interest by 2.00pm on Monday 18 May 2026, following which further information will be issued.
The PQQ functionality is being used for communication only, responses are not evaluated or used for selection in any way.
Important Information
This notice is for information only and is intended to provide transparency regarding a potential future requirement. It does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to any procurement process.
Choosing not to participate in this PME will not prevent any organisation from participating in any subsequent procurement related to this project.
All information provided is indicative. HMCTS reserves the right to change the scope, timelines, or engagement methods at its absolute discretion.
HMCTS will not be liable for any costs incurred by suppliers in participating in this PME.
- Tender notice expectedin 161 days31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2029, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 May 2026- Pipeline notice published8 May 2026, 16:12 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 May 2026, 16:18 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 May 2026, 14:00 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