Official UK procurement notice
Homes England - Help to Buy Mortgage Administrator
Authority: Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSince 2013, Homes England (HE) have delivered several 'help to buy' equity loan
schemes including the First Time Buyers Initiative, HomeBuy Direct, FirstBuy, the London
Wide Initiative, as well as the Help to Buy (HtB) Equity Loan scheme itself. We refer to
these collectively in this document as "Help to Buy" (HtB)
CPV: Administrative services for business operations · Software programming and consultancy services · Supporting services for the government · Telephone-answering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) buys General public services (CPV 7511), and who usually turns up
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)’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: General public services (CPV 7511) →
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.
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 117 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 bid15% / 17%
2–331% / 67%
4–623% / 17%
7+31% / 0%
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 estimate77% / 35%
Within ±2%0% / 58%
Above estimate23% / 8%
Assess each lot i
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 7511Published estimate£30m
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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 253 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–335%
4–617%
7+21%
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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
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2026, 14:30 BST
- Authority reference
DN808276- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057630- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e1cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 26 Jun 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published241 days ago27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMT
- Latest notice published129 days ago18 Jun 2026, 14:30 BST
- Market engagement115 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Homes England is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise, comprising a briefing document and an accompanying questionnaire. Following receipt of questionnaire responses, Homes England intends to hold one-to-one sessions with all interested parties, subject to capacity
As of early May 2026, the Programme has completed an initial round of Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to inform the development of the Target Operating Model (TOM) and a high-level assessment of delivery options. This initial engagement has provided valuable insight into prevailing market engagement capability, capacity and emerging practises.
HE is undertaking a second round of Preliminary Market Engagement to deepen and validate understanding of the market. This Round 2 Preliminary Market Engagement (PME 2) is not a call to competition. The aims of this Round 2 Preliminary Market Engagement are to:
- Alert potential suppliers to forthcoming opportunities in the administration and management of HtB schemes
- Explore how the developing TOM components align with current and near-term market capabilities, and to identify where assumptions may need to be adjusted
- Gain deeper insight into the practicality, risks and trade-offs associated with the preferred delivery and sourcing option
- To ensure potential suppliers have a clear understanding of HE's direction of travel, and to provide a structured opportunity to share informed, evidence-based perspectives
- Explain and explore requirements to help us publish clearer requirements in future procurement(s)
- Help us understand better the scale and nature of costs of service delivery and possible commercial mechanisms
Insights gathered through this second round of Preliminary Market Engagement will be used to refine the TOM design, narrow and mature the delivery options, and inform subsequent decision-making. Please note that responses to this round of Preliminary Market Engagement can also be further shared in optional 1:1 engagement sessions and are not limited to the written responses at the bottom of this document. Responses have no bearing on future decision made by Homes England.
As a follow-up to the initial round of Preliminary Market Engagement, we want to engage with suppliers in the marketplace to further understand the capabilities to deliver, the opportunities to improve and modernise, and the technologies to support the management of Help to Buy Equity Loans.
HE and the HtB Equity Loans team are open to developing the approach and the areas of focus are on:
- Leveraging technology and data to improve operational performance and customer experience
- Supporting customers through accessible services, including digital and non-digital routes, and clear approaches to vulnerability, financial difficulty, and arrears
- Ensuring the right people, training, and ways of working are in place to work effectively with Homes England
- Developing the right commercial models to drive value for Taxpayers, HE and its customers
- Tender notice expected84 days ago2 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract starts26 Jun 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026- Pipeline notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:49 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2026, 14:30 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