Official UK procurement notice
Housing Service Charge & Rents System
Authority: Midland Heart (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking a modern, future fit software solution to replace the existing Housing Service Charge & Rents system. The new platform must support accurate housing rent and service charge management, provide transparent calculations, and integrate seamlessly across housing, finance, asset and contract management operations. The new system will need to reduce operational risk, eliminate spreadsheet driven processes, and deliver a single, trusted source of truth for property related financial data. The project aims to transform our financial operations by moving from reactive, fragmented data management to a proactive, integrated, and transparent service charge environment. We seek a partner who can provide a scalable solution that ensures regulatory compliance while putting the tenant experience at the heart of our operations.
CPV: Software package and information systems
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Housing Service Charge & Rents System” 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 Midland Heart buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up
Midland Heart’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →
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.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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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 91 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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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 #1Published estimate£200k
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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 71 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid20%
2–339%
4–614%
7+27%
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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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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 Mar 2026, 15:29 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2026, 15:42 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026954- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067308Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published212 days ago24 Mar 2026, 15:29 GMT
- Market engagement177 days ago28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
We are seeking a modern, future fit software solution to replace the existing Housing Service Charge & Rents system. The new platform must support accurate housing rent and service charge management, provide transparent calculations, and integrate seamlessly across housing, finance, asset and contract management operations. The new system will need to reduce operational risk, eliminate spreadsheet driven processes, and deliver a single, trusted source of truth for property related financial data. The project aims to transform our financial operations by moving from reactive, fragmented data management to a proactive, integrated, and transparent service charge environment. We seek a partner who can provide a scalable solution that ensures regulatory compliance while putting the tenant experience at the heart of our operations.
We will be holding a suppliers day on 28th April 2026 via Microsoft Teams to discuss our requirements and answer any questions that the market may have. If you wish to participate in the session please express your interest via email to [email protected]
- Tender notice expected174 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Mar 2026, 15:29 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Mar 2026, 15:38 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Mar 2026, 15:42 GMTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Amendment to Suppliers Day moved from 6th April to 30th April to allow for greater lead time and notice for suppliers.
Amendment of Suppliers Day dates
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender