Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price
Quality
Social Value
Buyer: Dorset Council →
Participate on supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗External submission platform
The scope (Subject Matter of the contract) includes the management of the Contracting Authority’s 61 hotels and guest houses and the initial production of a detailed strategy to outline the management and investment approach to be taken during the life of the contract. This contract does not replace a current contract; the work has been previously carried out in house, but the Contracting Authority has insufficient resources or expertise to deliver this and as a result is procuring the work. The new contract is estimated to require 9 weeks for mobilisation/ transition. Further details on the scope and Specification (Technical, Legal, Performance and Financial) can be found in Annex B1 – Specification. The total budget available is estimated between £1.4m and £2m over the full six-year term (please note that the core term is four years with an optional 2 x 12-months extension periods).
UKK25, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Price
Quality
Social Value
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buying and selling of real estate, Non-residential property renting or leasing services, Building rental or sale services, Land rental or sale services, Commercial property management services, Industrial property services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 70. The category anchor is Buying and selling of real estate (70120000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 70 | 667 | 3 median · 54.9 average (159 of 667 with a bid count) | 3.7 average (186 of 667 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKK25 | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 49 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06035c |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 064402-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Wed Jul 08 2026 15:59:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064402-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-08-05T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-07-29T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-10-30T23:59:59+00:00 |
| Submission method details | https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Please note that in order to submit the tender electronically, all bidders must, in the first instance, register with the ProContract portal. Bidders, if having technical difficulties in using the e-Tendering portal, should contact the provider directly through one of the following mediums. Email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Alternatively, use the electronic ticket logging system which can be found at: https://suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com The Contracting Authority’s access to the e-Tendering portal information and view, differs from that of the bidder. The e-Tendering portal is managed by Proactis. |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £2,000,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | tender | 064402-2026 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | planning | 002099-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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