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title: "MBC Gretton Court Soft Market Test"
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# MBC Gretton Court Soft Market Test

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mbc-gretton-court-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-079387). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Melton Borough Council: "MBC Gretton Court Soft Market Test". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Melton Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/melton-borough-council-ons-e07000133)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Real estate services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mbc-gretton-court-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-079387#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079387`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mbc-gretton-court-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-079387#tl-md)

## Description
Melton Borough Council is undertaking a market testing exercise in relation to a Council-owned extra care housing scheme, Gretton Court in Melton Mowbray. The Council is exploring options for the future ownership and management of the scheme, including the potential sale or transfer of the property to a Registered Provider / Housing Association with appropriate experience in the ownership and management of extra care housing. The Council would expect/require a purchaser of its extra care housing scheme to continue to operate the service as extra care housing with the Council having nomination rights to the scheme.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 70000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 11/01/2027 to 10/01/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F102628-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-29T13:29:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:42:38.029Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079387