Mechanical and Electrical Principal Contractor

Great Places Housing Group Limited ("Great Places") is seeking feedback from the market for its upcoming Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Principal Contractor tender exercise. This prospective contract will cover - generally speaking - the design, installation, servicing and maintenance of essential mechanical systems and electrical systems across the whole of Great Places' housing stock as well as its offices. The prospective contract will meet all relevant regulatory and compliance standards. This is for an existing requirement.

A Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) UK2 Notice has been issued to help Great Places develop an understanding of:

(1) The scope of services that the market can deliver,

(2) Supplier capacity, and

(3) Available procurement routes.

Responses are sought electronically via reply to an MS Forms survey:

forms.office.com/e/CuQpUqXRLN ↗

The survey should take around 20 minutes to complete.

Respondents must declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.

Deadline for responses: 13th February 2026

Great Places reserves the right to extend this deadline at its discretion.

Great Places reserves the right to conduct additional pre-market engagement not described in this notice to help meet the objectives of the PME.

For example, this may include phone calls, email correspondence, follow up surveys etc.

This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023.

Participation in this exercise is voluntary and not a prerequisite for bidding in any future procurement.

The contract is anticipated to be procured through a PCR2015 or PA2023 framework.