Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PAN3277 - Estates Auctioneering Services

Official notice

Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Jul 2027 · up to 1 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2025
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Leicester City Council will shortly be inviting tenders from suitably qualified Suppliers to manage and undertake auctioneering services for the disposal of assets on behalf of the Authority. The Contract shall be for two years with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than a further three years. No input is required from potential Suppliers. In preparation for the imminent opportunity, Suppliers will be required to register on the Central Digital Platform (a Find a Tender service).

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Estates Auctioneering Services

Leicester City Council will shortly be inviting tenders from suitably qualified Suppliers to manage and undertake auctioneering services for the disposal of assets on behalf of the Authority.

The Contract shall be for two years with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than a further three years.

Please note this PME Notice is not a call for competition but is to notify the market of an impending procurement opportunity in order to be transparent. No input is required from potential Suppliers.

In preparation for the imminent opportunity, Suppliers will be required to register on the Central Digital Platform (a Find a Tender service). To assist prospective Suppliers, Cabinet Office have published video guides with accompanying PDF user manuals which will help Suppliers understand and navigate the platform, including how to register, upload organisational information and search and bid for opportunities. Please click on the following link: www.gov.uk/government/collectio… ↗ .

CPV: Auction services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 1 Jul 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 1 Jul 2030 with extensions
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
1 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
Authority reference
PAN3277
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012334
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Auction services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb84 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
  2. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
    UK2

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

Leicester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXRT-5737-VBQD City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 1FZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure