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Published 27 May 2026, 16:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Passive Fire Safety Remedial works

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Southern Housing (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UKEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)
+3 moreLondon (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Planned pipeline value£140,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 16 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2032 · up to 30 Sept 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Following initial PME notice, Southern Housing is seeking further market feedback for our Passive Fire Protection Works contract. The contract supports the delivery of passive fire protection works across our housing stock, including fire stopping, fire door repairs and replacements, glazing and fire compartmentation works.

The service primarily relates to planned and remedial works arising from Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) and fire door inspections, alongside a smaller volume of reactive works and specialist surveys. The re-procurement aims to deliver a more robust, compliant and efficient service that supports Southern Housing's fire safety strategy and long-term regulatory obligations.

The proposed contract term is 5 years, with extension options of 2 + 2 + 1 years.

The proposed procurement is based on a 7 x Lot geographical delivery model, with contractors responsible for delivering works within their allocated areas. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise is intended to gather supplier feedback on the proposed service model, commercial arrangements, performance requirements and delivery approach before the procurement is launched.

Lot 1 - Midlands

Lot 2 - Kent & Medway

Lot 3 - Sussex & South Cost

Lot 4 - SW London & Surrey

Lot 5 - East & inner SE London

Lot 6 - Outer SE & Croydon

Lot 7 - North, Central & West London & Thames Valley

CPV: Fire-prevention installation works · Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 – 30 Sept 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2037 with extensions
Delivery: UK, East Midlands, West Midlands, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
45343000 Fire-prevention installation works50000000 Repair and maintenance services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Southern Housing buys Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534), and who usually turns up

Southern Housing’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSouthern Housing · division 45
The marketFencing, railing and safety equipment installation work (CPV 4534)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 20 of 23 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
87%—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 27 of 31 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
87%—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: no decision dates published
74 days—

Half of these awards were announced within 74 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 4 of 19 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: no bid counts or routes published
21%—

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer13 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
0% had one bid
The marketNo bid counts published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Buyer: 0 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
4–68%
Buyer: 1 of 13 lots with published bid counts.
7+92%
Buyer: 12 of 13 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
10% below estimate
The marketNo estimate-and-award pairs published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
Below estimate10%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%0%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate90%
Buyer: 9 of 10 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

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 #1CPV 453460 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£140m
Expected competition
i

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 41 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet20% single-bid risk
Past bids on 41 similar lots
1 bid20%
8 of 41 similar past lots received 1 bid (20%).
2–312%
5 of 41 similar past lots received 2–3 (12%).
4–620%
8 of 41 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+49%
20 of 41 similar past lots received 7+ (49%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £140m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

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.

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
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
27 May 2026, 16:49 BST
Last source update
23 Jul 2026, 09:41 BST
Authority reference
SH2026082
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069464
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Fire-prevention installation worksRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area
UKEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a6d5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 May 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published146 days ago
    27 May 2026, 16:49 BST
  2. Latest notice published89 days ago
    23 Jul 2026, 09:41 BST
  3. Market engagement81 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Following our initial Preliminary Market Engagement exercise, Southern Housing is considering amendments to its procurement strategy and is seeking further market feedback before finalising the tender strategy.

    Southern Housing is issuing this request for information to gather early insight and feedback from the market on this opportunity.

    Responding to this Pre-Procurement Market Engagement is optional and will not affect your chances in future bidding. Southern Housing will conduct the procurement process in full compliance with the Procurement Act 2023.

    We are sharing key information about this opportunity and seeking your valuable knowledge, feedback and insights in the following areas:

    • Lot bid/award strategy
    • Lot/ regional interest
    • Regional delivery

    Suppliers are invited to participate by completing a questionnaire via the following link:

    forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 28 days
    16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 345 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2026, 16:49 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Jul 2026, 14:57 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value published: £140,000,000
    13 Jul 2026, 14:57 BST
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Jul 2026, 15:16 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jul 2026, 09:41 BST
    UK2
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2026-05: 1 release · 27 May 2026

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

Southern Housing

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-MPR: 8983 · GB-PPON: PXJP-9994-BJBR Fleet House, 59-61 Clerkenwell Road, London, London, EC1M 5LAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure