Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement: Vacant Property Repairs (Voids)
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) in relation to providing Vacant Property Repairs (Voids) works to its housing stock.
The Council intends on establishing a framework of up to three contractors to deliver Vacant Property Repairs (Voids) works over an initial framework period of 24 months with an option to extend by up to 12 months. The estimated contract commencement date is 14th January 2027.
Swindon Borough Council has a housing stock of approximately 10,500 properties across the Borough plus a number of sheltered accommodation properties (if required), of which approximately 600 properties are void each year. Vacant properties may require refurbishment, general maintenance, repair and improvements to return them for re-letting on line with Swindon’s Re-let standard. The works can range from minor repairs to major capital works requiring full property renovation, depending on the age of the property and condition upon return.
Of the approximate 600 void properties each year, approximately 250 properties per year are refurbished by the Council’s in-house team.
A further circa 175 properties are refurbished by an external contractor under a term contract.
For the remaining circa 175 properties, the Council is proposing to establish a framework consisting of up to three contractors to deliver the required works on those properties and, upon completion, handed back to the Council for allocation to prospective tenants.
Details of the proposed format for call-offs is provided in the PME Questionnaire.
Information of the work types required under this framework is provided within the PME Questionnaire.
The estimated framework annual value is £2,134,490.00.
The purpose of this PME is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project:
- Market Interest
- Capacity
- Mobilisation
- Insurances
- Pricing
To participate in the PME, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ , then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME Questionnaire. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ( suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com ↗ ).
This PME exercise will close at 16:00 on 25th September 2026 and completed questionnaires are to be submitted by this date and time; following this all responses shall be reviewed by Swindon Borough Council.
CPV: Building construction work · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Engineering works and construction works · Structural works
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Swindon Borough Council buys Engineering works and construction works (CPV 4522), and who usually turns up
Swindon Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Engineering works and construction works (CPV 4522) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 39 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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.
1 bid15% / 19%
2–315% / 48%
4–633% / 29%
7+36% / 3%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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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.
Below estimate54% / 100%
Within ±2%25% / 0%
Above estimate21% / 0%
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.
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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
Our matching links this notice to “Vacant Property Repairs (Voids)” of this authority, but none of the 3 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 45Published estimate£6.4m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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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 265 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–325%
4–629%
7+36%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
52% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
52% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (52% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Vacant Property Repairs (Voids) — held by GB GROUP (CORPORATE) LIMITED and Snape Contracting Services Ltd (+1 more); the published contract ends 31 Oct 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Authority reference
1- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086375- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7f8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Sept 2026 → 14 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published46 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
- Market engagement31 days ago25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) in relation to providing Vacant Property Repairs (Voids) works to its housing stock.
The Council intends on establishing a framework of up to three contractors to deliver Vacant Property Repairs (Voids) works over an initial framework period of 24 months with an option to extend by up to 12 months. The estimated contract commencement date is 14th January 2027.
Swindon Borough Council has a housing stock of approximately 10,500 properties across the Borough plus a number of sheltered accommodation properties (if required), of which approximately 600 properties are void each year. Vacant properties may require refurbishment, general maintenance, repair and improvements to return them for re-letting on line with Swindon’s Re-let standard. The works can range from minor repairs to major capital works requiring full property renovation, depending on the age of the property and condition upon return.
Of the approximate 600 void properties each year, approximately 250 properties per year are refurbished by the Council’s in-house team.
A further circa 175 properties are refurbished by an external contractor under a term contract.
For the remaining circa 175 properties, the Council is proposing to establish a framework consisting of up to three contractors to deliver the required works on those properties and, upon completion, handed back to the Council for allocation to prospective tenants.
Details of the proposed format for call-offs is provided in the PME Questionnaire.
Information of the work types required under this framework is provided within the PME Questionnaire.
The estimated framework annual value is £2,134,490.00.
The purpose of this PME is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project:
- Market Interest
- Capacity
- Mobilisation
- Insurances
- Pricing
To participate in the PME, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ , then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME Questionnaire. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ( suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com ↗ ).
This PME exercise will close at 16:00 on 25th September 2026 and completed questionnaires are to be submitted by this date and time; following this all responses shall be reviewed by Swindon Borough Council.
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 78 days14 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Sept 2026, 12:27 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender