Official UK procurement notice
Property Management Advisory Services
Authority: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contractor will provide property management services and act as the Trust's strategic property
advisor, in line with best practice guidance from NHS Estatecode HBN 008 and the Royal
Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
The range of services can be categorised as follows:
- Assisting with general property matters including rent reviews, lease expiries / hand
back, landlord liaisons and car parking
- Assisting with statutory responses, e.g. Valuation Office Agency requests for leasehold
information
- Assisting with Compliance and Service Charge queries
- Management of the Leased Building Group and preparation of related documents
- Assistance in general property queries such as insurance and asset revaluations
- Providing Trust occupational information to Trust teams where required, e.g. Energy
Team queries, Finance Team queries, Service Leads etc.
- Management of Trust InSite property register, where required
- Updating of the Trust Leased Property Database.
New property-related matters, such as capital projects, acquisitions (including property
searches) and disposals, and any transactional work, including dilapidations / re-instatement,
are charged to an individual service's revenue, against a pre-approved proposal at an
additional cost.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Feb 2026, 16:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:46 BST
- Authority reference
CAPRO012- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057862- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065b80Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Based on Archus' unique and longstanding estates knowledge, given their continuous management of the Trust's leasehold estate, which supports the "exclusive technical capability / continuity of service" grounds under the Act.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Mar 2026 → 19 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends229 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published123 days ago19 Jun 2026, 09:46 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published24 Feb 2026, 16:42 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Feb 2026, 16:55 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Jun 2026, 09:46 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArchusSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £128,997 | 24 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · ArchusSME
- Signed
- 10 Mar 2026
- Value
- £128,997
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The total contract value is below £5 million including VAT.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ARCHUS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender