Official UK procurement notice
Proposed New Build Housing Framework
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle City Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to a proposed framework for the delivery of more than 700 social rented homes over an anticipated eight-year period across a range of small sites and infill development opportunities.
The proposed scope may include:
Small housing schemes of 4–10 units
Infill housing schemes of 11–20 units
Modern Methods of Construction, including modular and panelised housing
Enabling works, site preparation and infrastructure works
Design support and architectural services
The Council is seeking engagement from suitably experienced organisations, including main contractors, SME builders, MMC manufacturers, civil engineering contractors, consultants and design teams. The engagement will help the Council understand market capacity, potential delivery approaches, barriers to participation and views on the proposed structure of the framework.
CPV: Construction work for houses · Houses construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Proposed New Build Housing Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Newcastle City Council buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Newcastle City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
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.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 71 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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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 bid27% / 0%
2–347% / 10%
4–627% / 43%
7+0% / 48%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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
Lot #1CPV 4521Published estimate£22m
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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 21 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–310%
4–643%
7+48%
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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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 15:47 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099141- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 12:02 BST
- Tender notice expected20 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice publishedearlier today20 Oct 2026, 15:47 BST
- Market engagementearlier today21 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
Newcastle City Council is seeking views from the market regarding a proposed framework for the delivery of more than 700 social rented homes over an eight-year period.
OPEN project reference: OPEN-PR-09102026103453996
Register on the OPEN portal here : www.open-uk.org ↗
The proposed scope includes small housing schemes, infill developments, MMC and modular housing, enabling and infrastructure works, and design and architectural services.
Interested organisations should register their interest through this OPEN project and download the attached PME information pack.
A free-to-attend drop-in event will take place on Tuesday, 20th of October 2026, from 4:30pm to 7:30pm, at The Pandon Room, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH.
Clarification questions must be submitted through the OPEN messaging facility for this project and not through the Microsoft Form.
This engagement is not an invitation to tender. Participation will not confer preferential treatment, and the proposed framework remains subject to approval and change.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 162 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 12:02 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Oct 2026, 15:47 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £22,000,00020 Oct 2026, 15:47 BST
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender