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# REDECORATIONS (MAKEOVERS) TENDERING NOTIFICATION & TOP TIPS FOR TENDERING

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/redecorations-makeovers-tendering-notification-top-tips-for-tendering-ocds-h6vhtk-035e9f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Housing 21: "REDECORATIONS (MAKEOVERS) TENDERING NOTIFICATION & TOP TIPS FOR TENDERING". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £16,000,000. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Housing 21](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/housing-21-rsh-l0055)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £16,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building completion work
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** Not published
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035e9f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/redecorations-makeovers-tendering-notification-top-tips-for-tendering-ocds-h6vhtk-035e9f#tl-md)

## Description
1.	NOTIFICATION SUMMARY 
This notification is issued prior to the publication of the Housing 21 Redecorations (makeovers) tender. The Invitation to tender relates to the redecoration across all Housing 21 locations in England. Housing 21 intention is to provide potential bidders with advance notice of the tender opportunity. See below overview of Housing 21 and the tendering opportunity. 

2.	HOUSING 21 INTRODUCTION 
Thank you for your interest in this contract opportunity. 
Housing 21 is a leading, not for profit provider of Retirement Housing and Extra Care for older people of modest means. We operate in nearly 200 local authority areas, managing around 20,000 Retirement and Extra Care Living properties and providing over 42,000 hours of social care each week. 
https://www.housing21.org.uk/about-us/our-services/
We have two distinct service offers to customers: 
•	Extra Care Living: Extra Care Living provides care for older people in a housing setting, enabling them to retain the independence of their own home with the reassurance of having care workers on-site 24/7. Extra Care is a positive alternative to residential care, often allowing couples to stay together when their care needs vary. 
•	Retirement Living: Retirement Living offers older people the opportunity to remain independent in their own home but in a community setting with people of a similar age and with the added benefit of support from a dedicated Court Manager. Highly valued by our residents, Court Managers are a vital component of our offer. They provide advice and arrange help if required, as well as managing the building and associated services. 

3.	TENDER OVERVIEW 
Housing 21 will be conducting a one stage tender exercise to achieve the following objectives: 

•	Opportunity to access localised contractors completing redecoration services. 
•	Award a five-year contract with the option for a three-year extension (5+3). 
•	Ensure suppliers selected have the capacity to complete redecoration services on an Adhoc basis.   
•	Ensure H21 quality requirements are achieved throughout the contract term. 
•	All contractors are SSIP accredited through SafeContractor or Chas (advanced), or a similar SSIP accredited body. 
•	All suppliers are developing sustainability initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint. 
Housing 21 welcomes tenders from local small medium enterprises in order reduce its environmental impact and promote local employment. The tender will be split across approximately 46 counties, only one contractor will be successful for each county. The maximum counties awarded to one supplier is 7, Housing 21. 

Housing 21 will welcome tenders from contractors who can only take on a small number of makeovers at one time, as well as those who may take higher volume, this allows for diversity amongst the supply chain to deliver the stock investment programme. 
 
The expected tender dates are detailed below, however these are subject to change. 

Proposed Date 
Contract Finder A...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/redecorations-makeovers-tendering-notification-top-tips-for-tendering-ocds-h6vhtk-035e9f)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022518-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-16T07:39:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T09:03:00.457Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035e9f