Official UK procurement notice
Response Maintenance (South Belfast, East Belfast, South West & South Down)
Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis competition will involve 4 lots:
South Belfast
East Belfast
South West
South Down
Historically, South & East Belfast were delivered as a single contract covering approximately 10,000 units. This area will be segmented into two distinct Lots in this Competition.
The lot contracts will deliver responsive maintenance, emergency repairs, void property works, civil engineering, asbestos services, fire safety works, and associated inspections across the Contracting Authority's properties within the relevant region.
The Suppliers will provide a 24/7/365 responsive repairs service, undertake technical and compliance inspections, manage multi‑trade repair tasks, and support statutory landlord obligations. Services include working in occupied and unoccupied homes, communal areas, and Contracting Authority-owned land and buildings.
The Suppliers must meet extensive requirements in health and safety, customer care, IT integration, appointments, reporting, social value, environmental sustainability, and performance management, and must collaborate with the Contracting Authority. No minimum volume of work is guaranteed.
In accordance with the Procurement Policy Note 01/21 - Social Value in Procurement, this Contract will deliver measurable social value outcomes. Under this Procurement Suppliers will be required to support the Contracting Authority's social value objectives. Accordingly, Contract performance conditions and Award Criteria may relate, in particular, to social value.
Information relating to the Pre-Tender Estimate will be provided within the Tender Notice and associated tender documents.
It is expected that the following changes may be made to the associated tender documents:
- Updated specification(s)
- Revised Schedule of Rates from v6.3 (2007) to v8 (2022)
- KPI Targets adjusted from 90-95% range to 85-90%
- MAP adjusted from 80-90% range to 80-85%
- Performance damages expected to be assessed on a quarterly average rather than a monthly basis
- Inclusion of mechanism(s) for ongoing collaboration and joint improvement planning
- 5-year flat contract term
Full details of the Scope and any associated changes will be set out in the associated tender documents.
The content of this notice is indicative only and subject to change with or without notice.
Please note that the contract start and end dates shown herein relate solely to the South West Lot. These fields were mandatory, and the system did not allow entry of the corresponding dates for the remaining Lots. The contract start and ends dates for all Lots are, however, provided within the Planned Procurement Notice and will be provided in the ITT.
- How the procedure runs: The procedure is expected to follow the steps below: - Publication of the Planned Procurement Notice - Publication of the Tender Notice and Associated Tender Documents - Submission of Tenders - Evaluation of initial Tenders against the award criteria published in the associated tender documents. The evaluation will be based on a 70% price 30% quality of which a minimum of 10% will be for social value. - The associated tender documents will reserve the right for the Contracting Authority to invoke a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) stage. - Final evaluation of Tender(s) following BAFO (if used). - Scores, ranking, issuance of assessment summaries (where required), completion of standstill. - Contract award following the end of the standstill period.
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Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£143,742,832 together) · win at most 2 of them · same conditions of participation on every lotLot #1South West (South Region)PlannedPublished value£18,843,386
Refer to Procurement description [FRM03.N28] - South West
- Economic & financial standing
Full Legal and Financial capacity requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Full Technical Ability requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
Lot #2South Belfast (Belfast Region)PlannedPublished value£40,647,290
Refer to Procurement description [FRM03.N28] - South Belfast
- Economic & financial standing
Full Legal and Financial capacity requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Full Technical Ability requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
Lot #3East Belfast (Belfast Region)PlannedPublished value£39,001,459
Refer to Procurement description [FRM03.N28] - East Belfast
- Economic & financial standing
Full Legal and Financial capacity requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Full Technical Ability requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
Lot #4South DownPlannedPublished value£45,250,696
Refer to Procurement description [FRM03.N28] - South Down
- Economic & financial standing
Full Legal and Financial capacity requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Full Technical Ability requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
What 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).
- Economic & financial standing
Full Legal and Financial capacity requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Full Technical Ability requirements will be detailed in PSQ1 of the tender documents.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Northern Ireland Housing Executive buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Northern Ireland Housing Executive’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: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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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 registered in Northern Ireland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Northern Ireland.
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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 44 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.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid2% / 31%
2–37% / 17%
4–627% / 19%
7+64% / 33%
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 estimate26% / 31%
Within ±2%12% / 14%
Above estimate62% / 55%
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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.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1South West (South Region)CPV 45211310Published estimate£19m
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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 58 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–317%
4–619%
7+33%
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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.
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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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| MAMO BUILDING SERVICES LIMITEDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | — | £25m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| COMBINED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH WEST AREA | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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.
Lot #2South Belfast (Belfast Region)CPV 45211310Published estimate£41m
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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 58 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–317%
4–619%
7+33%
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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.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| MAMO BUILDING SERVICES LIMITEDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | — | £25m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| COMBINED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH WEST AREA | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Lot #3East Belfast (Belfast Region)CPV 45211310Published estimate£39m
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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 58 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–317%
4–619%
7+33%
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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.
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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.
Lot #4South DownCPV 45211310Published estimate£45m
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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 58 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid31%
2–317%
4–619%
7+33%
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| MAMO BUILDING SERVICES LIMITEDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | — | £25m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| COMBINED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTDEarlier contract | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH AREA (excluding Craigavon)notice published Apr 2025 | RESPONSE MAINTENANCE SOUTH WEST AREA | £20m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2026, 17:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2026, 14:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
P1144- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026870- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066a69Find a Tender
- How it runs
The procedure is expected to follow the steps below:
- Publication of the Planned Procurement Notice
- Publication of the Tender Notice and Associated Tender Documents
- Submission of Tenders
- Evaluation of initial Tenders against the award criteria published in the associated tender documents. The evaluation will be based on a 70% price 30% quality of which a minimum of 10% will be for social value.
- The associated tender documents will reserve the right for the Contracting Authority to invoke a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) stage.
- Final evaluation of Tender(s) following BAFO (if used).
- Scores, ranking, issuance of assessment summaries (where required), completion of standstill.
- Contract award following the end of the standstill period.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published223 days ago13 Mar 2026, 17:49 GMT
- Latest notice published212 days ago24 Mar 2026, 14:35 GMT
- Market engagement205 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
The Housing Executive intends to host a virtual Meet the Buyer event in advance of publishing the Tender Notice for this opportunity.
The purpose of this event is to update interested suppliers on the refinements made to the associated tender documents, reflecting some feedback and insights gathered through market engagement undertaken in recent years in relation to the Response Maintenance service in general.
The Meet the Buyer event will be held via Microsoft Teams and will commence at 11:00am until 12noon on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.
Suppliers wishing to attend must register their interest no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 30 March 2026 by emailing [email protected] addressing your email to Martin McLaughlin or Christopher Brown.
Expressions of interest should include the name, job role, and email address of each individual who plans to attend. A Microsoft Teams link will be issued to the nominated point of contact following registration.
The Housing Executive also intends to publish the presentation slides from the event on its website in due course.
n.b. The Housing Executive intends to undertake a comprehensive review of its response maintenance requirement during this contract. It is therefore intended that the contract will facilitate opportunities to apply continuous improvement that may arise from the review over the contract period.
- Tender notice expected204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by189 days ago16 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline175 days ago30 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by120 days ago24 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Planned procurement notice published13 Mar 2026, 17:49 GMTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Mar 2026, 14:35 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No contract published
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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
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender