Official UK procurement notice
Responsive Repairs Contractors · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlaces for People (PfP) are looking to engage with the market to obtain further information from contractors ahead of its upcoming procurement of responsive repairs. We are keen to understand the market(s) to refine our requirements and shape our proposal for a formal tender process.
PfP is planning a future procurement exercise for a national framework or dynamic market delivering responsive (revenue) repairs, voids, ad hoc capital component replacement and ancillary works across England and Scotland. The lots for this potential framework/dynamic market are likely to mirror regions of stock held by PfP Group which are Scotland, Northeast, Northwest, Central and Southwest. There is a separate framework in place for South East England so it is likely that this region will be out of the scope of this procurement.
PfP Group operate a national, in-house main trades repair/DLO team - ‘Field Operations’, which is managed in six large regions across England and Scotland and covers both tenanted properties as well as void repair work. These teams deliver predominantly first response repairs within one hour travelling time of the reported property so that sector repair response times remain achievable. This allows PfP to allocate its resources to the priority callouts, make safe as many customer repair issues as possible with as much national coverage as possible. The service is then supported by frameworks that allow for the follow up works that maybe required beyond that of a P1 or P3 response time attendance, to be delivered.
Over the last number of years, PfP have procured a number of DLO supporting frameworks with similar delivery functions, including the current Repairs and Capital Framework which is due to expire in August 2026. It has provided invaluable repair and component replacement service for our stock across England and Scotland, which support that of PfP internal operative teams. Additionally, it has assisted PfP in areas where the DLO coverage maybe low/reduced or where the geographical area or stock make it difficult to attend within acceptable time frames.
In lieu of this future procurement requirement PfP would like to consult with contractors in the market to hopefully assist us in improving operational delivery, relationships, share industry /sector best practices, as well as drive improvements internally and for our customers and communities.
PfP's anticipated spend on contractors is approximately £25m per annum.
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CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group’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: Construction work (CPV 45) →
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.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the delivery region.
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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 69 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.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: 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%
2–346%
4–623%
7+15%
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 estimate0%
Within ±2%86%
Above estimate14%
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 #1Published estimate£100m
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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 1,744 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–327%
4–630%
7+31%
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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- 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
- 28 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007791- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06116aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Jan 2026 → 10 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published266 days ago28 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMT
- Market engagement257 days ago6 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Interested contractors can express interest in taking part in the pre-market engagement by emailing [email protected]
All interested contractors will be sent a Microsoft Form to provide further information on their organisation and provide answers to set questions to inform the procurement. A select number of contractors will also be invited to attend a meeting on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 11th February, Thursday 12th February or Friday 13th February. Due the the high level interest expected, it will may not be possible to invite all interested contractors to a session.
Places for People are undertaking a pre-market engagement to consult with several potential suppliers. This is a pre-market engagement only and is intended to help inform our thinking and support us in determining our next steps. Please note that this should be deemed as market research to assist Places for People. This should not be deemed as a formal part to the procurement process. It is not a negotiation and should not be seen as one or interpreted as one.
- Tender notice expected225 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts73 days ago10 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Jan 2026, 19:05 GMTUK2
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