Official UK procurement notice
Responsive Repairs & Maintenance and Void Property Works for Graphite Living
Authority: Karbon Homes (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this invitation to tender is for Karbon Homes the Authority to appoint experienced and competent Contractors to deliver Responsive Repairs & Maintenance and Void Property Works for Graphite Living a limited company and for-profit RP and subsidiary of Karbon.
All documents relating to this tender are available to download from the Panacea e-Sourcing portal.
Submission Instructions:
Electronically via the e-Sourcing portal. Suppliers must submit one copy of their tender electronically, with any additional documents required or requested. Documents must be compatible with Microsoft Office or Adobe/PDF.
Should you require technical support with the e-Sourcing portal please email Panacea directly at:
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 0207 976 0116
Tenders must be submitted using the above e-Sourcing portal. Tenders submitted via postal, or email methods will not be accepted.
CPV: Floor and wall covering work · Joinery and carpentry installation work · Other building completion work · Painting and glazing work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs from 11 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 10 Jan 2033
Published description of the framework
Lots 1 & 2 of this Framework are multi-supplier lots with up to 3 suppliers per lot at the Groups’ discretion. Allocation of work - Framework Ranking In the circumstance where more than one supplier has been awarded a place in a particular lot, suppliers will be ranked by their tender submission score according to the evaluation criteria set out in the Tender. The supplier with the highest score will be ranked first, the second highest ranked second and so on. Work will be allocated and orders placed through the following process: a. The Group will identify from the framework the highest ranked supplier for the required work. b. The Group will contact the identified supplier with regards to capacity for the date, timescale and nature of the work required. c. The Group will place an order with the supplier. d. If the highest ranked Supplier is unable to fulfil the Group’s requirements, then the Group will approach the next highest ranked supplier. This process will be cascaded down the ranks until the Group’s requirements are met. Allocation of Work – Mini Competition By exception the Groups reserves the right to access this Framework by mini competition.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Void worksRenewalceiling above
- Extensions
- This Framework Agreement will be for a period of 48-months with optional 2 x 12-month extensions.
Lot #2Responsive repairs & maintenance worksRenewalceiling above
- Extensions
- This Framework Agreement will be for a period of 48-months with optional 2 x 12-month extensions.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 50%
- Commercial schedule — 40%
- Social Value — 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality — Operative Qualifications, Competency and Continuity- 10% Operations and Customer Service- 10% Capacity- 10% Supervision- 10% Resident Consultation and Complaints- 10%
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Karbon Homes buys Joinery and carpentry installation work (CPV 4542) — and who usually turns up
Karbon Homes’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Joinery and carpentry installation work (CPV 4542) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Karbon Homes
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 4542 · 11 in division 45 · 21 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 21 lots. 20 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 21 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 23 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 68 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 11 notices.
North East England · Joinery and carpentry installation work (CPV 4542)
framework/DPS notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 44 in CPV 4542 (35 competed, 9 route not published) · 411 in division 45 (347 competed, 56 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4542), last 36 months: 40 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 26.5) and 36 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4542), last 36 months: 40 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4542), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4542), last 36 months: 28 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4542), last 36 months: 110 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
202605- GS21- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0780f1Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Panacea- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed5 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
- Clarification questions byin 21 days26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 32 days · period end, not a bid countdown6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 60 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 97 days11 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:03 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender