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title: "Soft Market Testing - Shared Workpsaces Offering"
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# Soft Market Testing - Shared Workpsaces Offering

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-shared-workpsaces-offering-ocds-h6vhtk-03668a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hyndburn Borough Council: "Soft Market Testing - Shared Workpsaces Offering". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Hyndburn Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hyndburn-borough-council-ons-e07000120)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accommodation and office services, Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products, Real estate agency services on a fee or contract basis
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03668a`

## 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/soft-market-testing-shared-workpsaces-offering-ocds-h6vhtk-03668a#tl-md)

## Description
Hyndburn Borough Council is seeking input from the market for the provision of a partner/developer in respect of the management of new modern and attractive co-workspace/office accommodation which is available to rent flexibly on a short term (day) to medium term (week/month) basis following the redeveloped architecturally interesting building in Accrington Town Centre. This market assessment is not part of the procurement process, but is purely investigative in nature, to potentially assist the Council in defining a specification for and later contract for the services. In preparation for this, it is our intention to undertake a Soft Market Testing (SMT) questionnaire to review the current supply market. This can be downloaded and returned by 25th September 2022 at https://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/download-package/soft-market-testing/

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 39000000, 70300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** This advert relates to a proposed SMT exercise only and is NOT a call for competition. Additional information: The purpose of this SMT questionnaire is to gain intelligence on the supply market to fully understand their capabilities and appetite for ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025085-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-07T11:56:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:30:37.304Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03668a