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Published 30 Jul 2025, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SOL - Housing Reviews 2026

Official notice

Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

Services
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£80,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 3 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 May 2028 · up to 1 May 2030 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of the contract will be to ensure that decisions requested under S202 of the Housing Act 1996 are made on behalf of SMBC by a suitably qualified and experienced independent expert who is able to offer an impartial and objective review process.

The service provider shall effectively discharge SMBC's duty under Section 202 of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002, the Localism Act 2011 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) by making and detailing all relevant enquiries; writing review decision letters and adhering to all of the relevant legislative and other legal requirements (including 'The Homelessness (Review Procedure etc.) Regulations 2018'). This will include having due regard to any additional relevant guidance which may be issued by the Government in relation to aspects of the service.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 1 May 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 1 May 2030 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
30 Jul 2025, 12:59 BST
Last source update
30 Jul 2025, 13:02 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044249
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0568fd Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Jul 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 12:59 BST
  2. Market engagement
    12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Solihull Council wants to engage with the market to find out which companies are interested in delivering a Housing Reviews Service on behalf of the Council, and to get feedback from specialists within the field as to how the service delivery model should be shaped.

  3. Tender notice expected360 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts182 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 12:59 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 13:02 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Update to the Pre Market Engagement submission deadline

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

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGWC-7578-LYDG Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3QBContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure