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SOL Housing Reviews 2027

Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council →

BuyerSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£100,000
Published17 Jul 2026

What is being bought

This is not a procurement exercise, it is a market engagement. 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.

Delivery location

UKG32, GB

Categories

Housing services 70333000Legal advisory services 79111000Health and social work services 85000000Miscellaneous services 98300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2027 to 30 Apr 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work services, Miscellaneous services, Housing services, Legal advisory servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 70. The category anchor is Housing services (70333000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 705113 median · 34.5 average (99 of 511 with a bid count)3.4 average (115 of 511 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG321Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)38Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
This pre- market engagement is to identify potential suppliers in the market who would be interested in delivering a housing reviews service on behalf of the Council. We would also like to receive feedback from specialists within the field to help shape the service delivery model. The deadline for responses to be submitted is 31st July at 12pm. Responses should be submitted through our tendering portal - Atamis: https://solihull.my.site.com/s/engagement31 Jul 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a904
Latest release ID068003-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jul 17 2026 16:50:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Jul 2026planning068003-2026
6 Oct 2025planning062638-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
17 Jul 2026 · 068003-2026 · planning
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6 Oct 2025 · 062638-2025 · planning
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