Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Jul 2026, 14:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

South East Consortium Lifts Framework

Authority: SEC PROCUREMENT LIMITED T/A SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUM (Public body)

Framework agreementWorksSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 16 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Oct 2031 · starts 1 Nov 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This framework will be designed to connect our customers to qualified contractors with experience supporting housing providers with servicing, maintenance, repairs and installation of passenger lifts.

CPV: Lift installation work · Lift-maintenance services · Lifts

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Nov 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “South East Consortium Lifts Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Competition for Electrical installation work (CPV 4531), and who usually turns up

SEC PROCUREMENT LIMITED T/A SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUM has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) →

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Assess each lot
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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 #1CPV 453148 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
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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 36 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% single-bid risk
Past bids on 36 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 36 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–325%
9 of 36 similar past lots received 2–3 (25%).
4–631%
11 of 36 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+44%
16 of 36 similar past lots received 7+ (44%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

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
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Jul 2026, 14:50 BST
Last source update
7 Jul 2026, 14:50 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063716
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Lift installation workLift-maintenance servicesLifts
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c55d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

7 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published105 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 14:50 BST
  2. Market engagement28 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    To support the development and continuous improvement of this framework, we have undertaken targeted stakeholder engagement with existing framework suppliers and participating contracting authorities. As part of this process, tailored questionnaires will be issued to those groups on 10 July 2026 to gather stakeholder-specific feedback, market intelligence and opportunities for service improvement. In the interests of transparency and to ensure that all interested organisations have an opportunity to contribute to the engagement process, we are also inviting the wider market to attend one of our Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) sessions.

    Supplier Engagement Session:

    Potential suppliers and existing providers are invited to attend a supplier engagement session on:

    Date: 22 September 2026

    Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm

    Organisations wishing to attend should register their interest using the following link: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

    Please note that attendance is limited to registered participants. Microsoft Teams invitations and joining instructions will be issued to those who register via the relevant form as above. South East Consortium is conducting these activities solely to inform the development of its requirements and procurement strategy. Participation in the questionnaires, PME sessions or any other engagement activity will not provide any organisation with an advantage in any future procurement exercise, nor will non-participation disadvantage any organisation. Any future procurement opportunity will be competed openly and fairly in accordance with the relevant procurement legislation (Procurement Act 2023) and procurement principles.

  3. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 28 days
    16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 377 days
    1 Nov 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 Jul 2026, 14:50 BST
    UK2

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

SEC PROCUREMENT LIMITED T/A SOUTH EAST CONSORTIUM

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 15363999 Building 1092 Galley Drive, Sittingbourne, South East, ME9 8GAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure