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Published 28 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Strategic Estates, Asset Management and Capital Project Consultancy Services

Authority: Maiden Erlegh Trust (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 29 Oct 202630d 14h left
Clarification cut-off 19 Oct 2026questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 4 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · the market 6CPV 7131 · n=93 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced consultancy provider to deliver Strategic Estates, Asset Management and Capital Project Consultancy Services.

The successful supplier will act as the Trust's preferred consultancy partner, providing professional advice and support in the planning, development and delivery of estates strategies, asset management initiatives and capital projects across the Trust's portfolio of schools. The appointed supplier will work collaboratively with key stakeholders, including school leaders, Trust executives, estates personnel and other relevant parties, to ensure projects are delivered effectively, achieve value for money, and align with the Trust's strategic objectives.

Individual commissions may range from strategic advisory services, feasibility studies, condition surveys and asset management support through to the management and delivery of capital projects.

Services will be commissioned on a call-off basis as required by the Trust. The contract will be awarded for an initial period of three (3) years, during which the supplier will become the Trust's preferred provider for these services. The Trust reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend the contract for a further period of up to twelve (12) months, subject to satisfactory performance and ongoing business requirements, giving a maximum contract term of four (4) years.

  • No preliminary market engagement: No Preliminary Market Engagement was undertaken as the requirement is well understood, the market is well established, and the Contracting Authority considers that a competitive tender process will achieve sufficient market engagement.

CPV: Building services consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Commercial property management services · Construction consultancy services · Construction project management services · Infrastructure works consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£250,000
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 3 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: South East, South WestTurnover guideline: ~£166,515/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£250,000 exc. VAT · £300,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
The Trust may purchase extra consultancy services. Should the Trust acquire any additional schools during the contract life, these sites will also be included. · Discretion of the Trust to allow for a 12 month extension
70332200 Commercial property management services71311300 Infrastructure works consultancy services71315210 Building services consultancy services71530000 Construction consultancy services71541000 Construction project management services79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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
How bids are scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — Mandatory questions for the bidder to complete including pass/fail
  • Price — Bidders will be required to where possible provide percentage of costs, RIBA stages and any additional costs that may occur including expenses

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) in South East England — and who usually turns up

Maiden Erlegh Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the South East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

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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 contracts 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.

This authority

Maiden Erlegh Trust

no contract notices in Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) in 36 months

Maiden Erlegh Trust has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

South East England · Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 287 in CPV 7131 (196 competed, 52 route not published) · 683 in division 71 (472 competed, 122 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

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 7131), last 36 months: 93 lots. 51 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 42 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

6CPV 7131 · 36m · n=93 lots
Single-bid lots
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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 7131), last 36 months: 93 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

10%CPV 7131 · 36m · n=93 lots
Award vs estimate
i

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 region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7131), last 36 months: 62 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 7131 · 36m · n=62 pairs
Deadline → award date
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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 7131), last 36 months: 53 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

56dCPV 7131 · 36m · n=53 notices
SME bidders
i

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 7131), last 36 months: 77 lots.

Last 36 months.

67%CPV 7131 · 36m · n=77 lots
Winners based in the region
i

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 7131), last 36 months: 123 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

53%CPV 7131 · 36m · n=123 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=93
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 93 lots on 82 contested notices · CPV 7131, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 24%
  • 4–6 19%
  • 7+ 47%

Middle value 6 · 93 lots on 82 contested notices · CPV 7131.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=62
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 62 lot pairs · CPV 7131, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 45%
  • Within ±2% 45%
  • Above estimate 10%

62 lot pairs · CPV 7131.

robust · n=62
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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.

Based on the South East England market’s usual movement over 62 lots (CPV 7131), applied to the £250,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in South East England (CPV 7131, n=62 pairs) lands at estimate: on this notice’s £250,000 that is about £250,000, middle half £187,000–£250,000 (quartiles from South East England · CPV 7131). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
28 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
DN830228
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building services consultancy servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityCommercial property management servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConstruction project management servicesInfrastructure works consultancy services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b2c Find a Tender
Contract terms summary
30 days for payment terms, all invoices before payment require an approved purchase order

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
29 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
19 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Suppliers will need to submit bids through Proactis and be a registered supplier. procontract.due-north.com/register ↗
Published estimate £250,000 excludes VAT (£300,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    28 Sept 2026, 09:56 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 21 days
    19 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    29 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 59 days
    25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 98 days
    4 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
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 09:56 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Maiden Erlegh Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCWM-2441-BWJR Maiden Erlegh Trust, Earley, South East, RG6 7HS [email protected] +44 01189296020

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender