Official UK procurement notice
Strategic Housing Market Assessment
Authority: Knowsley Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKnowsley Council is to commence the development of a new Local Plan later in 2026 and for a new Housing Strategy to be in place during 2027. To inform the development of the new Local Plan and new Housing Strategy the Council is seeking to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified organisation to undertake a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA). The SHMA will be an important part of the evidence base to support both work areas.
CPV: Housing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£50,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 50%
- Pricing: 30%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: The evaluation will be carried out against the pre-determined evaluation criteria and associated weightings See ITT docs
- Pricing: Price carries a weighing of 40%. (lowest price submitted is £10,000), Bidders price submitted is £15,000. To work out the weighted score See ITT docs
- Social Value: UK TOMS via the Social Value Portal and Evaluation by Panel See ITT docs
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST
- Authority reference
DN820597- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061152- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bfeeFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
30 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published119 days ago30 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST
- Clarification questions by96 days ago23 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline89 days ago30 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published30 Jun 2026, 11:47 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender