Official UK procurement notice
Welding and Fabrication (Blacksmith) Services
Authority: Walsall Housing Group Ltd (Housing)·On behalf of: Faithorn Farrell Timms
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionwhg are looking to engage with Suppliers in relation to an upcoming procurement for Welding and Fabrication (Blacksmith) Services. This is intended to appoint one Supplier to the Contract and the Contract will relate to circa GBP62,500.00 per annum (excluding VAT). Contract start dates are indicative at this time, and will be updated at the time of Tender Notice publication.
The Boards of whg and Aspire Housing officially announced their decision to approve merger plans on July 31, 2026, creating a combined housing association managing over 32,000 homes across the Midlands. Any contract awarded by whg following a procurement process may afford the opportunity for all current operating entities and any future operating entities of whg (including Aspire) to utilise the contract covering the groups geographical areas of service delivery.
CPV: Blacksmith services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
- Authority reference
PR-11453- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07762d
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today21 Sept 2026, 11:04 BST
- Market engagementin 14 days5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTwhg have issued a Questionnaire with this Notice requesting the market to confirm if the contract will be of interest. A deadline for responses has been set as 5th October 2026 - forms.cloud.microsoft/e/tagrxA49V2 ↗
- Contract startsin 175 days16 Mar 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Sept 2026, 11:04 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Faithorn Farrell TimmsProcuring entityProcurement Consultant
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender