Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Gateway Association Out of Hours Emergency Repairs Call Handling Service - Pre Market Engagement

Official notice

Authority: COMMUNITY GATEWAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 6 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 26 Mar 2031 · starts 27 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Community Gateway's current contract for the Out of Hours Emergency Repairs Call Handling Service is is provided by an external Service Provider and handles 9,964 calls per annum. The current contract expires in March 2026.

The procurement process for new Out of Hours Emergency Repairs Call Handling Service is expected to commence in October 2025 with the new contract commencing by March 2026.

Prior to launching the procurement process, CGA is undertaking a Pre Market Engagement exercise.

The purpose of the Pre Market Engagement exercise is to establish:

•Market capacity and appetite

•Solution options

•Technology options

•Specification content

•Delivery model options

•Indications on cost

•Procurement options

•Implementation timescales

•Social value opportunities

•Risks

•Barriers

Further details can be found in the Pre Market Engagement Brief. To request a copy of the Pre Market Engagement Brief, please contact our appointed Procurement Advisors, Clarity Procurement Solutions:

nathan@clarityprocurement.co.uk

To view this notice, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Telephone-answering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 27 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
6 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
Authority reference
CGAPR017
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037609
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Telephone-answering services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05598c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Jul 2025 → 27 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    6 Jul 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Market engagement
    31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Pre Market Engagement exercise will be conducted via a 1-hour Teams meeting with each Participant during August 2025.

    Meeting spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis to Interested Parties responding to this notice.

    Interested Parties wishing to attend should register their interest by no later than 31st July 2025 to our appointed Procurement Advisors, Clarity Procurement Solutions:

    nathan@clarityprocurement.co.uk

    Interested Parties should also indicate the names and positions of those wishing to attend.

    Subject to availability, meeting dates will be confirmed to Participants week commencing 4th August 2025.

  3. Tender notice expected387 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts216 days ago
    27 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Jul 2025, 12:05 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

Community Gateway Association Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBDZ-8761-JYXZ Harbour House, Portway, Preston, North West, PR2 2DWContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure