Official UK procurement notice
DoF - 6752683 - Property Maintenance Framework 2028 - C001554FS - Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework Agreement is for the provision of Property Maintenance Services to the Northern Ireland Government Estate which is anticipated to include:
- Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) Works;
- Remedial Maintenance;
- Reactive Maintenance; and
- Minor Works up to a value of £250,000 including Design Services as necessary.
The Agreement is anticipated to comprise of three Lots by geographical areas of Northern Ireland - North, South and West.
The Framework Agreement is anticipated to last for 4 years following completion of the mobilisation period. The successful Suppliers will enter NEC4 Facilities Management Contracts (FMC) with the participating bodies.
The appointment of a Contractor to the Agreement is not a guarantee of any future workload, but demonstrates an intention to utilise the appointed Contractors to provide services where appropriate.
The overall volume and value of property maintenance services that are anticipated to be delivered through the NEC4 FMCs will be wholly dependent on Clients’ asset portfolios and current budget constraints.
Refer to the information bulletin for more information
CPV: Building construction work · Building installation work · Electrical installation work · Mechanical engineering installation works · Refurbishment work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 May 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “DoF - 6752683 - Property Maintenance Framework 2028 - C001554FS -…” 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
How Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up
Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 68% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 63% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 78 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 10% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–60%
7+100%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 45Published estimate£110m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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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 82 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–34%
4–634%
7+57%
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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.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C H C GROUP LTDEarlier contract | DOF 4865439 PAN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK 2024notice published Dec 2024 | Lot 2 - Property Maintenance Contractor - South | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Graham Asset Management LtdEarlier contract | DOF 4865439 PAN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK 2024notice published Dec 2024 | Lot 2 - Property Maintenance Contractor - South | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Irwin ME LtdEarlier contract | DOF 4865439 PAN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK 2024notice published Dec 2024 | Lot 1 - Property Maintenance Contractor – North | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| H J Martin LtdEarlier contract | DOF 4865439 PAN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK 2024notice published Dec 2024 | Lot 3 - Property Maintenance Contractor – West | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
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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
- Below threshold
- 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
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST
- Authority reference
6752683- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092223- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077967Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Sept 2026 → 1 May 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published35 days ago24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BST
- Latest notice published29 days ago30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST
- Market engagement12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
The Authority has provided an Information Bulletin along with this PME Notice, and is seeking feedback by way of response to a number of questions within the PMF2028 Feedback Form
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 74 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 May 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Sept 2026, 12:14 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Sept 2026, 10:48 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
The contracting Authority has now changed the Engagement deadline (When the engagement period will end) to 16 October at 15.00.
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender