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Published 25 Mar 2025, 08:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Employee Relocations Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£4,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · up to 30 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

MoD civilian employee relocation provision is the supporting services offered through a specialised relocation company contract. The current requirements encompass two schemes; a Relocation Introductory Scheme (RIS) and a Relocation Company Scheme (RCS) which provide services to the MoD and to staff authorised by the MoD to participate in such Schemes. The requirements cover services for moves of home (e.g. Home Sale, legal services, removals, estate agents, marketing of properties, partner career support etc.) and temporary transfers (provision of introductory rental services).

CPV: Employee relocation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
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
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
25 Mar 2025, 08:42 GMT
Last source update
18 Jun 2025, 09:43 BST
Authority reference
714222456
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033141
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Employee relocation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f82c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Mar 2025 → 1 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 08:42 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    9 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Initially we are asking you to complete a Request for Information (RFI) attached to this notice and submit it by 17:00 on 30th April 2025. The authority will review responses and where requested we will invite any interested parties to a 1:1 meeting to discuss the themes in more detail. This is to allow us to design our procurement event more thoroughly taking into account industry requirements.

    MoD have a Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) which acts as a one stop shop for contract opportunities, tendering and information on doing business with MoD. Suppliers must be registered on DSP to participate in sourcing events.

    Please see the link below for instructions on how to register on DSP.

    contracts.mod.uk/esop/ogc-host/public… ↗

    The direct link to access the DSP opportunity listing, which contains the RFI attachment, is here: contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

  3. Latest notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 09:43 BST
  4. Tender notice expected329 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 34 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 08:42 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT
    UK2
  4. Pipeline notice published
    18 Jun 2025, 09:43 BST
    UK1
  5. Published value updated to £4,500,000
    18 Jun 2025, 09:43 BST
    was £0
  6. Status changed to planned
    18 Jun 2025, 09:43 BST
Published amendments (2)

Correcting the estimated Contract Start Date and Contract End Date as these were incorrect.

Added direct link to Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) opportunity listing, which contains the Request For Information (RFI) attachment.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-03: 1 release · 25 Mar 2025

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

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8EXContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure