Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 31 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Essex Renewal Fund - Lettings & Facilities Management Services Soft Market Testing

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£3,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrs 3 moends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Essex Renewal Fund (ERF) is a revolving investment fund for land and property projects within Essex that support Essex County Council's (ECC's) objectives.

Following a soft market testing exercise in January 2023, ECC competitively procured Fund & Asset Management services for ERF, and appointed Montagu Evans. We are now looking to procure Lettings & Facilities Management services for the Fund.

As the ERF portfolio is expected to be varied and change over the contract period of up to 10 years, the contract specification must be flexible, but pricing must be competitive and predictable. To help us design an appropriate contract and procurement process, please answer the questions using this link consultations.essex.gov.uk/procurement/c17c6cb0 ↗.

The deadline for responses is Noon on Monday 1st September 2025.

Note that the value of this notice does not include disbursements costs.

CPV: Real estate services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs 3 mo
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 (4 yrs 3 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions
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
31 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047207
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Real estate services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056a49 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

31 Jul 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    31 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
  3. Market engagement
    25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Essex Renewal Fund (ERF) is a revolving investment fund for land and property projects within Essex that support Essex County Council's (ECC's) objectives.

    Following a soft market testing exercise in January 2023, ECC competitively procured Fund & Asset Management services for ERF, and appointed Montagu Evans. We are now looking to procure Lettings & Facilities Management services for the Fund.

    As the ERF portfolio is expected to be varied and change over the contract period of up to 10 years, the contract specification must be flexible, but pricing must be competitive and predictable. To help us design an appropriate contract and procurement process, please answer the questions using this link consultations.essex.gov.uk/procurement/c17c6cb0 ↗.

    The deadline for responses is Noon on Monday 1st September 2025.

    Note that the value of this notice does not include disbursements costs.

  4. Tender notice expected393 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts302 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    31 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value published: £3,300,000
    8 Aug 2025, 11:51 BST

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

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure