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Published 28 Apr 2025, 15:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Estate Agency Framework FHG_2025P027

Official notice

Authority: Futures Housing Group (Housing)

Framework agreement9 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£600,000total for 9 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 30 May 2025awarded 10 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to Connells Residential +4 more9 awards
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought9 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Futures Housing Group is looking to appoint a number of providers for Estate Agency services for outright sale, lettings and shared ownership.

Services to the value of £600,000 over a 48 month contract.

Closed Framework of 9 Lots split up by location and services required, up to 3 suppliers appointed to each Lot.

CPV: Real estate services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Bids received
5 bids on the busiest of 9 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Aug 2025
Published description of the framework

Pricing and evaluation methodology are available in the tender pack

Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure

9 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 9 lots carries the same published figure, £600,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Sales and Shared Ownership (NN Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Sales and Shared Ownership (NN Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #2Sales and Shared Ownership (LE Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Sales and Shared Ownership (LE Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #3Sales and Shared Ownership (DE Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Sales and Shared Ownership (DE Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #4Sales and Shared Ownership (NG Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Sales and Shared Ownership (NG Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #5Lettings (NN Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Lettings (NN Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #6Lettings (LE Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Lettings (LE Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #7Lettings (DE Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Lettings (DE Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #8Lettings (NG9/NG10 Postcode)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Lettings (NG9/NG10 Postcode)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Lot #9Rent to Buy (all areas)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

Details included in the specification relating to Rent to Buy (all areas)

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 9 lots
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • “Estate Agency Framework FHG_2025P027” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
28 Apr 2025, 15:13 BST
Last source update
23 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 3 Jul 2025
Authority reference
FHG_2025P027
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017360
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Real estate services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050881 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 15:13 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    3 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent
    10 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Standstill ends
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 15:13 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    23 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 59 awards · see the list ↓
Bids received 52 from SMEs · busiest of 9 lots

£600,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 9 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 9 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.

Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Sales and Shared Ownership (NN Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd, THE SHARED OWNERSHIP SHOP LIMITED1 Sales and Shared Ownership (NN Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 2 · Sales and Shared Ownership (LE Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd, THE SHARED OWNERSHIP SHOP LIMITED2 Sales and Shared Ownership (LE Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 3 · Sales and Shared Ownership (DE Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Metropolitan Living Limited, Sequence UK Ltd3 Sales and Shared Ownership (DE Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 4 · Sales and Shared Ownership (NG Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Metropolitan Living Limited, Sequence UK Ltd4 Sales and Shared Ownership (NG Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 5 · Lettings (NN Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd5 Lettings (NN Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 6 · Lettings (LE Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd6 Lettings (LE Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 7 · Lettings (DE Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd7 Lettings (DE Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 8 · Lettings (NG9/NG10 Postcode)1 award
Connells Residential, ROBERT ELLIS AND COMPANY LIMITED, Sequence UK Ltd8 Lettings (NG9/NG10 Postcode)8 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill
Lot 9 · Rent to Buy (all areas)1 award
Connells Residential, Sequence UK Ltd, THE SHARED OWNERSHIP SHOP LIMITED9 Rent to Buy (all areas)8 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2029ceiling above10 Jul 2025standstill to 1 Aug 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Sales and Shared Ownership (NN Postcode)5final-stage tenders20—
2 · Sales and Shared Ownership (LE Postcode)5final-stage tenders20—
3 · Sales and Shared Ownership (DE Postcode)5final-stage tenders20—
4 · Sales and Shared Ownership (NG Postcode)5final-stage tenders20—
5 · Lettings (NN Postcode)2final-stage tenders00—
6 · Lettings (LE Postcode)2final-stage tenders00—
7 · Lettings (DE Postcode)2final-stage tenders00—
8 · Lettings (NG9/NG10 Postcode)3final-stage tenders10—
9 · Rent to Buy (all areas)4final-stage tenders20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

FUTURES HOUSING GROUP LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 06293737 · GB-PPON: PCBW-2691-JZJL Futures House Building 435 Argosy Road, Castle Donington, East Midlands, DE74 2SAContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties on the notice
  • CONNELLS RESIDENTIALFramework contractorGB-COH: 01489613GB-PPON: PMCT-1919-TXPG Cumbria House, Leighton Buzzard, East of England, LU7 1GNContact email
  • METROPOLITAN LIVING LIMITEDFramework contractorGB-COH: 04405968GB-PPON: PHHT-6898-QPTH The Grange, London, London, N14 6PWContact email
  • ROBERT ELLIS AND COMPANY LIMITEDFramework contractorGB-COH: 04520936GB-PPON: PVRW-3696-XQHX 2 Commercial Avenue, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG9 2NJContact email
  • Sequence (UK) LtdFramework contractorGB-COH: 4268443GB-PPON: PCWD-1291-ZYXG Cumbria House, 16-20 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, East of England, LU7 1GNContact email
  • THE SHARED OWNERSHIP SHOP LIMITEDFramework contractorGB-COH: 09403200GB-PPON: PDBH-1556-GBGR 30 High Street, Leighton Buzzard, East of England, LU7 1EAContact email

Official documents & specifications (11)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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