Official UK procurement notice
Homes England Development and Regeneration Technical Services (DaRTS 2) 2027 - 2031
Authority: Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHomes England is planning to appoint a national framework agreement of multidisciplinary
professional and technical service providers who will provide the full range of built
environment professional and technical services on our land. The disciplines required range
from design, planning and infrastructure through to cost, valuation, project management,
ecology and land surveying, and will be represented over 2 lots, although this is subject to further discussions.
This is to replace the existing DaRTS framework that expires in April 2027.
Individual commissions and appointments from the framework will be either be via direct award or further competition.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Environmental issues consultancy services · Real estate services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 18 Apr 2027
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).
- “Homes England Development and Regeneration Technical Services (DaRTS…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- 6 May 2025, 10:31 BST
- Last source update
- 7 May 2026, 11:40 BST
- Authority reference
DN810627- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041827- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050cdeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 May 2025 → 18 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published6 May 2025, 10:31 BST
- Latest notice published174 days ago7 May 2026, 11:40 BST
- Market engagement158 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Homes England intends to procure a framework to replace the current Development and Regeneration Technical Services (DaRTS) Framework.
The purpose of this notice is to make available a pre-market consultation questionnaire to understand the level of interest within the market for this Framework. Interested parties are invited to review the current Scope of Services, along with the proposed changes and questionnaire which are available via our e-Tendering system, Pro Contract here:
procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/Adve… ↗
If not already registered, candidates should register on the Homes England eTendering system at procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗
The questionnaire does not form part of a formal procurement process and Homes England reserves the right to decide whether to proceed with any tendering procedures in relation to the framework.
Responses to this market testing exercise will not be evaluated and will not be assessed or reviewed in any subsequent procurement or tender exercise.
Potential bidders who have not participated in this exercise, or whose participation has been limited (e.g., who have submitted a partially completed questionnaire) will not be disadvantaged in any way in any subsequent procurement or tender exercise.
The deadline for your completed questionnaire is 5pm on Friday 22nd May 2026.
- Tender notice expected92 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 171 days18 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025- Pipeline notice published6 May 2025, 10:31 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published6 May 2025, 16:57 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published12 May 2025, 12:42 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published1 Apr 2026, 09:18 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 May 2026, 11:40 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Publication date of tender notice has been updated from 15/06/2026 to 01/09/2026.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 6 May 2025, 6 May 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
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender