Official UK procurement notice
Housing Assistance Policy - Loan Provider
Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCornwall Council is conducting a soft market test to engage with the market to inform the future procurement of a loan delivery provider to administer and manage a suite of low-interest loan products under its newly adopted Housing Assistance Policy. This assessment aims to gauge interest, capacity, and capability within the market to deliver this requirement. Participation in this exercise does not imply any commercial commitment and this is not a formal tender document. Participation in this assessment will not prejudice suppliers from taking part in any future procurement process.
Information documents relating to the soft market test can be accessed at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
CPV: Loan brokerage services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- Below threshold
- 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
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Authority reference
DN793086- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062476- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a8abFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:12 BST
- Market engagement365 days ago27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Cornwall Council is conducting a soft market test to engage with the market to inform the future procurement of a loan delivery provider to administer and manage a suite of low-interest loan products under its newly adopted Housing Assistance Policy (‘the Policy’). This assessment aims to gauge interest, capacity, and capability within the market to deliver this requirement.
Participation in this exercise does not imply any commercial commitment and this is not a formal tender document. Participation in this assessment will not prejudice suppliers from taking part in any future procurement process.
For information related to this soft market test, please access documents via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Tender notice expected351 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Oct 2025, 12:12 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender