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Published 22 Apr 2025, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lutterworth East B8 Site Disposal - Soft Market Testing

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)

WorksAbove threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF2)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 May 2028 · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Leicestershire County Council is looking to dispose of the B8 employment site at Lutterworth East, located adjacent to Junction 20 of the M1 motorway.

The site measures approximately 13 ha (32 acres) has outline planning consent for 52,000sq m GEA approximately 560,000 sq ft.

There are significant highway infrastructure works associated with the site delivery which the successful purchasers will be required to deliver.

This soft market testing opportunity is to inform potential purchasers of the disposal strategy and is an opportunity for them to provide feedback on the strategy prior to the site being taken to market.

This was previously advertised via a Pipeline notice which is available at:

www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015629-2025 ↗

CPV: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: East Midlands
45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
22 Apr 2025, 14:28 BST
Last source update
22 Apr 2025, 14:28 BST
Authority reference
DN771861
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016267
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0505b2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Apr 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 Apr 2025, 14:28 BST
  2. Market engagement
    23 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Interested parties are invited to complete a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire. This is available via:

    www.eastmidstenders.org ↗

    Please search for DN771861

  3. Contract starts151 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Apr 2025, 14:28 BST
    UK2

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

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNHT-9235-VXDV County Hall, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure