Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement For Victoria Centre Asset Manager
Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council (Local council)
As part of this market engagement, Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council) invites electronic responses from organisations who are positioned to successfully provide an asset management service for the Council owned, Victoria Centre. The service needs to be provided in a proactive manner which maintains, or increases, the Net Operating Income generated by the Victoria Centre, whilst maximising the possible community benefits for the wider City. The Victoria Centre was purchased by the Council in 2020 and extends to approximately 340,000 sq. ft.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of this market engagement, Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council) invites electronic responses from organisations who are positioned to successfully provide an asset management service for the Council owned, Victoria Centre.
The service needs to be provided in a proactive manner which maintains, or increases, the Net Operating Income generated by the Victoria Centre, whilst maximising the possible community benefits for the wider City.
The Victoria Centre was purchased by the Council in 2020 and extends to approximately 340,000 sq. ft. The shopping area is arranged over three floors, with a large central mall and atrium.
The Market Engagement Documents can be accessed via:
procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/… ↗
The deadline for receipt of clarification requests, or further information requests, relating to this process is: 17:00 on Friday 20th June 2025.
The deadline for submission of completed responses relating to this process is: 14:00 on Friday 27th June 2025.
Procurement reference: DN777430
CPV: Administration, defence and social security services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services · Other community, social and personal services · Real estate services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- 5 Jun 2025, 17:46 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2025, 17:46 BST
- Authority reference
DN777430- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030415- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054406Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Jun 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published5 Jun 2025, 17:46 BST
- Market engagement27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
As previously stated and as covered in the issued market engagement documentation.
procurement.southend.gov.uk/southend/portal.nsf/… ↗
This notice is for market engagement.
The contract dates provided as part of the notice are to satisfy mandatory fields on this system.
- Contract starts365 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Jun 2025, 17:46 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