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Published 17 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

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Official notice

Authority: Orbit Group Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£461,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 16 Mar 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Rightmove Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Rightmove is the UK's largest online property portal and plays a crucial role in generating high‑quality leads for our sales teams across both private and shared ownership homes.

Between April and December 2025, Rightmove generated 2,422 leads, accounting for 20% of all Orbit Homes enquiries. Of these, 94 progressed to reservations. When compared with other online platforms, the leads from Rightmove consistently proved to be of higher quality, enabling our sales teams to achieve stronger conversion rates.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
79340000 Advertising and marketing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2026, 08:43 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024895
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066bd4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Rightmove is the UK's largest online property portal and plays a crucial role in generating high‑quality leads for our sales teams across both private and shared ownership homes.

For this reason, we recommend continuing to use Rightmove as a key online platform for advertising our homes for sale.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Mar 2026 → 30 Mar 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published222 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 08:43 GMT
  2. Standstill ends210 days ago
    30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    17 Mar 2026, 10:21 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 08:43 GMT
    UK6
  3. Buyer details updated
    19 Mar 2026, 08:43 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £461,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Rightmove Group Limited1 Apr 2026 – 28 Mar 2027£461,00016 Mar 2026standstill to 30 Mar 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

ORBIT GROUP LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: IP28503R · GB-PPON: PDDL-8571-LDGT Garden Court, Harry Weston Road, Binley Business Park, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2SUContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Orbit HomesContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PDDL-8571-LDGT Coventry, West MidlandsContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • RightmoveAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03997679 2 Caldecotte Lake Business Park, Caldecotte Lake Drive,, Caldecotte, South East, MK7 8LEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender