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Housing Management Agent

Sefton Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

13 Oct 2026 at 16:31

Award Notice
TenderUpdate

27 Apr 2023 at 16:13

Tender Notice
Tender

31 Mar 2023 at 07:25

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sefton Council appointed a housing management agent to manage its first new homes and additional homes brought into its housing programme. The agent takes on the housing management functions that the Council does not provide itself, including tenancy and property management, as well as maintenance services. The requirement may grow as more homes are added during the agreement. This is a real estate service for the Council’s housing portfolio, rather than a contract to build homes. The homes are in the Sefton area of Merseyside; the Council is based in Bootle.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Sefton Council selected Crosby Housing Association, and the contract was signed on 14 July 2023. The advertised contract value was £550,000, including potential extension periods. The core term is five years, with an option for a further five years; the Council said the core period expires in 2028 and any extension depends on whether optional periods are taken up. The opportunity was run as an open procedure. Bids were assessed on quality (60%), social value (10%) and price (30%). The original submission deadline was amended from 4 May to 11 May 2023. Five bids were received, four from small and medium-sized businesses.

For suppliers considering comparable future housing management work for Sefton Council, this award shows demand for a partner able to take responsibility for the full range of landlord-side operational services, including tenancy management, property management and maintenance. Credible competitors will need the capacity to manage the Council’s initial new homes while accommodating growth as further homes enter the programme. The award also indicates that smaller organisations can compete: four of the five bids came from SMEs, and the selected supplier is a housing association. A strong future proposition would need to demonstrate service quality and meaningful social value alongside competitive pricing, since quality carried the greatest evaluation weight and social value was assessed separately. Relevant experience should cover integrated housing and property management, with the ability to deliver services as the portfolio develops.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Housing Management Agent

Notice Description

The Council wish to appoint a partner organisation to act as Management Agent for a total period of 5 years to manage the first of the Council's new homes and any new homes that are introduced as part of the programme over the management agreement lifecycle. The Council intends to act solely as a landlord and not directly provide any housing management or maintenance service, all functions will be undertaken by the Management Agent including tenancy management and property management. The requirements for the Service are likely to grow over the duration of the Agreement. (Please note the value stated includes the potential value of all available extension periods).

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council wish to appoint a partner organisation to act as Management Agent for a total period of 5 years to manage the first of the Council's new homes and any new homes that are introduced as part of the programme over the management agreement lifecycle. The Council intends to act solely as a landlord and not directly provide any housing management or maintenance service, all functions will be undertaken by the Management Agent including tenancy management and property management. The requirements for the Service are likely to grow over the duration of the Agreement. (Please note the value stated includes the potential value of all available extension periods).

Options: Following the core period of 60 months there is an option to extend for a further 60 month period until 2033.

Renewal: The core period expires in 2028. Renewal will be subject to whether optional periods are taken up.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b78a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096716-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

70 - Real estate services

CPV Codes

70000000 - Real estate services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£550,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
4 May 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sefton Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BOOTLE
Postcode
L20 3NJ
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD73 Sefton
Delivery Location
TLD73 Sefton
Local Authority
Sefton
Electoral Ward
Derby
Westminster Constituency
Bootle

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Crosby Housing Association

Further Information

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