Notice Information
Notice Title
Essex Renewal Fund - Lettings & Facilities Management Services Soft Market Testing
Notice Description
The Essex Renewal Fund (ERF) is a revolving investment fund for land and property projects within Essex that support Essex County Council's (ECC's) objectives. Following a soft market testing exercise in January 2023, ECC competitively procured Fund & Asset Management services for ERF, and appointed Montagu Evans. We are now looking to procure Lettings & Facilities Management services for the Fund. As the ERF portfolio is expected to be varied and change over the contract period of up to 10 years, the contract specification must be flexible, but pricing must be competitive and predictable. To help us design an appropriate contract and procurement process, please answer the questions using this link https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/procurement/c17c6cb0. The deadline for responses is Noon on Monday 1st September 2025. Note that the value of this notice does not include disbursements costs.
Planning Information
The Essex Renewal Fund (ERF) is a revolving investment fund for land and property projects within Essex that support Essex County Council's (ECC's) objectives. Following a soft market testing exercise in January 2023, ECC competitively procured Fund & Asset Management services for ERF, and appointed Montagu Evans. We are now looking to procure Lettings & Facilities Management services for the Fund. As the ERF portfolio is expected to be varied and change over the contract period of up to 10 years, the contract specification must be flexible, but pricing must be competitive and predictable. To help us design an appropriate contract and procurement process, please answer the questions using this link https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/procurement/c17c6cb0. The deadline for responses is Noon on Monday 1st September 2025. Note that the value of this notice does not include disbursements costs.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056a49
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047207-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
70 - Real estate services
-
- CPV Codes
70000000 - Real estate services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Aug 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- melody.mahachi@essex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1QH
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047207-2025
8th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044795-2025
31st July 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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