Notice Information
Notice Title
Homes England - Help to Buy Mortgage Administrator
Notice Description
Since 2013, Homes England (HE) have delivered several 'help to buy' equity loan schemes including the First Time Buyers Initiative, HomeBuy Direct, FirstBuy, the London Wide Initiative, as well as the Help to Buy (HtB) Equity Loan scheme itself. We refer to these collectively in this document as "Help to Buy" (HtB). The current contract for the Mortgage Administrator for these schemes is coming to its natural end and Homes England is looking to reprocure these services. The current stage of this procurement is market engagement and so any information included in this notice is estimated and subject to change. The market engagement documents are available via the following link; https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4e58017d-c713-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=315ec497-7ab1-e611-8118-000c29c9ba21
Planning Information
Homes England is undertaking a pre‑market engagement exercise, comprising a briefing document and an accompanying questionnaire. Following receipt of questionnaire responses, Homes England intends to hold one‑to‑one sessions with all interested parties, subject to capacity. Through this market engagement, we are keen to understand: • How equity loans can be better managed and administered and the capabilities that exist in the marketplace to do this • The role of technology and how we can move to improving data quality and portability • How processes, systems and services can be standardised to also make these portable and improve HE service delivery and customer experience This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is not a call to competition. The aims of this PME are to: • Alert potential suppliers to forthcoming opportunities in the administration and management of HtB schemes • Outline the design principles and identify potential delivery options that may be included in future procurement • Explain and explore requirements to help us publish clearer requirements in future procurement(s) • Help us understand better the scale and nature of costs of service delivery and possible commercial mechanisms • Set out the indicative timetable for the procurement. Potential suppliers should note that: • Neither the questionnaire nor any engagement sessions held before publication of a Tender notice form part of a section process • HE reserves the right to decide whether to proceed with any tendering procedures in relation to HtB Mortgage and Loan Administration services. • Potential suppliers who have not participated in this exercise, or whose participation has been limited (e.g. who have submitted a partially completed questionnaire) will not be disadvantaged in any way in any subsequent procurement or tender exercise. • Potential suppliers will be solely responsible for any costs which they incur as a result of participating in any aspect of this market testing exercise. Link to market engagement documents; https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4e58017d-c713-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=315ec497-7ab1-e611-8118-000c29c9ba21
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065e1c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017835-2026
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
75112000 - Administrative services for business operations
75130000 - Supporting services for the government
79510000 - Telephone-answering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £30,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Feb 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 3 Aug 20266 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 25 Jun 2028 - 26 Jun 2035 Over 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
- HOMES ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE4 5BZ
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- 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), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Electoral Ward
- Arthur's Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017835-2026
27th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017817-2026
27th February 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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