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Housing Sustainability Toolkit

Newcastle City Council

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Planning

28 Jul 2026 at 12:58

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle City Council is exploring a future Housing Sustainability Toolkit for assessing the sustainability of its housing stock. The requirement is for an established, off-the-shelf software platform and associated services covering approximately 26,000 social housing properties. The solution should provide analytical insight for housing asset management planning, support strategic decision-making and enable targeted investment across the Council’s housing portfolio. The work is a services requirement involving software packages and information systems, software consultancy and data analysis. Delivery is intended across Newcastle City Council’s housing stock in the United Kingdom. The Council is seeking market information to shape its future planning and commissioning approach, rather than inviting suppliers to submit tenders at this stage. Small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises are identified as suitable participants.

This procurement is at the planning stage, before any invitation to tender. Newcastle City Council expects to issue a future notice on 31 August 2026. The planned contract period is from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027. The process has one lot, with an indicative recorded value of £0 including gross value in GBP. A market engagement questionnaire is planned as part of the Council’s information-gathering exercise, with engagement scheduled to close at the end of 4 August 2026. Suppliers are being asked to provide information through the Council’s stated request-for-information route, helping it understand the availability and capability of relevant platforms and services. The eventual procurement method, tender requirements and evaluation criteria will be determined through the planning and commissioning process.

This preparation exercise will suit suppliers with a proven housing sustainability, asset management or property analytics platform, particularly those offering configurable off-the-shelf software rather than a wholly bespoke development. Relevant firms should be able to assess large housing portfolios, combine or analyse stock data, and turn findings into practical investment and asset management insight. Experience supporting social housing providers, local authorities or comparable property portfolios would help suppliers demonstrate relevance. The requirement is also likely to suit businesses able to provide implementation, software consultancy, data analysis, training and ongoing support alongside the platform. Suppliers should be ready to explain their product’s analytical capabilities, integration with existing housing and asset data, reporting functions and ability to support strategic decisions across approximately 26,000 properties. The Council’s market engagement offers an opportunity to inform the future requirement before competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Housing Sustainability Toolkit

Notice Description

Newcastle City Council is seeking information from the market to inform its future planning and commissioning approach to the assessment of housing stock sustainability. The Council is interested in understanding the availability and capability of established off-the-shelf software platforms and associated services that can support the assessment of housing stock sustainability across its portfolio of approximately 26,000 social housing properties. The Council wishes to understand how such solutions can provide analytical insight to support asset management planning, inform strategic decision-making, and enable targeted investment across its housing stock. We welcome suppliers to complete the request for information via Open: https://www.open-uk.org/ Project # OPEN20261693 Reference: 009515 - Housing Sustainability Toolkit

Planning Information

A market engagement questionnaire is currently open and will remain available until close of business on 4 August 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d530
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071197-2026
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
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

72266000 - Software consultancy services

72316000 - Data analysis services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Aug 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Newcastle City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 8QH
Postcode Area
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)
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Further Information

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