--- title: "Soft Market Testing - Home Safety Visits" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED" published: "2023-07-05" --- # Soft Market Testing - Home Safety Visits Buyer: CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7c9e6e25-a964-405c-ac85-4a9a383dd09d.json) ## Summary The Citizen Housing Group Limited is conducting a soft market testing exercise for the procurement of domestic compliance and safety services, including home safety visits. Interested organisations can participate in an open day on 4th August 2023 in Birmingham. The engagement end date for this exercise is 19th July 2023. The services to be included in the potential contract cover a range of areas such as gas servicing, electrical works, and property condition checks. This tender falls under the industry category of fuel-gas systems and is in the planning stage. This tender from the Citizen Housing Group Limited presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in domestic compliance, safety services, and related industries. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would find this tender suitable for participation. The soft market testing initiative allows organisations to provide feedback and potentially shape the upcoming procurement exercise. Businesses in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom would be particularly well-suited to compete for this opportunity. ## Notice Citizen Housing Group Limited are seeking views through a soft market testing exercise in relation to a forthcoming procurement exercise to procure domestic compliance / safety services / home safety visits to our housing portfolio. Interested providers are invited to attend a soft market testing open day on Friday 4th August 2023 at Citizen's Head Office, 4040 Lakeside, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham B37 7YN. Interested organisations should submit their expression of interest to attend the open day by emailing procurement@citizenhousing.org.uk with a brief description of their organisation along with the names of those representatives wishing to attend. Expressions of Interest should be received no later than 12 noon on 19th July 2023. Citizen reserves the right to hold further soft market testing meetings for interested organisations that respond to the soft market testing to further support this exercise. Please note that Citizen retains sole discretion as to which (if any) interested organisations it will invite to soft market testing meetings. This is not a formal tender opportunity and there is no guarantee of any tender opportunity arising following this period of soft market testing. All responses will be confidential for the market testing purposes only. The services to be included within the potential contract may include the following, but Citizen wish to explore this further through this market testing exercise. The exact future spend on such services will be dependent on scope and contract duration but is likely to be circa PS8.5M ex vat per year: * Domestic gas / LPG servicing, breakdown, installations and compliance certification e.g., LGSR * Smoke / CO and other monitoring / detection systems inspection and repair / replacement * 5-year electrical compliance checking and remedial works (EICRs) * Air source / ground source heat pump heating system servicing and repair * Solid fuel heating system servicing and repair, including sweeping flues * Oil fired heating system servicing and repair * Domestic electrical works e.g., ccu upgrades and rewires * Mechanical extraction / ventilation servicing e.g., extractor fans in individual rooms or whole house systems * Fire door inspections (Basic visual inspection utilising Citizen's cloud-based door tagging and inspection system) * Stock condition data validation (Key components) and general property condition check including any possible tenant alterations * Safeguarding and referral of property or tenancy concerns * Electric storage heaters / electric boiler heating inspections and repair * HHSRS (scope and detail to be discussed) but likely to be basic assessment based around noting category 1 and 2 issues such as damp and mould * Data collection on property (scope and detail to be discussed) e.g., Noting stairlift or similar equipment within the property. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/70a08d18-9d95-4ff7-b226-737c0d172270 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 19 Jul 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B37 7YN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull | | Local authority | Solihull | | Electoral ward | Bickenhill | | Westminster constituency | Meriden and Solihull East | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 42 - Industrial machinery - 45 - Construction work - 50 - Repair and maintenance services - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 42113390 - Fuel-gas systems - 42161000 - Hot-water boilers - 45311000 - Electrical wiring and fitting work - 45331000 - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work - 50413200 - Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment - 50531100 - Repair and maintenance services of boilers - 50531200 - Gas appliance maintenance services - 50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations - 50720000 - Repair and maintenance services of central heating - 71321400 - Ventilation consultancy services - 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services ## Release History - 5 Jul 2023 at 14:02 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/70a08d18-9d95-4ff7-b226-737c0d172270 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/70a08d18-9d95-4ff7-b226-737c0d172270 5th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.citizenhousing.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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