--- title: "Essex Renewal Fund - Lettings & Facilities Management Services Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-056a49" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-056a49" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056a49.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056a49.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2025-08-08" --- # Essex Renewal Fund - Lettings & Facilities Management Services Soft Market Testing Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056a49 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-056a49) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-056a49.json) ## Summary Essex County Council is initiating a public procurement process for the Essex Renewal Fund, focusing on Lettings and Facilities Management services. This process is in the planning stage and part of a larger strategy to manage land and property projects that align with the council's objectives. The project, with a scheduled contract period starting on 1st January 2026 and potentially extending until 31st March 2035, encompasses various locations across the United Kingdom including regions like UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, and UKK. The procurement falls under the services category, specifically targeting real estate services. Key deadlines include a due date for engagement responses by 25th August 2025, and the final deadline for completing market testing responses is noon on 1st September 2025. This planned procurement is above threshold, indicating a significant opportunity for businesses. This tender represents a promising opportunity for businesses specialising in property management and real estate services to grow their operations through a long-term partnership with Essex County Council. Companies with expertise in providing flexible, competitive, yet predictable service offerings in lettings and facilities management are particularly well-suited to participate in this procurement process. Given the contract's potential duration of up to 10 years, businesses that can innovate within a varied portfolio context will find significant growth prospects. The procurement method allows for strategic insights as the soft market testing aims to refine the contract specifications, thus providing businesses a chance to influence the procurement process with their expertise. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047207-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £3,300,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 70 - Real estate services ### Codes - 70000000 - Real estate services ## Release History - 8 Aug 2025 at 10:51 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047207-2025 - 31 Jul 2025 at 13:28 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044795-2025 ## 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 ## Notice URLs - https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/procurement/c17c6cb0 - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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