Planning

Soft Market Engagement - Hertforshire Estate Services

  • METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST LIMITED

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-012431

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-064dec

Published 11 February 2026, 2:05pm



Scope

Reference

2025-2026-085

Description

This Soft Market Engagement (SME) pack, issued by Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd (MHT) in February 2026, seeks non‑binding feedback from suppliers on the future delivery of Estates Services across the Hertfordshire region. The services include internal cleaning, grounds maintenance, window cleaning, playground inspections, tree works, and responsive/fly‑tipping tasks.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Technical-inspection-and-testing-services./2644529P8T

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2644529P8T

Total value (estimated)

  • £0 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 12 March 2026 to 13 March 2026
  • 2 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
  • 77211500 - Tree-maintenance services
  • 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services
  • 90611000 - Street-cleaning services
  • 90911200 - Building-cleaning services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

27 February 2026

Engagement process description

MHT is seeking supplier insights on:

1. Indicative pricing

2. Delivery models

3. Service innovations

4. Opportunities for cost reduction and improved quality

5. Barriers and practical considerations

6. Technology and reporting capability

7. Social value and sustainability approaches

This engagement specifically relates to the Hertfordshire Lot but may inform the wider MHT procurement model. MHT are considering two Lot options:

A: Welwyn Garden City Lot comprising of Times Square and the former Shredded Wheat Site (comprised currently of Huntington And Gilbert House on Broadwater Road).

B: A wider

Timescales:

Publication of Market Engagement - 10/02/2026

Optional Supplier 1:1 Sessions - (Please share availability) - 16/02/2026 – 27/02/2026

Deadline for Bidder’s Responses Submission - 27/02/2026

Market engagement outcomes and supplier feedback - 16/02/2026


Contracting authority

METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST LIMITED

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMCL-4972-LYCY

The Grange, 100 High Street, Southgate

London

N14 6PW

United Kingdom

Contact name: Abdi Ali

Telephone: 02035353535

Email: abdi.ali@mtvh.co.uk

Region: UKI54 - Enfield

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government