Tender

Asset Management and Professional Support Services Framework

  • Sanctuary Housing Association

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-070190

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d848

Published 31 October 2025, 3:35pm



Scope

Reference

ECH1335

Description

This procurement relates to the establishment of a framework for the provision of asset management and professional consultancy services across the property and housing sector. The framework is designed to support Sanctuary Housing and other public sector bodies in accessing high-quality consultancy services to deliver their asset management, compliance, and property development programmes. The framework will offer services nationally, with an estimated value of £40,000,000 exc VAT (£48,000,000 inc VAT) over it's four year term. The framework is a single lot covering Consultancy Services, covering services such as project management, business process re-engineering and service improvement, options appraisals, partnering advisers, procurement services, transformation services, BSA duty holder services, health and safety consultancy, and related disciplines. The framework will be accessible nationally and will allow for both direct award and further competition under the Open Procedure, in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and associated Regulations and will be open to all UK public sector bodies (and others as detailed in the procurement documents) to access via an Access Agreement between Sanctuary, the Supplier and Pretium Frameworks Ltd, who Sanctuary has appointed to administer the framework on their behalf. Full details of the scope and requirements of the framework and the procurement process, including how to tender are included within the procurement and tender documents. Sanctuary anticipate appointing ten suppliers to each the framework, but reserve the right to increase this number at their discretion. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with all or any part of the Framework at any stage of the procurement process. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right not to award the Framework. Neither the Contracting Authority nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or Tendering for this Framework. The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. it should be noted that neither Devonshires, Pretium or Echelon shall be responsible for any changes made to the documents without the approval or engagement of the authors of the relevant documents at or prior to call off stage. The framework will be open to but not limited to any "Authorised User", which is defined as follows: Authorised User" means any of the following: (i) any entity within the same group of companies as Sanctuary from time to time (a "Sanctuary Member"); (ii) any entity or joint venture company that Sanctuary or any other Sanctuary Member holds an interest in from time to time (a "Sanctuary JV"); (iii) any Social Housing Provider in the United Kingdom (excluding Sanctuary, Sanctuary Members and Sanctuary JVs); (iv) any national, regional or local health authority, including NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts; (v) any educational establishment, including but not limited to primary and secondary schools, further and higher education institutions, academies and free schools; (vi) any other "contracting authority" in the UK as defined in the Procurement Act 2023; and (vii) any supply chain member of Sanctuary or of any of the above organisations; and, in the case of the organisations listed in limbs (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above, who has entered into an Access Agreement with Sanctuary;

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £40,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £48,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 9 February 2026 to 8 February 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
  • 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
  • 71315200 - Building consultancy services
  • 71315210 - Building services consultancy services
  • 71315300 - Building surveying services
  • 71317210 - Health and safety consultancy services
  • 71530000 - Construction consultancy services
  • 71541000 - Construction project management services
  • 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
  • 72250000 - System and support services
  • 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
  • 79411000 - General management consultancy services
  • 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
  • 79415000 - Production management consultancy services
  • 79415200 - Design consultancy services
  • 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
  • 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Framework

Maximum number of suppliers

10

Maximum percentage fee charged to suppliers

3.50%

Further information about fees

As set out in the tender documents

Framework operation description

As set out in the tender documents

Award method when using the framework

Either with or without competition

Contracting authorities that may use the framework

As set out in the tender documents


Participation

Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation

As set out in the tender documents

Technical ability conditions of participation

As set out in the tender documents

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Enquiry deadline

25 November 2025, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

3 December 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

23 January 2026


Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Quality

Full descriptions of the quality evaluation elements are available within the tender documents

Quality 60%
Price

A full pricing schedule for response has been provided as part of the tender documents. A price framework is also available to view within the tender documents

Price 40%

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice

The market for this was felt to be too small to justify and a selection of potential bidders have been contacted directly


Contracting authority

Sanctuary Housing Association

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXHR-9786-XQJM

Sanctuary House, Chamber Court, Castle Street,

Worcester, Worcestershire

WR1 3ZQ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sharon Hunt

Telephone: 07903788645

Email: sharon@echelonconsultancy.co.uk

Website: https://www.sanctuary.co.uk/

Region: UKG12 - Worcestershire

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)


Other organisation

These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.

Echelon Consultancy Ltd

Summary of their role in this procurement: Echelon Consultancy are acting on behalf Sanctuary Housing to facilitate and manage the end to end procurement process for this framework opportunity

  • Companies House: 05345282

Echelon House, 219a Hatfield Road

St Albans

AL1 4TB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sharon Hunt

Telephone: 07903788645

Email: sharon@echelonconsultancy.co.uk

Website: https://echelonconsultancy.co.uk/

Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire


Contact organisation

Contact Echelon Consultancy Ltd for any enquiries.