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Opportunity overview
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is considering the future procurement of a multi-disciplinary estates services arrangement and would like to engage with suitably experienced contractors to understand market capability, commercial models and the practical requirements for establishing a successful long-term partnership.
The Service is considering the appointment of one principal contractor to provide a coordinated range of estates, building services and specialist works across its estate.
The anticipated contract value would be approximately £600,000 per annum, with a potential contract term of five years.
This preliminary market engagement is intended to support early market engagement and does not constitute a commitment by the Service to proceed with procurement or to award a contract.
To submit a response to our PME, you will need to register on our Intend e-tendering portal if you have not already done so.
Please follow the attached registration instructions to create your account and ensure you are ready to access the tender once it is published.
This will be done via our portal https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home
Once registered on the portal it will be necessary for you to link directly with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to be notified of the opportunity.
When you are logged into your account click “Portals” at the top right of the dashboard and search for “Avon Fire and Rescue” then click “register with organisation” then “go to portal”.
If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the PME please don't hesitate to get in touch. My contact details are Harrison.rex@avonfire.gov.uk
Classification
CPV50700000 — Repair and maintenance services of building installations
CPV70000000 — Real estate services
CPV71310000 — Consultative engineering and construction services
CPV71500000 — Construction-related services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
Repair and maintenance services of building installations
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
70000000
Description
Real estate services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71310000
Description
Consultative engineering and construction services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
71500000
Description
Construction-related services
Planning and budget
Milestones
Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The Service is considering the appointment of one principal contractor to provide a coordinated range of estates, building services and specialist works across its estate.
The anticipated contract value would be approximately £600,000 per annum, with a potential contract term of five years.
This preliminary market engagement is intended to support early market engagement and does not constitute a commitment by the Service to proceed with procurement or to award a contract.
Due
16 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
096686-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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096686-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage preliminary market engagement (PME) for a possible long-term, multi-disciplinary estates services arrangement for Avon Fire & Rescue Service. The Service is exploring appointing one principal contractor to coordinate estates, building-services and specialist works. This is not an open tender or a commitment to procure or award a contract.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for experienced principal contractors able to coordinate multi-disciplinary estates, building maintenance and specialist works. Suppliers must register on the Intend portal to respond to the PME; future tender requirements are unknown.
Key points identified
Relevant experienceSuitably experienced contractors are sought.Evidence: The Service would like to engage with “suitably experienced contractors”.
Portal registrationRegister on the Intend e-tendering portal and link with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to respond to the PME and receive notifications.Evidence: “To submit a response to our PME, you will need to register on our Intend e-tendering portal” and suppliers must “link directly with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to be notified of the opportunity.”
Principal-contractor modelThe Service is considering appointing one principal contractor; this is not confirmed.Evidence: “The Service is considering the appointment of one principal contractor”.
96% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.
Early-stage preliminary market engagement (PME) for a possible long-term, multi-disciplinary estates services arrangement for Avon Fire & Rescue Service. The Service is exploring appointing one principal contractor to coordinate estates, building-services and specialist works. This is not an open tender or a commitment to procure or award a contract.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for experienced principal contractors able to coordinate multi-disciplinary estates, building maintenance and specialist works. Suppliers must register on the Intend portal to respond to the PME; future tender requirements are unknown.
Key deliverables
Coordinated multi-disciplinary estates services
Building services works
Specialist works across the Service estate
Market feedback on capability, commercial models and partnership requirements
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Relevant experience
96% confidence
Suitably experienced contractors are sought.
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The Service would like to engage with “suitably experienced contractors”.
Portal registration
99% confidence
Register on the Intend e-tendering portal and link with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to respond to the PME and receive notifications.
View supporting evidence
“To submit a response to our PME, you will need to register on our Intend e-tendering portal” and suppliers must “link directly with Avon Fire & Rescue Service to be notified of the opportunity.”
Principal-contractor model
94% confidence
The Service is considering appointing one principal contractor; this is not confirmed.
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“The Service is considering the appointment of one principal contractor”.
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No eligibility, financial standing, insurance, location or organisation-size criteria are stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Indicative annual value
96% confidence
Approximately £600,000 per annum.
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“The anticipated contract value would be approximately £600,000 per annum”.
Potential term
96% confidence
Five years.
View supporting evidence
“with a potential contract term of five years.”
Indicative total value
90% confidence
Up to £3,000,000 over the potential five-year term, derived from the stated annual estimate; not a confirmed contract value.
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The notice states approximately £600,000 per annum and a potential five-year term; source value maximum is £3,000,000.
Commercial model
95% confidence
Under market engagement; suppliers are being consulted on commercial models.
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The Service seeks to understand “market capability, commercial models and the practical requirements” for a long-term partnership.
Delivery
Service scope
98% confidence
Coordinated estates, building services and specialist works across the Avon Fire & Rescue Service estate.
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The notice describes “a coordinated range of estates, building services and specialist works across its estate.”
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown.
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Portishead is identified as the buyer location only; no service-delivery locations are stated.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming, early-stage preliminary market engagement; bidding is not stated to be open.
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Display status is “upcoming”, stage is “planning”, and notice type is “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Purpose
98% confidence
Market engagement to inform a possible future procurement.
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The PME is intended to understand market capability, commercial models and practical partnership requirements.
Commitment to procure
99% confidence
No commitment to proceed with procurement or award a contract.
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“This preliminary market engagement ... does not constitute a commitment by the Service to proceed with procurement or to award a contract.”
Response deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No submission deadline is supplied.
Future tender route
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No procurement method or future tender procedure is stated.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage procurement uncertainty
99% confidence
Scope, final delivery model, commercial terms, procurement route, timetable and supplier selection requirements may change or remain unconfirmed.
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This is a preliminary market engagement in planning stage and the Service is only “considering” a principal-contractor appointment.
No guaranteed tender or award
99% confidence
Participation does not guarantee that a procurement will proceed or that a contract will be awarded.
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The notice expressly states that the PME does not commit the Service to proceed with procurement or award a contract.
No stated PME response deadline
99% confidence
The notice supplies no deadline for market-engagement responses.
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Submission deadline is null and no deadline appears in the supplied description.
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