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Opportunity overview
Pre- Market Engagement- Commercial & Mixed Use Development Business Case Consultancy
Dear Supplier
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are looking to complete a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) to gather information from the market around Commercial & Mixed Use Development Business Case Consultancy.
The questionnaire is available at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YjJHgMj75h
PLEASE NOTE – This is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition and therefore publication or response does not commit WMCA or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest.
Please also note that this is not a formal PQQ or expression of interest in a tender exercise. This Pre-Market Engagement is to be used purely by WMCA to gather information.
Your responses to this questionnaire will NOT be scored or evaluated in any way and will be used purely for information purposes by WMCA.
WMCA will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party participating in this exercise.
Please complete your response at this link:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YjJHgMj75h
Deadline: Can you please complete this PME questionnaire by Monday 19th October 2026 at 12pm.
We look forward to receiving your responses.
Classification
CPV70110000 — Development services of real estate
CPV71315200 — Building consultancy services
CPV71530000 — Construction consultancy services
CPV79400000 — Business and management consultancy and related services
CPV79411000 — General management consultancy services
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.
Business and management consultancy and related services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
70110000
Description
Development services of real estate
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
71530000
Description
Construction consultancy services
Delivery locations
Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Planning and budget
Milestones
Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Please complete the questionnaire via the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=RetZCK7xCk6e-ubWa7tnL52zi_belZFInt0Zq27ijZxUNFQ4TVg1UFFKVTJLREo5TTExR1YwWU0yOS4u&route=shorturl
The specification is available via Bravo (Jaggaer One); the project reference is Project_1264
If not already registered, then register with Bravo via the following link in order to access the project (Project_1264 ) (pqq_267) and the specification: https://wmca.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
Due
19 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
095613-2026
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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095613-2026Preliminary 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
West Midlands Combined Authority is conducting an early-stage pre-market engagement (PME) to gather market information on consultancy for commercial and mixed-use development business cases. This is not a tender, PQQ, expression of interest, or call for competition; questionnaire responses will not be scored.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to consultancies providing real-estate development, building/construction, business-management, or financial-management advice. Participation is for market intelligence only and does not create a bidding opportunity or preference in any future procurement.
Key points identified
Response requiredComplete the PME questionnaire using the stated Microsoft Forms link.Evidence: “Please complete your response at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YjJHgMj75h”
Questionnaire deadline19 October 2026, 12pm.Evidence: “Deadline: Can you please complete this PME questionnaire by Monday 19th October 2026 at 12pm.”
Response assessmentResponses will not be scored or evaluated.Evidence: “Your responses to this questionnaire will NOT be scored or evaluated in any way and will be used purely for information purposes by WMCA.”
97% 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.
West Midlands Combined Authority is conducting an early-stage pre-market engagement (PME) to gather market information on consultancy for commercial and mixed-use development business cases. This is not a tender, PQQ, expression of interest, or call for competition; questionnaire responses will not be scored.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to consultancies providing real-estate development, building/construction, business-management, or financial-management advice. Participation is for market intelligence only and does not create a bidding opportunity or preference in any future procurement.
Key deliverables
Complete the PME questionnaire
Provide market information relating to commercial and mixed-use development business case consultancy
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Response required
99% confidence
Complete the PME questionnaire using the stated Microsoft Forms link.
View supporting evidence
“Please complete your response at this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YjJHgMj75h”
Questionnaire deadline
99% confidence
19 October 2026, 12pm.
View supporting evidence
“Deadline: Can you please complete this PME questionnaire by Monday 19th October 2026 at 12pm.”
Response assessment
99% confidence
Responses will not be scored or evaluated.
View supporting evidence
“Your responses to this questionnaire will NOT be scored or evaluated in any way and will be used purely for information purposes by WMCA.”
Supplier eligibility criteria
96% confidence
Unknown; no eligibility criteria are stated.
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The notice describes an information-gathering PME but states no supplier eligibility requirements.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Opportunity value
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract or engagement value is stated.
Participation costs
99% confidence
WMCA will not be liable for costs incurred by participants.
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“WMCA will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party participating in this exercise.”
Future contract commitment
99% confidence
No commitment to a future procurement is created by publication or response.
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“publication or response does not commit WMCA or respondents to a future procurement”
Delivery
Scope
99% confidence
Commercial and mixed-use development business case consultancy market engagement.
View supporting evidence
“Commercial & Mixed Use Development Business Case Consultancy.”
Delivery location
93% confidence
United Kingdom.
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The delivery location is recorded as UK, United Kingdom.
Contract dates
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start or end dates are stated.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage pre-market engagement; bidding is not open.
View supporting evidence
Display status is “upcoming”; the notice states this is “an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition.”
Notice type: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”; “WMCA are looking to complete a Pre-Market Engagement (PME)”.
Tender/PQQ status
99% confidence
Not a formal PQQ, expression of interest, or tender exercise.
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“this is not a formal PQQ or expression of interest in a tender exercise.”
Buyer
99% confidence
West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Buyer name is listed as West Midlands Combined Authority.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Not a tender
99% confidence
Participation does not constitute bidding and does not secure any preferential treatment in a future procurement.
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The notice says it is not a call for competition and provides no “process exemptions or preferential treatment” to parties expressing interest.
Future opportunity uncertainty
99% confidence
A future procurement is not committed and its final scope, route, timetable, requirements, and commercial terms are unknown.
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The notice is a PME and states that publication or response does not commit WMCA or respondents to a future procurement.
Unrecoverable participation costs
99% confidence
Suppliers bear their own costs of responding.
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“WMCA will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party participating in this exercise.”
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