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Opportunity overview
The council is seeking flexible nightly paid temporary accommodation within Buckinghamshire County, both self-contained (kitchen, bathroom facilities within the property) and shared accommodation. The requirement is for a range of accommodation from a hotel room, through to units that can house families of up to 8 people. The service will operate on a spot-purchase basis, enabling the Council to secure accommodation flexibly and at short notice.
The Council has a duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 to provide homelessness advice and assistance. This includes a statutory duty to secure Temporary Accommodation (TA) for persons who are homeless and are deemed to be priority need (based on the priority need categories set down in the Act and associated Code of Guidance). It meets this duty through a combination of designated substantive TA (directly owned by the Council or a Registered Provider) or accommodation secured from a third party provider at a nightly rate as and when required (often referred to a B&B accommodation).
Evidence of Health and Safety Compliance would be required for each property, and inspections would be carried out with Environmental Health Officers prior to any accommodation being used with an agreed inspection schedule moving forwards.
Classification
CPV55110000 — Hotel accommodation services
CPV70210000 — Residential property renting or leasing services
CPV70331000 — Residential property services
CPV98341000 — Accommodation services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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Id
095855-2026
Lots and requirements
Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Suitability
Sme
Yes
Contract period
Starts
1 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Jan 2035, 23:59
Items and delivery
Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1
Additional Classifications
Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
55110000
Description
Hotel accommodation services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
70210000
Description
Residential property renting or leasing services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
70331000
Description
Residential property services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
98341000
Description
Accommodation services
Planning and budget
Milestones
Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
This PME exercise is intended to assist the Council by genuinely:
• Testing market interest and capacity.
• Refining the requirement to arrive at the best commercial outcome for
both parties base based upon a spot-purchase model.
Participants in this exercise are invited to complete a questionnaire that seeks to engage with a wide ride of accommodation providers situated within Buckinghamshire interested in providing emergency temporary accommodation under an eight-year Open Framework. The questionnaire seeks to gauge interest in this opportunity explaining a straight forward procurement procedure with interested bidders being required to provide information about the accommodation they provide along with evidence of Health and Safety Compliance and their pricing. The intention is to then invite those interested parties who consider themselves able and capable of delivering the services to online meetings between the 2nd and 6th November 2026.
The information obtained from this exercise may be used to inform the Council’s approach to the following procurement process it undertakes for the delivery of these services.
Participants will not be held to any indicative costings nor excluded from any future procurement exercise on the basis of any information they provide.
If you are not already registered, please ensure you:
1. Visit the portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council/aspx/Home
2. Complete the supplier registration process.
Once registered, the reference for this procurement is: RES/0743/2025
Due
23 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
095855-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
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095849-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
2
095855-2026Preliminary 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
Buckinghamshire Council is planning an open framework for spot-purchase, nightly paid temporary accommodation in Buckinghamshire County. It seeks self-contained and shared accommodation, ranging from hotel rooms to family units for up to eight people, to support homelessness duties. This is an early-stage preliminary market engagement opportunity; bidding is not stated as open.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for hotel, serviced accommodation, residential accommodation and temporary-housing providers able to offer short-notice nightly accommodation in Buckinghamshire County and demonstrate property health and safety compliance.
Key points identified
Accommodation typesSelf-contained and shared temporary accommodation.Evidence: “both self-contained (kitchen, bathroom facilities within the property) and shared accommodation”
Self-contained facilitiesKitchen and bathroom facilities must be within the property for self-contained accommodation.Evidence: “self-contained (kitchen, bathroom facilities within the property)”
Capacity rangeAccommodation ranging from hotel rooms to units housing families of up to eight people.Evidence: “from a hotel room, through to units that can house families of up to 8 people”
96% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Buckinghamshire Council is planning an open framework for spot-purchase, nightly paid temporary accommodation in Buckinghamshire County. It seeks self-contained and shared accommodation, ranging from hotel rooms to family units for up to eight people, to support homelessness duties. This is an early-stage preliminary market engagement opportunity; bidding is not stated as open.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for hotel, serviced accommodation, residential accommodation and temporary-housing providers able to offer short-notice nightly accommodation in Buckinghamshire County and demonstrate property health and safety compliance.
Key deliverables
Nightly paid temporary accommodation on a spot-purchase basis
Self-contained accommodation with in-property kitchen and bathroom facilities
Shared accommodation
Accommodation ranging from hotel rooms to units for families of up to eight people
Health and safety compliance evidence for each property
Environmental Health Officer inspection before use and participation in an agreed ongoing inspection schedule
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Accommodation types
99% confidence
Self-contained and shared temporary accommodation.
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“both self-contained (kitchen, bathroom facilities within the property) and shared accommodation”
Self-contained facilities
99% confidence
Kitchen and bathroom facilities must be within the property for self-contained accommodation.
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“self-contained (kitchen, bathroom facilities within the property)”
Capacity range
99% confidence
Accommodation ranging from hotel rooms to units housing families of up to eight people.
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“from a hotel room, through to units that can house families of up to 8 people”
Health and safety evidence
99% confidence
Evidence of health and safety compliance is required for each property.
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“Evidence of Health and Safety Compliance would be required for each property”
Supplier eligibility criteria
98% confidence
Unknown at this preliminary market engagement stage.
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No supplier selection, financial standing, insurance, location-of-supplier or company-size criteria are stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated total value
90% confidence
Up to £26,700,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 26700000 GBP.
Pricing and call-off model
99% confidence
Nightly paid, spot-purchase accommodation secured as and when required.
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“flexible nightly paid temporary accommodation” and “service will operate on a spot-purchase basis”
Framework terms and payment terms
98% confidence
Unknown.
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The preliminary market engagement notice does not state framework duration, payment terms, rates or call-off terms.
Delivery
Service area
99% confidence
Buckinghamshire County.
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“temporary accommodation within Buckinghamshire County”
Availability
99% confidence
Accommodation must support flexible, short-notice provision.
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“enabling the Council to secure accommodation flexibly and at short notice”
Pre-use inspection
99% confidence
Properties will be inspected with Environmental Health Officers before accommodation is used.
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“inspections would be carried out with Environmental Health Officers prior to any accommodation being used”
Ongoing inspection
96% confidence
An agreed forward inspection schedule is expected.
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“with an agreed inspection schedule moving forwards”
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming — early-stage planned procurement; bidding is not stated as open.
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Display status: upcoming; stage/source status: planning; notice type: Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender.
Notice type
99% confidence
Preliminary market engagement notice.
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Notice type and document title: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement route
95% confidence
Open framework is referenced in the title, but the formal procurement method and detailed procedure are not stated.
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Title: “Temporary Accommodation Services - Open Framework”; procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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submission_deadline is null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage procurement uncertainty
99% confidence
The final scope, framework structure, procurement route, timetable, supplier selection requirements and commercial terms are not yet stated.
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This is a planning-stage preliminary market engagement notice; procurement method, dates and submission deadline are null.
Property compliance burden
99% confidence
Each property requires health and safety compliance evidence and pre-use Environmental Health Officer inspection, with an ongoing inspection schedule.
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Notice description specifies compliance evidence, pre-use inspections and an agreed inspection schedule.
Demand uncertainty
98% confidence
Spot-purchase, as-and-when-required delivery means accommodation volumes and utilisation are not stated and may vary.
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“secured from a third party provider at a nightly rate as and when required” and “spot-purchase basis”.
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