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Market Engagement - Housing 21 - Broadband Lines
Housing 21 · Housing
In brief
Housing 21 has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 4 years, up to 6 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 11 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Housing 21 wishes to conduct a market engagement exercise to inform our final specification draft, ready for a live tender scheduled for early 2026. Broadband Lines provide Housing 21 with connectivity for all our IT services including Internet access/Wi-Fi, telephony, printing etc. Housing 21 currently have over 1200 fixed broadband lines across approximately 700 sites within England.
The following areas have been identified as key areas that Housing 21 would welcome further information from the supplier market on and include but are not limited to:
i.Implementation including timescales and resource expectations.
ii.Suggestions for effective Key Performance Indicators
iii.Key areas to be included in Service Level Agreements and a recommended contract duration to achieve best value.
iv.Additional Support options required from us (the buyer) when delivering Broadband Lines.
v.A design for a Pricing Schedule Structure
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-UK---Birmingham:-Internet-network./FU85M9DZH3
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FU85M9DZH3
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 077050-2025
About the buyer
Housing 21Last 12 months
Procurements
136Awards
112Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- Arribatec UK Ltd1 contract
- Shelton Development Services Limited1 contract
- Smartcraft Software UK Limited1 contract
- Wifinity Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open IT and software tenders- £540kestimated
- £135kestimated
- £82kestimated
- £18mframework ceiling
- £4.5mframework ceiling
From notice 077050-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 25 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.