How to win: Preliminary Market Engagement - Commercial & Industrial Development Works, SE Hampshire - Multi-Contractor Framework Agreement

A works contract from Portsmouth City Council, worth £150,000,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Portsmouth City Council

Value

£150,000,000

Closing date

10 July 2026

About this contract

INTRODUCTION Portsmouth City Council ("the Council", "the Developer", the "Authority") is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform the future procurement strategy that will be used to establish a multi-contractor framework agreement for the delivery of commercial & industrial development works. The framework agreement will be used to deliver development works within Portsmouth and neighbouring South East Hampshire areas, focusing upon further development of the Council owned Dunsbury Park located within Havant and Lakeside North Harbour located within Cosham. Following completion of this PME exercise, the Council will undertake a formal Procurement Act 23 (PA 23) compliant competitive procurement process to establish the future framework agreement. The Council is targeting to have commenced the formal procurement process on 20th July 2026, to allow for award by early December 2026 and commencement of the framework agreement from 4th January 2026. The framework agreement will then run for a 4-year term extendable by a further 2 years in increments to be agreed. Spend via the framework agreement over the total term could be up to £150M, although this is n

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Portsmouth City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £150,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 10 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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