How to win: Reactive and planned maintenance services

About this contract

East Midlands Housing Group are procuring a new single reactive and planned maintenance services contract, to support it's internal maintenance services team in the maintenance of 22,000 properties across the East Midlands region, for subsidiary companies EMH Housing and Regeneration and EMH Care and Support. We are also considering whether to include the requirement of four Rural Housing Associations (Leicestershire, Northampton, Peak District, Warwickshire) to whom part of our group (Midlands Rural Housing and Village Development Association) provides management services, with approximately 1,700 properties. We are conducting a survey aimed at suppliers who are interested in tendering for this contract, and to help inform this project. You can access this survey using the below URL: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nm9R1O0tuUefh_sQR6F0O3aLp6ziGTZCglR0gdgqyANUNVcxVzdBNzlFWTExN1NNSVQwVjFaQUVLWSQlQCN0PWcu The invitation to tender is expected to start in February 2027. This would be advertised here on the Find a Tender Service. Suppliers are reminded that in order to be eligible for any public contract - including this one - that they need to be registered wit

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — East Midlands Housing Group scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for services work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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