# Golden Lane Housing Soft Market Testing

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited](/buyers/communities-and-housing-investment-consortium-limited/contract-awards)
- Published: 24 August 2023
- Contract start: 3 June 2024
- Contract end: 4 June 2029
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: 9b51d75e-396b-4f6b-9b6a-6b3bfdf4a533-675139
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ac580e0d-b01d-467d-93c4-51234ef7a07e

## Description

The purpose of this soft market testing questionnaire in this case is where Golden Lane Housing seeks input from the market as to what might be the most potentially attractive way of packaging a future procurement opportunity\. Golden Lane Housing is at an early stage in the development of its approach and is testing the market prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity\. This exercise will also provide an opportunity for Golden Lane Housing to obtain insight into how potential providers might approach the delivery of the works in question\. It also gives useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from the market\. The following two potential procurement options being explored are: Option A: Repairs, Compliance and Planned Works Contract with Golden Lane Housing Option B: Repairs, Compliance and Planned Works Contract with Golden Lane Housing and an additional Housing Provider\. Golden Lane Housing are interested in the Soft Market Testing for all the workstreams for all their properties across all their geographical locations\. The additional Housing Provider are interested in the Soft Market Testing for the maintenance service for their properties outside of their core area, where maintenance services are currently provided by a single responsive and planned contractor, with separate contracts in place for specialist works with a compliance element\. Additional information: The purpose of this soft market testing questionnaire in this case is where Golden Lane Housing seeks input from the market as to what might be the most potentially attractive way of packaging a future procurement opportunity\. Golden Lane Housing is at an early stage in the development of its approach and is testing the market prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity\. This exercise will also provide an opportunity for Golden Lane Housing to obtain insight into how potential providers might approach the delivery of the works in question\. It also gives useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from the market\. There are two potential procurement options being explored as part of this soft market testing exercise: Option A: Repairs, Compliance and Planned Works Contract with Golden Lane Housing Option B: Repairs, Compliance and Planned Works Contract with Golden Lane Housing and an additional Housing Provider\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9b51d75e-396b-4f6b-9b6a-6b3bfdf4a533-675139)