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ClosedStage · tender

Dorset Council

Management of Hotels and Guest Houses

Real EstateCPV 70120000
Value£2,000,000
Deadline5 Aug 2026
Published8 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£2,000,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 8 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 5 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Dorset Procurement
placeprocurement@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
+44 1305221250

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Please note that in order to submit the tender electronically, all bidders must, in the first instance, register with the ProContract portal. Bidders, if having technical difficulties in using the e-Tendering portal, should contact the provider directly through one of the following mediums. Email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Alternatively, use the electronic ticket logging system which can be found at: https://suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com The Contracting Authority’s access to the e-Tendering portal information and view, differs from that of the bidder. The e-Tendering portal is managed by Proactis.

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Contract value in context
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£4.3m

This is a large award for Real Estate Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,366 valued Real Estate Services tenders in our corpus.

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Dorset Council has published 7 Real Estate Services notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around January 2027.

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The brief

The scope (Subject Matter of the contract) includes the management of the Contracting Authority’s 61 hotels and guest houses and the initial production of a detailed strategy to outline the management and investment approach to be taken during the life of the contract.

This contract does not replace a current contract; the work has been previously carried out in house, but the Contracting Authority has insufficient resources or expertise to deliver this and as a result is procuring the work.

The new contract is estimated to require 9 weeks for mobilisation/ transition.

Further details on the scope and Specification (Technical, Legal, Performance and Financial) can be found in Annex B1 – Specification.

The total budget available is estimated between £1.4m and £2m over the full six-year term (please note that the core term is four years with an optional 2 x 12-months extension periods).

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06035c
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
064402-2026
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