Homes England

How to win their contracts

Measured from Homes England's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 23 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 6 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.5 tenders a month, measured over 17 months of history.
• Half of their 3 awarded contracts are worth £6.2m or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
• Their most frequent suppliers are OXFORD ECONOMICS LIMITED (3), ASPINALL VERDI LIMITED, AVISON YOUNG (UK) LIMITED, BNP PARIBAS REAL ESTATE ADVISORY & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED, Capita Business Services Ltd, CARTER JONAS LLP, CBRE LIMITED, COPPING JOYCE SURVEYORS LIMITED, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD DEBENHAM TIE LEUNG LIMITED, DELOITTE LLP, EDDISONS COMMERCIAL LIMITED t/a BTG Eddisons, HARTNELL TAYLOR COOK LLP, Jones Lang LaSalle Limited, KNIGHT FRANK LLP, LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GROUP LIMITED, MONTAGU EVANS LLP, RAPLEYS LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, SAVILLS (UK) (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.