Renovation Rehabilitation Government Tenders in United Kingdom

Why refurbishment is priced differently from new build

Refurbishment carries a risk new construction does not: nobody knows exactly what is behind the wall. Tender documents in this category are built around that uncertainty. Buyers commission condition and hazardous materials surveys before going to market and issue them with the bid pack, and bidders are normally required to attend a site visit that is a condition of admissibility rather than an option. A price submitted without the site visit is usually rejected, and a price submitted without reading the survey is usually regretted.

The pricing mechanism reflects the same uncertainty. Provisional sums and contingency allowances are written into the bill for work that can be foreseen but not quantified -- structural repair once finishes are stripped, asbestos removal, services that turn out not to match the record drawings. Those sums are expended against instruction and measured at agreed rates, so the rates a bidder offers for opening up and making good can matter more to the final account than the headline tender figure.

The constraint that most often drives cost is occupation. Much of this work happens in buildings that stay in use: schools during term, offices during business hours, wards that cannot close. That produces phased possession, temporary decant space, out-of-hours and weekend working, dust and noise limits, fire and escape route management around a live population, and separate security vetting for operatives. Heritage or listed status adds consents, specified materials and specialist trades on top. Bidders who price the work and not the phasing are the ones who claim for disruption later.

This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.

Who buys renovation rehabilitation in United Kingdom?

GlobalGov holds 116 renovation rehabilitation records from 80 distinct buying organisations in United Kingdom. The most frequent publishers are Innovate UK (21 records); Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (5 records); Amey Defence Services Limited (3 records); Progress Housing Group Limited (3 records); City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (2 records); Derby City Council (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 31% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.

What are renovation rehabilitation contracts worth in United Kingdom?

77 of the 116 records publish a contract value. The median is $351,228 and the largest single published value is $644.5M. By size, 18 under $100k, 36 between $100k and $1M, 14 between $1M and $10M, 9 above $10M. The remaining 39 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.

How long do bidders get to respond to renovation rehabilitation tenders in United Kingdom?

Across the 13 United Kingdom renovation rehabilitation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 35 days. A quarter of them allowed 28 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 45. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.

How often are renovation rehabilitation tenders published in United Kingdom?

United Kingdom publishes about 6 notices a month in this category, 76 in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 77, spread across 6 separate months of activity since 24 October 2024. May is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 18 September 2026.

How does United Kingdom compare with other renovation rehabilitation markets?

Among the 44 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable renovation rehabilitation market, United Kingdom ranks 24th by number of records. The largest is Kenya (4,730 records against 116 here). Within United Kingdom itself, renovation rehabilitation is the 33rd largest of the 39 procurement categories tracked here.

Where do the United Kingdom renovation rehabilitation records on this page come from?

These 116 records are collected from 3 official sources: Find a Tender (88), UKRI (27), TED (1). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.

Open Renovation Rehabilitation tenders in United Kingdom

Showing 4 of the 4 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the United Kingdom market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.

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