Estate Management Services 2

The Estate Management Services 2 Framework allows public sector buyers to procure estate management services

Managing public buildings and land can be complex, especially for organisations with large or varied estates. The Estate Management Services 2 framework gives public sector bodies a straightforward way to access specialist support across every aspect of estate management, from day‑to‑day operations to strategic planning and compliance. 

Public sector bodies are responsible for managing a huge range of buildings and land, often with ageing infrastructure, tight budgets, and increasing regulatory demands. Keeping these estates safe, compliant, efficient, and aligned with organisational needs requires specialist skills that many teams don’t have in‑house.

Estate management solutions help organisations plan, maintain, and optimise their property portfolios, make informed investment decisions, and meet statutory obligations. They also support better use of space, reduce operational risk, and ensure public assets deliver value for money. For buyers who need reliable expertise across complex or dispersed estates, structured access to professional support is essential.

The framework is open to Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.

The framework offers services and solutions including total estate management; agency and lease management; surveying and strategic advice; valuation and compulsory purchase orders; and business rating services. It also offers private Finance Initiative (PFI) Technical and Strategic Advice Services; PFI surveying services; PFI fire safety and audit; and PFI specialist commercial and financial advice.

Lots
Suppliers are spread across 11 lots.

Lot 1 is for Total Estate Management. It offers suppliers who can help to manage a property throughout its lifecycle, including support for occupying government buildings and carrying out technical assessments where needed.

Lot 2 focuses on Estate (Property) Management. It brings in suppliers who handle the day‑to‑day running of government buildings, including operational and technical assessments, property oversight, and planning for maintenance, policy, capital works, and asset management.

Lot 3 relates to Agency and Lease Management. It connects buyers with suppliers who manage freehold and leasehold properties throughout the buying, occupying, or selling process, with technical assessments available where required.

Lot 4 covers Surveying and Strategic Advice. It provides access to suppliers who carry out surveys, studies, and strategic reviews to support the effective use and management of government buildings, including technical assessments where appropriate.

Lot 5 covers Valuation and Compulsory Purchase Orders. It offers suppliers who can value government buildings and assets for compliance and accounting purposes, including desktop valuations, RICS Red Book valuations, and support with compulsory purchase orders.

Lot 6 includes Business Rating Services. It provides suppliers who deliver rating support and payment services, along with rating appeal services under the Check, Challenge, Appeal process in England, Scotland, and Wales, plus rateable value services for Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland for central government and wider public sector estate.

Lot 7 is for Workplace Services Performance Partner. It brings together suppliers who act as a single coordination point for managing third‑party property service providers, offering either a light in‑house model or a full integrator approach, and supplying data and insights to inform estate strategy, capital planning, and cost optimisation.

Lot 8a provides PFI Technical and Strategic Advice Services. It offers suppliers who deliver strategic, technical, commercial, and operational advice to support the management and future planning of PFI estates, aligned with Infrastructure Projects Authority guidance and excluding legal advice.

Lot 8b focuses on PFI Surveying Services. It provides suppliers who can deliver asset condition surveys as a minimum, with the option to commission wider studies and strategic advice to support the operation and long‑term planning of PFI estates, based on buyer requirements.

Lot 8c covers PFI Fire Safety and Audit. It offers suppliers who carry out fire safety surveys, studies, and strategic advice for PFI estates, including technical due diligence, all aligned with Infrastructure Projects Authority guidance and delivered collaboratively.

Lot 8d provides PFI Specialist Commercial and Financial Advice. 

Benefits
The framework offers several benefits including the option to buy through either further competition or award without competition. There is no contract value threshold with further competition and no specified term of contract length for call-offs.

Compared to its previous iteration, there are four new lots supporting buyers’ private finance initiative (PFI) requirements.

All suppliers on lots 1 to 6 are Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) regulated.

How to buy
The public sector can buy from this framework using one-stage further competition; two-stage further competition; or award without competition (Framework Taxi Rank).

The taxi rank option provides an objective way to select suppliers when awarding without competition under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers are identified and selected using the taxi rank allocation table.

By bringing together accredited suppliers across multiple disciplines, it helps buyers streamline procurement, reduce risk, and secure consistent, professional advice. Whether organisations need help managing leases, valuing assets, improving building performance, or navigating PFI arrangements, the framework provides a structured, compliant route to the expertise required to run estates effectively.