plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Authorising Engineer (Fire)

Buyer: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust →

BuyerMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£12,000

Published3 Jun 2025

What is being bought

 Attend Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as Authorising Engineer (Fire) to audit the fire safety provisions for the previous year and complete the annual statement of fire safety as per HTM05-01

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2028

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Fire-prevention services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Fire-prevention services (75251110); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 75	2,722	3 median · 35.4 average (950 of 2,722 with a bid count)	3.3 average (1,149 of 2,722 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	2	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	14	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
what suppliers can offer this service to us	engagement	Not published	met

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-051188
Latest release ID	029444-2025
Latest release timestamp	Tue Jun 03 2025 10:36:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£12,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
3 Jun 2025	planningUpdate	029444-2025
13 May 2025	planning	020675-2025
13 May 2025	planning	020674-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)

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13 May 2025 · 020675-2025 · planning

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13 May 2025 · 020674-2025 · planning

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