Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Oct 2025, 09:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BU782024- Lift Maintenance · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University (Education)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£560,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 4 Jan 2029 · up to 4 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bangor University is seeking a competent Lift Maintenance Contractor to provide statutory compliance and preventative maintenance for its portfolio of passenger, goods, platform, and stair lifts. The University’s stock is aged, with many obsolete systems, and therefore a focus on minimum statutory compliance, reliability, and effective reporting is required. Bangor University would like to invite expressions of interest from suppliers who are qualified and interested in this opportunity to enable us to decide the best route to market.

Core Requirements

The Contractor will be required to deliver:

  • Statutory inspection and preventative maintenance of all lifts within scope, to comply with LOLER, PUWER, EN13015, and relevant British Standards
  • 24/7/365 callout service, including:
  • Entrapments: attendance within 1 hour (working hours) / 2 hours (out of hours).
  • Breakdowns: attendance within 2 hours (working hours) / 4 hours (out of hours).
  • Emergency release of trapped persons.
  • Repair and rectification of defects identified by third-party inspections (LOLER/insurance).
  • Proactive, preventative maintenance in accordance with manufacturer requirements and industry codes of practice.
  • Supply of spare parts, labour, and materials (excluding vandalism/misuse, unless agreed).
  • Auto-dialler installation and testing.
  • Compliance with statutory safety requirements for machine rooms, pits, shafts, lighting, and safe access.
  • Clear communication, single point of contact, and uniformed, trained engineers.

Bangor University has 59 Lifts across its campuses in Bangor, Anglesey and Wrexham with varying models, ages and conditions. Year of Manufacture ranges from 1965-2023. To receive the full list of lifts, please register your interest in this notice. Further information will then be provided via email.

CPV: Lift-maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 4 Jan 2031 with extensions
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Oct 2025, 09:10 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2025, 09:10 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062368
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Lift-maintenance services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a86a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Oct 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published381 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 09:10 BST
  2. Market engagement364 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Bangor University would like to invite expressions of interest in this opportunity from qualified suppliers to enable us to decide the best route to market. Interested suppliers record their interest in this notice and will receive more details via email. To manage the resource of both the suppliers who express an interest in this exercise and the time of the team at Bangor University, Bangor University reserves the right to decline to engage with organisations who do not operate in this particular market.

    Bangor University provides no guarantee that a procurement will be carried out pursuant to this exercise or that it will be carried out within a given period of time. Suppliers who engage with Bangor University should do so on the understanding that information provided is to support and develop an understanding of the market only. It does not represent information for evaluation purposes, and it will not constitute a tender. Information provided by the suppliers in this exercise will be treated confidentially.

  3. Contract starts290 days ago
    5 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 09:10 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTPM-4795-PZBG Finance Office, Bangor, Wales, LL57 2TRContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure