Official UK procurement notice
CBC-1887-T-TS Passenger Lift Maintenance
Authority: Central Bedfordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPassenger Lift Maintenance
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Target contract commencement date: 1st April 2026 Contract term: 3 years +1+1 optional
S20 notice concluded - Contract start 01042026 Contract End: 31032029 with a further 2 years optional
CPV: Lift-maintenance services · Lifts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£450,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Simple description: Award criteria outlined within the Tender documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 17 Dec 2025, 13:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 May 2026, 17:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
CBC-1887-T-TS- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083849- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f7e4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 23:09 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 22 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published315 days ago17 Dec 2025, 13:24 GMT
- Clarification questions by285 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:09 GMT
- Submission deadline278 days ago23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by254 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent240 days ago3 Mar 2026
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published168 days ago13 May 2026, 17:09 BST
- Standstill ends159 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025- Tender notice published17 Dec 2025, 13:24 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published13 May 2026, 16:53 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 May 2026, 16:53 BST
- Contract details notice published13 May 2026, 17:09 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected23 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Lifts Group LtdSMEPassenger Lift Maintenance24 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 1 Apr 2031Extensions: 2 years optional | £360,000 | 26 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Passenger Lift Maintenance · RJ Lifts Group LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 May 2026
- Value
- £360,000
- Period
- 24 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 1 Apr 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years optional
1 agreed KPI: Appendix 7D - Performance Measures
- Appendix 7D - Performance Measures, Performance Measures - KPI 1 to 3 and KPI 6 to 7 = 100% KPI 1 Passenger Entrapment Call out completed on time (1 hour) KPI 2 Call out attended on time normal working hours (within 2 hours) KPI 3 Call out attended on time outside normal working hours (within 3 hours) KPI 4 and 5 = 96% KPI 4 All Orders completed to target KPI 5 Documentation uploaded to CBC Housing Management System / Sharepoint within 5 working days of work completion KPI 6 Accurate invoices submitted within 28 days of order completion KPI 7 Social Value – to added on award of contract
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RJ LiftsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Registration is required on the In-Tend supplier portal to access tender documents
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender