Official UK procurement notice
Cm3503 Fixed Gas Detectors and Maintenance
Authority: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionYorkshire Water Services (YWS) intends to establish a contract for the maintenance, calibration, inspection, repair, and lifecycle support of fixed gas detection systems across operational wastewater and clean water sites.
The contract will provide a comprehensive service model covering planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive and emergency maintenance, calibration and compliance activities, supply and replacement of sensors, spare parts, and associated components, as well as replacement of fixed gas detection assets where required. The arrangement will support the ongoing operation of safety-critical gas detection systems, including detectors, sensors, alarms and controllers.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement is being conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The process will consist of Conditions of Participation Questionnaire and a Tender (ITT). Only those suppliers that meet the conditions of participation requirements will have their tenders evaluated. A second round of tendering will be conducted, and, if required, the authority may proceed to a third and final stage (Best and Final Offer (BAFO) round). The final contract award will be based on the refined award criteria, as communicated to suppliers during the procedure. The award criteria and their relative weightings are provided in the tender documents. All communications and submissions must be made electronically via Ariba.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,072,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Quality
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
Cm3503- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051308- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
This procurement is being conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The process will consist of Conditions of Participation Questionnaire and a Tender (ITT). Only those suppliers that meet the conditions of participation requirements will have their tenders evaluated.
A second round of tendering will be conducted, and, if required, the authority may proceed to a third and final stage (Best and Final Offer (BAFO) round). The final contract award will be based on the refined award criteria, as communicated to suppliers during the procedure.
The award criteria and their relative weightings are provided in the tender documents. All communications and submissions must be made electronically via Ariba.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
1 Jun 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published142 days ago1 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Latest notice published140 days ago3 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
- Submission deadline116 days ago26 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by81 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 72 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2026- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:53 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:57 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:59 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published3 Jun 2026, 09:57 BSTUK4
- Published value updated3 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 1 Jun 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender