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Consumer Electrical Isolation Switches

Buyer: Bristol City Council →

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BuyerBristol City Council
StatusOpen
Deadline30 Sept 2026
Value£4,400,000
Published1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Consumer Electrical Isolation Switches The council wishes to appoint a provider for the supply and install electrical isolation switches to enable the safe isolation of electrical supplies serving domestic dwellings and communal areas without the need to remove service fuses. s part of the works, the contractor shall provide a property pack for each installation. The property pack shall include, as a minimum: • Photographic evidence of the installation, including: • Condition prior to works • Installed isolation switch in situ • Labelling and accessibility • Electrical test results confirming correct installation, including completion of a polarity test • Confirmation that the isolation device has been installed in accordance with this specification and applicable regulations This specification applies to: • Domestic properties (individual dwellings, flats, maisonettes) • Communal properties and supplies, including but not limited to: • Landlord supplies • Communal lighting and power circuits • Plant rooms, risers, corridors, and stairwells • Meter cupboards and intake rooms The works are limited to: • Installation of electrical isolation devices only The works do not include: • Consumer unit or distribution board replacement • Alterations to service heads or other DNO-owned equipment • Reconfiguration of existing circuits beyond what is necessary to install the isolator safely

Delivery location

UKK11, GB · UKK11, GB

Categories

Electrical installation work 45310000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£4,400,000
Contract periodFrom 2 Nov 2026 to 1 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (60%)
Quality (20%)
Social Value (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Electrical installation workNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Electrical installation work (45310000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 4517,1344 median · 30.2 average (5,652 of 17,134 with a bid count)3.8 average (6,252 of 17,134 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer22Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK11676 median · 10 average (27 of 67 with a bid count)2.4 average (29 of 67 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1,4989 median · 14.4 average (7 of 1,498 with a bid count)6.6 average (9 of 1,498 with named award suppliers)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 policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
**This is not a call to competition** This notice is to alert the market that Bristol City Council will be launching this tender within the coming weeks. Tender information will be made available shortly, and will utilise the ProContract eTendering system and would therefore strongly advise any interested parties to register there.engagementNot publishedmet

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

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Latest release IDocds-h6vhtk-06e3de-2026-09-01T11:18:14+01:00
Latest release timestampTue Sep 01 2026 10:18:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082543-2026
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Tender period: end2026-09-30T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-16T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-19T23:59:59+01:00
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Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,400,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2026tender082543-2026
13 Aug 2026planning077361-2026

All source data

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