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Controlled Door Entry & Fire Safety Equipment Servicing and Maintenance

Buyer: Tower Hamlets →

BuyerTower Hamlets
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£3,600,000
Published1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is preparing to procure servicing and maintenance contracts for door entry and fire safety equipment across its housing stock, covering sheltered housing, general needs blocks. This contract is for the repair and maintenance of all door entry systems and ad-hoc minor upgrades as required. The maintenance of new door entry systems installed under the capital programme; repairs and maintenance of existing CCTV systems; maintenance, servicing and compliance requirements for automated gates; repairs and maintenance of communal tv aerials; repairs and maintenance of existing IRS systems; and a life-cycle condition report on existing systems to inform future planned maintenance and capital programs. Please note, this notice is not a call for competition or a commitment to procure. Participation in this market engagement will not prejudice future involvement in any subsequent procurement process and does not commit LBTH to running a competitive tender process in the future.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Construction materials and associated items 44100000Windows, doors and related items 44221000Goods used in construction 44420000Tools, locks, keys, hinges, fasteners, chain and springs 44500000Installation of doors and windows and related components 45421100Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment 50413200Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials 50600000Repair and maintenance services of security equipment 50610000Installation services of communications equipment 51300000Other community, social and personal services 98000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment, Repair and maintenance services of security equipment, Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials, Other community, social and personal services, Construction materials and associated items, Installation services of communications equipment, Windows, doors and related items, Goods used in construction, Tools, locks, keys, hinges, fasteners, chain and springs, Installation of doors and windows and related componentsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 44. The category anchor is Construction materials and associated items (44100000); 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 441,7365 median · 44.2 average (428 of 1,736 with a bid count)6.1 average (476 of 1,736 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK36124 median · 135.8 average (74 of 361 with a bid count)13.9 average (85 of 361 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1782 median · 3.7 average (3 of 178 with a bid count)1.7 average (3 of 178 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 policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is exploring options for London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is exploring options for the procurement of Controlled Door Entry & Fire Safety Equipment Servicing and maintenance . Prior to launching a formal procurement process, LBTH wishes to establish the level of market interest in the project. A set of pre-market engagement questions have been attached to the PME brief suppliers are to provide responses to. All questions should be answered and responses should be attached as a PDF attachment and sent through the London Tenders Portal. Please see the indicative PME timeline below: PME Launch 1st December 2025 Deadline for Responses 16th January 2026 Tender Issue Date 1st May 2026 Expected Contract Start Date 1st October 2026 Please note, this notice is not a call for competition or a commitment to procure. Participation in this market engagement will not prejudice future involvement in any subsequent procurement process and does not commit LBTH to running a competitive tender process in the future.engagement16 Jan 2026scheduled

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.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ec52
Latest release ID078649-2025
Latest release timestampMon Dec 01 2025 16:57:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,600,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Dec 2025planning078649-2025

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 (1 releases)
1 Dec 2025 · 078649-2025 · planning
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