Official UK procurement notice
CT0154 - External Cyclical Maintenance - Lot 1
Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£17,605,520total for 7 lots
Submissions closed 7 Mar 2025awarded 29 Sept 2025
Awarded to HETHERINGTON PAINTING BUILDING +6 more10 awards
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNIHE require Contractors to carry out External Cyclical Maintenance to properties through out Northern Ireland.
- Recurrence: A further competition for this type of work may be advertised in the near future.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Multi-dwelling buildings construction work
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value (£17,605,520 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1South - South Down AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,260,960
External cyclical maintenance works to NIHE properties in the South Down Area
Lot #2South - North Down and Ards AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£3,054,860
Lot #3North - Mid, East and South Antrim AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,638,080
Lot #4North - West and Causeway AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,349,540
Lot #5Belfast - South and East Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,308,320
Lot #6Belfast - North and West Belfast AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,148,020
Lot #7South - Mid Ulster AreaAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,845,740
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).
How bids were scored · same split on all 7 lots
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality - Social Value: 10%
- Cost: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality - Social Value: 10
- Cost: 90
Conditions of participation2
- Suitability
Please see tender documents for full details.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents for full details.
Minimum: Please see tender documents for full details.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · A further competition for this type of work may be advertised in the near future.
- First published
- 5 Feb 2025, 09:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Dec 2025, 15:29 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082122- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dbb6Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Performance terms
Please see tender documents for full details.
Publisher note: The value shown in section V.2.4 (Total value of the contract) represents the potential total value of the contract inclusive of the initial. Contract period of 12 months plus a planned 6 month extension period (included in the contract when initially advertised), prior to any modification.
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 7 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
7 Mar 2025 → 11 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline7 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published318 days ago11 Dec 2025, 15:29 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 9 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2025- Status changed to complete29 Sept 2025, 11:43 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Sept 2025, 11:43 BST
Routine re-releases (9)
- 2025-12: 4 releases · 11 Dec 2025, 11 Dec 2025
- 2025-09: 1 release · 29 Sept 2025
- 2025-02: 1 release · 5 Feb 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 14
Awarded value £44,821,10114 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 777 from SMEs
Contracts signed 14latest 29 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · South - South Down Area4 awards | |||
| HETHERINGTON PAINTING BUILDINGSME | £3,538,142 † | — | Awarded |
| KINGSWAY CONTRACTORS LTDSMEExternal Cyclical Maintenance | £2,996,488 † | — | Awarded |
| Bann LtdSMEExternal Cyclical Maintenance | £2,856,375 † | — | Awarded |
| UNICO CONTRACTS LIMITEDSMEExternal Cyclical Maintenance | £3,254,731 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · South - North Down and Ards Area1 award | |||
| LOWRY BUILDING CIVIL ENGINEERING LTDSME | £3,328,270 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · North - Mid, East and South Antrim Area1 award | |||
| MICHAEL DONAGHY PD LTDSME | £2,769,984 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · North - West and Causeway Area1 award | |||
| P.K. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION LTDSME | £2,220,315 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 5 · Belfast - South and East Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh Area1 award | |||
| UNICO CONTRACTS LIMITEDSME | £2,169,821 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 6 · Belfast - North and West Belfast Area1 award | |||
| KINGSWAY CONTRACTORS LTDSME | £1,997,659 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 7 · South - Mid Ulster Area1 award | |||
| Bann LtdSME | £1,904,250 † | — | Awarded |
4 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Lot 1 - South - South Down Area · HETHERINGTON PAINTING BUILDINGSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £3,538,142
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - South - North Down and Ards Area · LOWRY BUILDING CIVIL ENGINEERING LTDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £3,328,270
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - North - Mid, East and South Antrim Area · MICHAEL DONAGHY PD LTDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £2,769,984
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - North - West and Causeway Area · P.K. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION LTDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £2,220,315
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - Belfast - South and East Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh Area · UNICO CONTRACTS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £2,169,821
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - Belfast - North and West Belfast Area · KINGSWAY CONTRACTORS LTDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £1,997,659
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - South - Mid Ulster Area · Bann LtdSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2025
- Value
- £1,904,250
- Status
- active
External Cyclical Maintenance · KINGSWAY CONTRACTORS LTDSME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £2,996,488
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £998,829.30 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
External Cyclical Maintenance · Bann LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £2,856,375
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £952,124.98 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
External Cyclical Maintenance · UNICO CONTRACTS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £3,254,731
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £1,084,910.40 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
External Cyclical Maintenance
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £4,154,976
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £1,384,992 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender. The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
External Cyclical Maintenance
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £3,330,473
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £1,110,157.65 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026. Need for modification
External Cyclical Maintenance
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £4,992,405
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £1,664,134.99 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
External Cyclical Maintenance
- Signed
- 17 Jul 2025
- Value
- £5,307,212
- Status
- active
- Change The Housing Executive intends to modify this contract in line with regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, to increase the spend on the contract. This represents an increase of up to £1,769,070.80 (approximately 50% of the value of the original contract). There no guarantee of any level of spend on the contract. This is intended to give time for additional work to be carried out by the same Contractor during the Contract period., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: NIHE is currently developing a 5-year programme focused on the delivery of External Maintenance Works and is holding a market engagement event in January 2026. A significant investment of time and resources, for all parties, is required when procuring these contracts. It is not in the interest of the public purse to procure another round of short-term contracts. Doing so would result in significant inconvenience, and substantial duplication of costs would be incurred in issuing another short-term tender The modification could enable us to develop a new strategy for ECM works and this will result in a new competition going to the market in early 2026.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · South - South Down Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · South - North Down and Ards Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · North - Mid, East and South Antrim Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · North - West and Causeway Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Belfast - South and East Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Belfast - North and West Belfast Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 7 · South - Mid Ulster Area | 11bids · 11 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
16 commercial parties on the notice- BANN LTDAwarded supplier
- Bann LtdAwarded supplier
- Bann LtdAwarded supplier
- HETHERINGTON PAINTING BUILDINGAwarded supplier
- Hetherington Painting Building LtdAwarded supplier
- KINGSWAY CONTRACTORS LTDAwarded supplier
- Kingsway Contractors LtdAwarded supplier
- LOWRY BUILDING CIVIL ENGINEERING LTDAwarded supplier
- Lowry Building Civil Engineering LtdAwarded supplier
- MICHAEL DONAGHY PD LTDAwarded supplier
Show 6 more suppliers
- Michael Donaghy PB LtdAwarded supplier
- Michael Donaghy PB LtdAwarded supplier
- P.K. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION LTDAwarded supplier
- PK Murphy Construction LtdAwarded supplier
- UNICO CONTRACTS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Unico Contracts LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria