Official UK procurement notice
Electrical Inspection and Conditioning Reports
Authority: FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of electrical Inspection and Conditioning reports at stations and depots across the GWR estate
- How the procedure runs: There will be two stages to this procurement. Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation (a minimum of the three highest scoring tenderers will be invited to submit a tender in stage 2). These Conditions of Participation will relate to: Legal capacity, Financial capacity, and Technical ability. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender Due to the nature and technical requirements of the contract opportunity, the Client will be using certain mandatory Conditions of Participation with pass/fail criteria that all Tenderers must pass in order for their tender submission to be accepted and evaluated, as detailed above. Stage 2 will be weighted across Three areas: Quality: 55% Price: 40% Commercial T&Cs: 5% Full criteria will be detailed in Wax (e-procurement portal) in Stage 2.
CPV: Technical inspection and testing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£850,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 55%
- Terms and conditions: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 55% will be awarded, base on the technical competence and quality submission
- Price
- Terms and conditions: 5% of weighting will be allocated to acceptance of terms and conditions
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 26 Sept 2025, 17:32 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 16:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Feb 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060318- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a39cFind a Tender
- How it runs
There will be two stages to this procurement.
Stage 1 - Conditions of Participation (a minimum of the three highest scoring tenderers will be invited to submit a tender in stage 2).
These Conditions of Participation will relate to:
Legal capacity,
Financial capacity, and
Technical ability.
Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender
Due to the nature and technical requirements of the contract opportunity, the Client will be using certain mandatory Conditions of Participation with pass/fail criteria that all Tenderers must pass in order for their tender submission to be accepted and evaluated, as detailed above.
Stage 2 will be weighted across Three areas:
Quality: 55%
Price: 40%
Commercial T&Cs: 5%
Full criteria will be detailed in Wax (e-procurement portal) in Stage 2.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
redirect.transaxions.com/events/esJEU ↗ to register Expression of Interest
Tender submissions will be digitally submitted through WAX digital
Timeline
26 Sept 2025 → 18 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published389 days ago26 Sept 2025, 17:32 BST
- Clarification questions by366 days ago19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline366 days ago19 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by234 days ago28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts173 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent120 days ago23 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends110 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published63 days ago18 Aug 2026, 16:31 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025- Tender notice published26 Sept 2025, 17:32 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Jun 2026, 14:20 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Jun 2026, 14:20 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Aug 2026, 16:31 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANDA TELECOM LIMITEDSME1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: extensions are possible through contract performance. ensuring KPI's and SLA's are maintained | £3,000,000 | 15 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · PANDA TELECOM LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2026
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extension options are included if supplier performs contract to high standard and consistently achieves KPI's
3 agreed KPIs: C1 Defect Management · Quality Assurance · Social Performance
- C1 Defect Management, 100% C1 defects made safe before leaving site, average time to make safe ≤4 hours
- Quality Assurance, ≥95% test coverage of circuits, ≤5% reviewer queries per report ≥20% of terminations sampled per circuit
- Social Performance, 100% No unplanned service disruptions attributed to works
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PANDA TELECOM LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
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