Official UK procurement notice
Electrical Works Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLiverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA)/Merseytravel (the Authority) is seeking to establish a closed, multi-supplier Electrical Works Framework Agreement to support the delivery of electrical works across its estate.
The procurement has been split into two lots:
Lot 1: Minor Electrical Works
Lot 2: Major Electrical Works
Contract Duration: 48 months.
A two-stage Competitive Flexible Procurement will be undertaken as follows, per lot:
Stage 1: Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (ITT)
Lot 1: One supplier will be awarded.
Lot 2: Five suppliers will be awarded.
Stage 1 Instructions
- For Lot 1, the five compliant, highest-scoring suppliers in Stage 1 will be invited to Stage 2 (ITT Stage).
- For Lot 2, the ten compliant, highest-scoring suppliers in Stage 1 will be invited to Stage 2 (ITT Stage).
- The Authority will use this stage to confirm basic details and that neither a supplier, nor any related persons within its corporate group, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are listed on the Debarment list (held by Cabinet Office). Where any such entities are listed on the debarment list, the Authority will consider whether to exclude the supplier from participating in the Procurement in accordance with its obligations under the Act.
- The Authority will also undertake a review of the completed PSQ with reference to any information held on the Central Digital Platform. Responses to any conditions of participation will be assessed in accordance with the selection process and any selection criteria as set out in the Tender Notice, PSQ and tender documents.
Stage 1 Criteria - Lot 1
Financial Capacity - Pass/Fail
Operational Capacity - 40%
LV Maintenance Programme - 60%
Relevant Experience - Pass/Fail
Ultimo License - Pass/Fail
Subcontractor Management - Pass/Fail (pass aligned with a score of 6 as per scoring criteria)
Stage 1 Criteria - Lot 2
Financial Capacity - Pass/Fail
Operational Capacity - 40%
Relevant Experience - Part A - 60%
Relevant Experience - Part B - Pass/Fail
Ultimo License - Pass/Fail
Subcontractor Management - (pass aligned with a score of 6 as per scoring criteria)
Stage 2 Criteria - Lot 1
Performance Management - 15%
Scenario: High Voltage Transformer Failure - 20%
Compliance, Audit and Record Keeping - 15%
Health & Safety - 10%
Social Value - 10%
Price - 30%
Stage 2 Criteria - Lot 2
Major Works Definition, Design Coordination and Pre-Construction Assurance - 15%
Scenario: Planned LV Switchgear Replacement within a Live Operational Asset - 15%
Health & Safety - 15%
Call-Off Cost Certainty, Change Control and Value for Money - 15%
Social Value - 10%
Price - 30%
In accordance with Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Authority reserves the right to refine the award criteria before inviting final tenders.
Subject to budget, the party to framework call offs may be either LCRCA or Merseytravel.
Preliminary Market Engagement was not undertaken as this was not deemed necessary for the nature of the requirements.
CPV: Electrical installation work · Installation services of electrical equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 6 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 15 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework
Lot 1
The following will be used to determine call off pricing:
- Framework Rate card
- Items not included in the Framework Rate Card must be quoted in accordance with, and no higher than, the rates contained in Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2026, 57th Edition (with the supplier's tendered % discount applied).
Lot 2
Further Competition will be undertaken for Lot 2 call offs.
The Framework rates submitted the Price Schedule will be the maximum possible rates that can be charged.
Lot Appraisal Process
Call Offs with an estimated contract value up to £50,000 will be awarded via Lot 1.
Call Offs with an estimated contract value over £250,000 will be awarded via Lot 2.
The Lot used to award Call Offs with an estimated contract value between £50,001 - £250,000 will be guided by Appendix H - Lot Appraisal Matrix.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Minor Electrical WorksPublished value£5,000,000
Call Offs with an estimated contract value up to £50,000 will be awarded via Lot 1.
The Lot used to award Call Offs with an estimated contract value between £50,001 - £250,000 will be guided by Appendix H - Lot Appraisal Matrix.
- Economic & financial standing
See scope and tender documents for further information.
- Technical & professional ability
See scope and tender documents for further information.
Lot #2Major Electrical WorksPublished value£30,000,000
Works valued at over £250,000 will be ran via Further Competition in Lot 2.
Works valued between £50,001 - £250,000 will be called off via Lot 1 or Lot 2 based upon an assessment of the individual requirement.
- Economic & financial standing
See scope and tender documents for further details.
- Technical & professional ability
See scope and tender documents for further details.
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)
- Price: 30%
- Quality & Social Value: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value: Quality - 60% Social Value - 10%
- Price: SPONS Discount - 10% Framework Rate Card - 10% Non-SPONS OH&P - 10%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Electrical Works Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Liverpool City Region Combined Authority buys Electrical installation work (CPV 4531), and who usually turns up
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Electrical installation work (CPV 4531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 63 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid2%
2–323%
4–639%
7+36%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Minor Electrical WorksCPV 45310000Published estimate£5.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–37%
4–645%
7+38%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £664m21 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £10m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 | |
| £1.4bn17 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £67m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
BELL GROUP LTDLarge | £98m123 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=30 |
| £54m6 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £4.6m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £3.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Major Electrical WorksCPV 45310000Published estimate£30m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–35%
4–621%
7+67%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.4bn17 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £67m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £54m6 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £4.9m13 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £4.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £5.6m19 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £3.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=6 | |
| £4.6m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £3.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
5041716- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094676- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064b64Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 2 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Suppliers must be registered on the Chest in order to participate in the tender and access the tender documents:
Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published247 days ago9 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Next notice expected151 days ago15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published7 days ago7 Oct 2026, 12:06 BST
- Today14 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 19 days · period end, not a bid countdown2 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 111 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days15 Feb 2027
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026- Planned procurement notice published9 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMTUK3
- Pipeline notice published1 May 2026, 14:38 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £12,000,0001 May 2026, 14:38 BSTwas £8,000,000
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 12:06 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £35,000,0007 Oct 2026, 12:06 BSTwas £12,000,000
- Status changed to active7 Oct 2026, 12:06 BST
- Deadline moved to 2 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT7 Oct 2026, 12:06 BST+215 days · was 1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications We will be issuing the tender pack and documentation on our procurement portal which is PROACTIS DUE NORTH. we have added in the link to register your company details and create a supplier account. Once the tender pack has been released the UK 4 notice will be issued out for bidd…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender