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Published 10 Feb 2026, 19:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ET176 - CHP Service and Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool School Of Tropical Medicine (Education)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£48,360published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Centrica Business Solutions UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The CHP unit is a highly specialised, large-scale engineering asset operating for extended daily hours and accumulating significantly higher run hours than standard engines. Due to the specialist nature of commercial CHP plant, there are only a limited number of UK providers capable of maintaining and overhauling this equipment. Centrica is a leading UK CHP maintenance specialist with extensive experience across NHS and university estates and is likely familiar with the installed plant, its history, and operational requirements.

Awarding a long-term maintenance contract provides improved reliability, cost certainty, regulatory compliance, and protection against unplanned failures that could result in building closures or catastrophic plant failure with significant replacement costs. The maintenance regime aligns servicing with engine running hours to maintain efficiency and performance while reducing operational and HSE risk.

The CHP unit has accumulated approximately 26,850 run hours and is approaching the threshold (30,000–40,000 hours) at which a major engine rebuild is typically required. Inclusion of this rebuild within the maintenance contract will significantly reduce failure risk, extend the asset’s operational life, restore output and efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and avoid the high cost of emergency repair or full replacement.

The CHP panel is also owned by Centrica so should another supplier undertake these works the panel would need to be replaced which could be costly.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Feb 2026, 19:05 GMT
Last source update
10 Feb 2026, 19:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012155
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064d41 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2026
  1. Contract award notice published
    10 Feb 2026, 19:05 GMT
    UK6
  2. Contract signature expected
    10 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £48,3601 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Centrica Business Solutions UK Ltd13 Feb 2026 – 12 Feb 2031£48,36010 Feb 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDZC-7999-ZGYT Pembroke Place, Liverpool, North West, L3 5QAContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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