Official UK procurement notice
FEC 2996796 FE (Further Education) Colleges Sector Framework for Planned Preventative Maintenance, Response Maintenance and minor works
Authority: CPD - Construction Division
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Construction work for college buildings · Refurbishment work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Framework Agreement is for the provision of a wide range of construction related…
The Framework Agreement is for the provision of a wide range of construction related property maintenance services for the 6 NI Regional Colleges (Belfast Metropolitan College – BMC; Northern Regional College – NRC; North West Regional College – NWRC; South Eastern Regional College –SERC; Southern Regional College – SRC; and South West College – SWC) as follows: Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) - the regular routine inspection, testing and servicing of plant and equipment. Response Maintenance / Minor Works – for individual Task Orders for repairs or maintenance to buildings, equipment, and mechanical and electrical systems. Response Maintenance is a 365 day / 24 hour service. Minor Works projects – the provision of building, mechanical, electrical, and / or specialist construction works projects to meet specific client requirements. All works are undertaken in compliance with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and other authoritative requirements.
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).
- “FEC 2996796 FE (Further Education) Colleges Sector Framework for…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- 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
- 12 Aug 2025, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
415042-2021- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047966- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585eeFind a Tender
- Review procedure
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court.. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so)..
Publisher note: CPD in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The. Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: . i. to award one, some, all or no Lots;. ii. not to award any contract/framework. agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and. iii. To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition. Andin no circumstances. will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by Economic Operators or Candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior. to the contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the Economic Operator or Candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to process the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives. No business whatsoever. is guaranteed under any resulting contract or framework agreement, indeed there is no guarantee that any contract or framework. agreement will be put in place in relation to this notice... No compensation, etc, will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is. withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept. this position
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Property Maintenance Belfast Metropolitan College (PM- BMC)
- Signed
- 6 Jul 2021
- Value
- £34,112,290
- Status
- active
- Change The scope, terms, and conditions of the Framework[s] remain unchanged; the modification is strictly limited to additional call-off orders and associated value of approximately 20% of the value to ensure uninterrupted service delivery. Further the additional orders are limited in duration to the minimum period necessary to allow for the completion of a procurement process and the award of new contracts. The current spend for Lot 1 is £4,883,564.17, the estimated modification value is £1,135,833 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 1 is £6,019,397.47. The current spend for Lot 2 is £2,455,933.33, the estimated modification value is £362,083 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 2 is £2,818,016.63. The current spend for Lot 3 is £2,315,930.00, the estimated modification value is £625,000 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 3 is £2,940,930.00. The current spend for Lot 4 is £8,795,498.10, the estimated modification value is £1,208,333 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 4 is £10,003,831.40. The current spend for Lot 5 is £5,131,975.83, the estimated modification value is £987,500 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 5 is £6,119,475.83. The current spend for Lot 6 is £5,168,972.50, the estimated modification value is £1,041,666 therefore the new estimated value for Lot 6 is £6,210,639.20., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The modification is justified under Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as the changes are not substantial within the meaning of Regulation 72(8). The modification does not render the Framework[s] materially different in character, does not introduce new conditions that would have allowed for the admission of other candidates or attracted additional participants, does not change the economic balance in favour of the contractors, does not considerably extend the scope, and does not involve a change of contractor. The modification is strictly limited to the value necessary to ensure continuity of essential services while a new procurement process is completed. The Colleges have a statutory obligation to maintain these services and cannot permit a gap in provision.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery CPD, Procurement Operations BranchReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- Graham Asset Management LtdFramework contractor
- Graham Asset Management LtdFramework contractor
- HJ MartinFramework contractor
- HJ MartinFramework contractor
- IRWIN ME LTDFramework contractor
- Irwin ME LtdFramework contractor
- Irwin Me LtdFramework contractor
- LM Services NI LtdFramework contractor
- LM Services NI LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.