Official UK procurement notice
Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Testing
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire (Police & fire)
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)
Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT19.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 30 May 2025awarded 17 Jun 2025
Awarded to Midland Fire Security Services Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire established a contract for the provision of Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Testing with Midland Fire Security Services Limited from 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2028 with 2 x 12 month options to extend until 30/06/2030.
CPV: Emergency lighting equipment · Fire-alarm systems · Fire-detection systems · Other services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2025, 15:40 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
CONT0434- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016594- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050683Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
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- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 17 Jul 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 15:40 BST
- Clarification questions by23 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent17 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published17 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2025- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 15:40 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published17 Jun 2025, 10:15 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Jun 2025, 10:15 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Jul 2025, 09:52 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £299,1511 award exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Fire Security Services LtdSME1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030Extensions: 2 x up to 12-month periods until a maximum of 30th June 2030 | £299,151 | 17 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Testing · Midland Fire Security Services LtdSME
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2025
- Value
- £299,151
- Period
- 1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND UNTIL 30/06/2030
No agreed KPIs: Not Applicable
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MIDLAND FIRE SECURITY SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Key work search 'Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Testing'
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