Official UK procurement notice
Fire equipment servicing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: LiveWest Homes Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Installation services (except software) (51) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£1,500,000total for 3 lots · £1,500,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Jun 2025awarded 10 Sept 2025
Awarded to Ventro Ltd +4 more4 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFire equipment servicing across LiveWest properties
CPV: Building installation work · Installation services (except software)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£1,500,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1TR postcodesAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Lot #2EX, TQ & PLAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Lot #3TA, BA, BS and GL postcodesAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Bristol and surrounding areas
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 · same split on all 3 lots
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial: As per pricing schedule
- Quality: As per quality questions in ITT
What this means for your bid
- 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
- 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
- 27 May 2025, 16:36 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
DN776153- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-027870- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052755Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 11 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 16:36 BST
- Clarification questions by16 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent11 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends260 days ago2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published251 days ago11 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 16:36 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Jan 2026, 14:16 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Jan 2026, 14:16 GMT
- Contract details notice published11 Feb 2026, 14:16 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected22 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 4
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £450,0004 awards inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 3030 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 12 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 3 · TA, BA, BS and GL postcodes1 award | |||
| BWS Security Systems Limited SME, Openview Security Solutions Limitedjoint award22 Feb 2026 – 21 Feb 2028 | £50,000 inc. VAT | 10 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
| Across several lots3 awards | |||
| Ventro LtdSME22 Feb 2026 – 12 Dec 2028 | £150,000 inc. VAT | 10 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
| BWS SECURITY SYSTEMS LTDSME, Openview Security Solutions Limitedjoint award22 Feb 2026 – 21 Feb 2028 | £150,000 inc. VAT | 10 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
| Dorset Electrical & Fire AlarmsSME, Ventro LtdSMEjoint award22 Feb 2026 – 21 Feb 2028 | £100,000 inc. VAT | 10 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Ventro LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2025
- Value
- £150,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 22 Feb 2026 – 12 Dec 2028 · up to 12 Dec 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The authority reserves the right to extend with no reason given
3 agreed KPIs: Timely invoicing · monthly transactions · Adherence to programme
- Timely invoicing
- monthly transactions
- Adherence to programme
Contract 2 · BWS SECURITY SYSTEMS LTDSME, Openview Security Solutions Limited
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2025
- Value
- £199,499 inc. VAT
- Period
- 13 Dec 2025 – 17 Aug 2026 · up to 17 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The authority reserves the right to extend with no reason given
Contract 3 · Dorset Electrical & Fire AlarmsSME, Ventro LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2025
- Value
- £199,499 inc. VAT
- Period
- 13 Dec 2025 – 17 Aug 2026 · up to 17 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The authority reserves the right to extend with no reason given
Contract 4 · BWS Security Systems Limited SME, Openview Security Solutions Limited
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2025
- Value
- £50,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 22 Feb 2026 – 21 Feb 2028 · up to 12 Dec 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The authority reserves the right to extend without reason
3 agreed KPIs: Timely invoicing · Monthly transactions · adherence to programme
- Timely invoicing
- Monthly transactions
- adherence to programme
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · TR postcodes | 10final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
| 2 · EX, TQ & PL | 10final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
| 3 · TA, BA, BS and GL postcodes | 10final-stage tenders | 10 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
5 commercial parties on the notice- BWS SECURITY SYSTEMS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- BWS SECURITY SYSTEMS LTDAwarded supplier
- DORSET ELECTRICAL & FIRE ALARMS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- OPENVIEW SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- VENTRO LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (13)
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 details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
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