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Published 12 Aug 2025, 16:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fire Safety Systems Servicing and Reactive Maintenance Contract

Official notice

Authority: Southside Housing Association (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£157,307published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Sept 2025awarded 20 Nov 2025
Awarded to Invincible Security Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The works comprise Fire Safety Systems servicing and reactive maintenance to the installations within low, medium and high rise residential properties.

  • Recurrence: Between 2028 and 2030 dependent on options being taken up.

CPV: Fire-prevention services · Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1It is the Association’s intention to enter into a three Year Contract with a suitable…AwardedRenewal

It is the Association’s intention to enter into a three Year Contract with a suitable contractor to carry out inspections, testing, maintenance and repairs of fire warning, evacuation and firefighting equipment in accordance with Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The services required will include the maintenance of the following:

  • Fire alarm and detection systems
  • Smoke extract systems
  • Sprinkler systems
  • Dry risers
  • Emergency lighting
  • Hand held extinguishers and fire blankets Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Delivery: Scotland · Glasgow South
Extensions: Option to extend the contract for any variable period up to a maximum of 24 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Price: 40%
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    The relevant requirement is set out in the SPD, Part IV Selection Criteria [4A1a] Enrolment in a relevant professional register. The following statement clarifies the requirement:

    If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

    The relevant trade register in the UK is the Companies House Register - ://www.gov.uk/government/organisat… ↗ or equivalent in other countries.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · Between 2028 and 2030 dependent on options being taken up.
First published
12 Aug 2025, 16:54 BST
Last source update
24 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Sept 2025 – …
Authority reference
ESP 4920
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076641
Classification (CPV)
Fire-prevention servicesFirefighting, rescue and safety equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05868c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:816679)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Sept 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    11 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published330 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Nov 2025, 16:58 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £157,3071 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 77 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Invincible Security Ltd.SME£157,307 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southside Housing Association Ltd

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Southside House, 135 Fifty Pitches Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G51 4EBContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow
Process and specification contact points (1)
  • Ewing Somerville Partnership (Scotland) Ltd.Process contact point Glasgow, ScotlandContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria