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Published 21 Jan 2025, 15:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Gas , Plumbing and Heating - Corporate Landlord

Official notice

Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£360,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Apr 2025awarded 6 Aug 2025
Awarded to Village Heating Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Milton Keynes City Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Gas, Plumbing and Heating services to provide the services for the regular servicing and maintenance of gas systems, plumbing, hot water systems, and heat pumps across a portfolio of buildings. The aim is to ensure safety, compliance with regulations, and optimal performance of all systems for our corporate portfolio. This is being procured as an open tender.

  • Recurrence: 2028

CPV: Gas appliance maintenance services · Heat pumps · Parts of heat pumps

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Milton Keynes City Council are out to tender for the provision of Gas Servicing,…Awarded

Milton Keynes City Council are out to tender for the provision of Gas Servicing, Plumbing, and Heat Pump Maintenance. this is being procured under the open procedure. Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) manage a diverse property portfolio encompassing leisure, schools, commercial and corporate landlord stock. MKCC’s repair and maintenance obligations differ for the different stock types and leasehold responsibilities.For the Corporate Landlord stock (properties from which the council predominately offer their services) the Council has full maintenance responsibility including reactive, quoted, planned, best practice and statutory compliance obligation.MKCC operates an in-house Facilities Management Team, central to this function is the MKCC FM Helpdesk. The helpdesk operates a CAFM system called CIVICA, which is intrinsic to the success of our operation. It is a requirement that the successful supplier utilises CIVICA in delivery of this contract, therefore training will be provided during mobilisation.This tender package encompasses the following disciplines:A. Gas Installations and PlumbingB. Heat Pump Maintenance It is a mandatory requirement that -the successful contractor offers a 24/7 service. Please note that, out of hours calls will only be placed for genuine emergencies, and the successful contractor must have the capability to receive and respond to such calls.MKCC look to form a transparent and open relationship with all their appointed suppliers. This transparency requires all costs and performance data to be clearly visible on a site-by-site basis. It is our expectation that all activities will be tightly controlled by the successful contractor to ensure that all MKCC’s processes and procedures (as detailed in this tender package) are continually met.

Delivery: South East · Milton Keynes
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: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in procurement documents

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 · 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 · 2028
First published
21 Jan 2025, 15:19 GMT
Last source update
6 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Apr 2025 – …
Authority reference
2024-260
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046596
Classification (CPV)
Gas appliance maintenance servicesHeat pumpsParts of heat pumps
Delivery area
South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d517 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. Applicants may seek further clarification from the Contracting Authority following receipt of this information and the Contracting Authority will provide further clarification as appropriate. If any clarification regarding the award of the Contract has not been successfully resolved, an Applicant can consider its option under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Applicants would need to obtain their own legal advice.

Publisher note: £360,000 is maximum contract value including extensions

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST

Timeline

4 Apr 2025 → 6 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £360,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1412 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Village Heating LimitedSME£360,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Gas Plumbing and Heating Corporate Landlord · Village Heating LimitedSME

    Signed
    6 Aug 2025
    Value
    £360,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
14bids · 14 electronic12——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services   Civic Offices   1 Saxon Gate East Milton Keynes  , Milton Keynes , South East, MK9 3EJContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court Royal Court of Justice, London WC24 2LLReview body London

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