Official UK procurement notice
Heating Installations & Associated Works
Authority: South Tyneside Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHeating Installations & Associated Works to South Tyneside
CPV: Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Bids received
- 3 bids received · 3 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Nov 2025
- Scheme runs until
- 30 Nov 2027
Published description of the framework
Work will be given to the 1st ranked supplier
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,000,000
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- 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.
- “Heating Installations & Associated Works” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
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
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use the vehicle
- 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
- 9 May 2025, 14:00 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2025, 14:48 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
8831- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034131- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fc8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 May 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 · 10 dates- Planning notice published9 May 2025, 14:00 BST
- Market engagement23 May 2025, 23:59 BST
South Tyneside Council would like to ask for expressions of interest from suppliers who would potentially be interested in bidding for the upcoming tender for the Heating Installation & Associated Works framework.
Please register on the Open portal at the following link: www.open-uk.org ↗ to access the Soft Market Test questionnaire. Please note that participation in this consultation or registration of interest will not give any advantage in this procurement exercise, but is purely an opportunity to potentially shape the requirements and the planned approach to market. Your responses will help to inform the procurement although we cannot guarantee that all views expressed will be taken into account.
The tender documentation will also be published on the Open portal following the issue of the Tender Notice.
Please note that registering on the Open portal and expressing interest does not mean that you have bid for the tender - once the above steps are complete you will be required to complete and submit the tender documentation.
- Tender notice published20 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Next notice expected20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by385 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts350 days ago1 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent345 days ago6 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends333 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published302 days ago19 Dec 2025, 14:48 GMT
Notice history
15 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 May 2025, 14:00 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published27 May 2025, 08:37 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned27 May 2025, 08:37 BST
- Procurement method changed27 May 2025, 08:37 BST
- Tender notice published20 Jun 2025, 15:27 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £4,000,00020 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Status changed to active20 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST20 Jun 2025, 15:27 BST
- Contract award notice published6 Nov 2025, 10:48 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Nov 2025, 10:48 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published18 Nov 2025, 09:05 GMTUK12
- Contract award notice published18 Nov 2025, 09:27 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Dec 2025, 14:48 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 6 Nov 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 20 Jun 2025
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 9 May 2025, 27 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£5,000,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 2 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 2 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expert Fire Solutions LtdSME, Rothwell Plumbing Services LimitedSME1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: 2 x 12 months available | ceiling above | 5 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
| Buston &Maughan LtdSME1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2029Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions available | ceiling above | 5 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Buston &Maughan LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2025
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2027
- Status
- active
Contract 1 · Expert Fire Solutions LtdSME, Rothwell Plumbing Services LimitedSME
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Oct 2027
- Status
- cancelled (18 Nov 2025)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonEXPERT FIRE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDSME · North East England + BUSTON & MAUGHAN LIMITEDSME · North East England · consortium
- wonROTHWELL PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITEDSME · North West England + PHS HOME SOLUTIONS LIMITEDSME · North East England · consortium
- did not winPHS HOME SOLUTIONS LIMITEDSME · North East England + TIFFEN GROUP LTDSME · North East England · consortium
- did not winTIFFEN GROUP LTDSME · North East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice · 3 awarded- BUSTON & MAUGHAN LIMITEDFramework contractor
- EXPERT FIRE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- PHS HOME SOLUTIONS LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- ROTHWELL PLUMBING SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TIFFEN GROUP LTDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (9)
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 award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender