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Published 29 Nov 2024, 15:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HH005-24-HB Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)

Official notice

Authority: NHS Highland (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT23.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Jan 2025awarded 1 May 2025
Awarded to UK TEST LTD

Re-procurement plannedPortable Appliance Testing (PAT) · tender expected

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Highland Estates Department provides a Portable Appliance Testing Service to assist overall NHSH compliance. The annual testing regime assists in achieving and maintaining compliance with legislation in accordance with the current version of BS7671 IET In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (ITEE) and other relevant guidance. In order to meet these requirements and other relevant guidance, a Contract is required for NHS Highland’s Annual Portable Appliance Testing.

  • Recurrence: 48 months

CPV: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Electrical services · Facilities management services · Health and safety services · Repair and maintenance services · Technical inspection and testing services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NHS Highland requires the provision of Annual Portable Appliance Testing and Microwave…AwardedRenewal

NHS Highland requires the provision of Annual Portable Appliance Testing and Microwave Leakage Testing across 170 sites within NHS Highland and Argyll and Bute geographical area.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Two (2) Years with the option to extend of further up to 24 month.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 participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    Number of financial years: 2

    Minimum required turnover per year: GBP 100,000

    Minimum: The Bidder should provide its “general” yearly turnover for the number of financial years specified in the relevant Contract Notice: The bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated b…
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 · 48 months
First published
29 Nov 2024, 15:13 GMT
Last source update
13 May 2025, 10:23 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
HH005-24-HB
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020732
Classification (CPV)
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lightingElectrical servicesFacilities management servicesHealth and safety servicesRepair and maintenance servicesTechnical inspection and testing servicesTechnical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c13c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:798320)

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
13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Jan 2025 → 13 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    13 May 2025, 10:23 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 May 2025, 10:23 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £247,8871 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UK TEST LTDSME£247,887 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 020732-2025-HH005-24-HB-1 · UK TEST LTDSME

    Signed
    1 May 2025
    Value
    £247,887
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Highland

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth Assynt House, Beechwood Park, Inverness, Scotland, IV2 3BWContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Justice CentreReview body Inverness

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UK TEST LTDAwarded supplier 2 The Quad, Atherton, Manchester, UK, M46 0SYContact phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria