Official UK procurement notice
High Voltage Maintenance Services
Authority: Ulster University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Supplier shall provide to the University routine servicing on each piece of High Voltage (HV) equipment in accordance with the latest version of the British Standards BS6626:2010, IEE Electrical Maintenance document and the Manufacturer’s Maintenance Schedule.
The Supplier shall provide the following services:
• Carry out inspection, testing and remedial repairs necessary as a result of both the planned maintenance servicing and break downs.
• Call outs of all equipment forming part of the HV equipment to maintain a fully functional system at all times on an all-inclusive basis on all campuses (i.e. at no extra cost to the University), except for vandalism, accidental damage or misuse.
• Emergency call-out facility and training to University appointed personnel to assist with diagnosis of power failures prior to the emergency call-out procedure being instigated.
• Training for University appointed personnel.
• SAP (Senior Authorised Person) attendances to cover instances where the University intends to renovate or expand its existing Estates and this would have an impact in the existing HV Infrastructure.
- Not divided into lots: The reason for not dividing into lots is uniformity to ensure one service provider is contracted for the provision of services at all campus locations. Awarding one contract should maximise potential economies of scale for the service provider and reduce contract management with multiple contractors.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 19 Feb 2031, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£219,616
- Value
- £219,616 exc. VAT · £263,539 inc. VAT
- Extensions
The University reserves the right to change the indicative dates provided in the procurement documentation, and also for the removal and addition of any HV assets from/to the scope of this contract subject to further details being provided by NIE. The University also reserves the right to increase or decrease the frequency of asset overhauls. Such future changes to HV assets and overhaul frequency may change the more…
actual contract price, which may be higher or lower that the prices stated in the Supplier’s Commercial Submission. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION In the event that the Contract is terminated prior to expiry of the proposed initial three (3) year contract period, the University reserves the right (but shall not be obliged) in that instance to offer the second ranked most advantageous Supplier from this Competition (second ranked Supplier), the opportunity to enter into a replacement contract with the University on the basis of the same contract terms, rather than undertaking a reprocurement exercise at that point. Any replacement contract entered into will be for the remaining unexpired initial contract period, with the same ability for the University to extend by a further period or periods of up to 36 months. Entry into any replacement contract with the second ranked Supplier shall be subject to that second ranked Supplier's offer (including its tender pricing) remaining unchanged from that originally proposed at the tender return deadline. In the event that either: (a) the second ranked Supplier is unable or unwilling to stand over its original tender offer to the University; or (b) the second ranked Supplier is unable or unwilling to enter into a replacement contract with the University on the basis of the same contract terms; or (c) the second ranked Supplier declines the opportunity to enter into a replacement contract with the University for any reason, then the University reserves the right to approach the next highest ranking most advantageous Supplier from this Competition in turn on the same basis. This process may, at the University's discretion, continue until all ranked Suppliers have been exhausted or the University decides, at its sole discretion, to undertake a re-procurement exercise. · Initial term of 3 years with provision to extend for any periods up to and including 36 months.
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Submission — 40%
- Commercial Submission — 60%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Ulster University buys Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) — and who usually turns up
Ulster University’s own published record, next to the Northern Ireland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Ulster University
contract notices in 36 months: 6 in division 50 (2 route not published) · 20 in all categories (7 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots. All 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 25 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Northern Ireland · Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50)
contract notices delivered in Northern Ireland in 36 months: 212 in division 50 (166 competed, 30 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 204 lots. 60 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 144 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 204 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 97 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 35 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 192 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 85 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 5 lots (all categories), applied to the £219,616 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 19 Feb 2031
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 17:54 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 17:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
CfT_6343516- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776edFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via eTendersNI- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today21 Sept 2026, 17:54 BST
- Clarification questions byin 23 days14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadlinein 36 days27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 67 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 150 days19 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 17:54 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender