Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender - Planned and Reactive Electrical Work
Authority: Cardinal Newman College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardinal Newman is inviting tenders for the provision of planned and reactive electrical services to its College Campus, which shall include all college buildings, grounds, car parks and to include the Sports Pavilion located at Factory Lane. The proposed contract will be for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend the contract for 12 months followed by an additional 12 months beyond the initial contracted period depending upon contract performance.
CPV: Electrical services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£833,000
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Quality
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Feb 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 May 2026, 12:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CA17166- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011311- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064af5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 14 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published254 days ago9 Feb 2026, 11:45 GMT
- Clarification questions by236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline229 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent220 days ago16 Mar 2026
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published160 days ago14 May 2026, 12:36 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026- Tender notice published9 Feb 2026, 11:45 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Mar 2026, 16:11 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Mar 2026, 16:11 GMT
- Contract signature expected2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 May 2026, 12:36 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EE Thompson & Sons LtdSME3 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months) | £2,000,000 | 16 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Invitation to Tender - Planned and Reactive Electrical Work · EE Thompson & Sons LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)
No agreed KPIs: noAgreedMetricsRationale
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- E.E.Thompson & Son LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender