Official UK procurement notice
Legionella Monitoring and Risk Assessment Contract
Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAnti-Legionella Temperature Monitoring Inspections and Risk Assessments Reports at various premises for 2 years plus 2 additional 1 year extensions.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Building and facilities management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
- Economic & financial standing
- Where the Company Watch Credit Report states a Credit Score of 24 or below, or where no Fame UK Credit Report is available for the Bidder, the Council will undertake further financial due diligence on the information provided in response to Section 5. Where the Council concludes that there is insufficient information to assess the Bidder's Economic & Financial Standing, or the information leads to the Council to conclude that the information provided is not acceptable, the Bidder will be excluded.
- Technical & professional ability
Member of the Legionella Control Association, registered as described in Section 3.1 of the Risk Assessment Contract Specification.
Member of the Legionella Contractor's Association.
Employ "directly employed staff" to undertake monitoring contracts.
Able to implement emergency remedial works, whilst undertaking monitoring visits or attend any listed St. Helens premises, within 1 hour of receiving a Contract Instruction.
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 & Social Value: 35%
- Price: 65%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality & Social Value: Responses to each Quality question will be scored on a grading system from 0 (zero) to 4 (four) as set out in the ITT and that score shall then be weighted in accordance with the percentage weighting allocated to the individual Quality Assessment question or Social Value Statement within the Invitation to Tender
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
- Where the Company Watch Credit Report states a Credit Score of 24 or below, or where no Fame UK Credit Report is available for the Bidder, the Council will undertake further financial due diligence on the information provided in response to Section 5. Where the Council concludes that there is insufficient information to assess the Bidder's Economic & Financial Standing, or the information leads to the Council to conclude that the information provided is not acceptable, the Bidder will be excluded.
- Technical & professional ability
Member of the Legionella Control Association, registered as described in Section 3.1 of the Risk Assessment Contract Specification.
Member of the Legionella Contractor's Association.
Employ "directly employed staff" to undertake monitoring contracts.
Able to implement emergency remedial works, whilst undertaking monitoring visits or attend any listed St. Helens premises, within 1 hour of receiving a Contract Instruction.
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2027
- First published
- 27 May 2025, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2025, 13:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
12513- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-027788- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052726Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Jun 2025, 09:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 7 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 14:51 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Jun 2025, 09:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent362 days ago29 Oct 2025
- Latest notice published361 days ago29 Oct 2025, 13:34 GMT
- Standstill ends352 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Tender notice published27 May 2025, 14:51 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Oct 2025, 13:34 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Oct 2025, 13:34 GMT
- Contract signature expected10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Allies LtdSME11 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: 2 x 12 months | £446,630 | 24 Oct 2025standstill to 7 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AQUA ALLIES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsProject reference DN776107 No tender documents will be sent to you - you need to navigate to the "my opportunities" section and download the documents from the Chest website. If you have any questions regarding this opportunity - please post them on the messaging facility on the …
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender