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Lift & Lifting Equipment Servicing, Maintenance & Repairs

Buyer: ASTER GROUP LIMITED →

BuyerASTER GROUP LIMITED
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£7,572,420
Published21 May 2026

What is being bought

Aster Group is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise in relation to a proposed procurement for the servicing, maintenance, repair and associated remedial works for lift and lifting equipment assets across its operational regions. The purpose of this engagement is to: • gauge overall market interest in the opportunity • understand likely bidder appetite by lot • assess supplier capacity and regional coverage • inform the final procurement structure and lotting approach • identify any barriers to participation or delivery risks. Please note: • This exercise does not form part of a formal procurement process and is not a call for competition. • Participation in this exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process. • Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Stage 1 consultation has already been completed based on the current draft specification and therefore only limited amendments to the scope/specification are anticipated. • The Authority reserves the right to amend the proposed procurement and lotting strategy following completion of this engagement exercise. The proposed service specification is attached in Appendix A. Please submit responses to the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire though In-tend by 12 noon on Friday 5th June 2026.

Categories

Lift-maintenance services 50750000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Feb 2027 to 1 Feb 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Lift-maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Lift-maintenance services (50750000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 507,6604 median · 22.5 average (3,023 of 7,660 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,431 of 7,660 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)44818 median · 24.3 average (7 of 448 with a bid count)6 average (7 of 448 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire (PMEQ) to inform procurement process. Please find the PMEQ contained within the below link, registration will be required where a supplier account isn't already held: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/aster/aspx/Home The deadline for response is Friday 5th of June at 12:00pm.engagement5 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069e79
Latest release ID046801-2026
Latest release timestampThu May 21 2026 08:49:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,572,420
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 May 2026planning046801-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
21 May 2026 · 046801-2026 · planning
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