Official UK procurement notice
Lift Refurbishment 2025 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City College Plymouth (Education)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCity College Plymouth is looking to carry out either a partial or Full refurbishment of its two tower block lifts.
The lifts are both currently out of action and due to the age and the lack of availability of replacement parts the college is looking to carry out a refurbishment to extend the life of the lifts
CPV: Lift-maintenance services · Lifts
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£180,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Full refurbishment of liftsPublished value£180,000
- Remove the existing control panel, car door operators, machines and other redundant equipment and equipment being replaced as part of this refurbishment
- Test and certify the lifting beams at the top of the lift shaft
- Test and certify the lifting beam in the motor room
- Test and certify the access hatch in the motor room
- Test and certify the lifting eye above the access hatch in the motor room
- Supply and fit new duplex lift controllers complete with inverter drive units, digital fault logging and hand winding indicators
- Supply and fit a new shaft position signalling systems to suit the new controllers
- Supply and fit a new set of shaft limit switches and set up to suit the new controllers
- Supply and fit new flat form trailing cables complete with the necessary hangers, clamps and a half-way terminal box
- Supply and fit new engineers car top inspection control stations
- Supply and fit surface mount stainless steel car operating panels to include new tactile illuminating push buttons, digital indicators, voice enunciators, comfort tones, load plates and car preference key-switches
- Supply and fit surface mount stainless steel landing call stations to include new tactile illuminating push buttons and comfort tones
- Supply and fit new surface mount stainless steel digital landing indicator
stations
- Supply and fit new lift machines to include brake, drive sheaves and hand
winding wheels, reusing the existing machine bed plates and guarding
- Supply and fit guarding around the hand winding wheels
- Supply and fit new diverter sheaves at the top of the shafts
- Supply and fit new suspension ropes and terminations
- Supply and fit new overspeed governor systems complete
- Supply and fit new car guide shoe liners
- Supply and fit new counterweight guide shoe liners
- Supply and fit new car overload systems
- Supply and fit new GAL MOVFR II car door operators
- Supply and fit new car and landing door shoes and rollers including landing lock rollers
- Supply and fit LED car lighting with emergency backup devices
- Supply and fit new LED shaft lighting
- Supply and fit new pit ladders
- Supply and fit retaining devices for the counterweight plates
- Supply and fit an up-to-date warning signs and notices pack
- Supply a landing entrance protection barrier to be stored in the motor room
- Rewire the car, motor room and shaft to suit the newly fitted equipment
- Remove, transport and correctly dispose of waste materials and old equipment in accordance with our waste carriers license
- Carry out a full clean down of the lift installation
- On completion of the refurbishment works test the newly fitted equipment to the latest standards and issue test results accordingly
The following equipment can be retained and reused;
:
- Car and counterweight assemblies
- Car and counterweight guide shoes apart from shoe liners
- Car and counterweight buffers
- Car safety gear
- Car interior finishes apart from call station and lighting
- Car door entrance frames and panels
- Landing door entrance frames, panels and locks
- Alarm sounder
- Autodialler, GSM unit with SIM card
Lot #2Partial refurbishment of liftsPublished value£0
Essential works:
- Remove the existing control panels, shaft signalling systems, and other equipment being replaced as part of these works
- Test and certify the lifting eye above the access hatch in the motor room
- Supply and fit new duplex lift controllers complete with inverter drive units, digital
fault logging, hand winding indicators and remote monitoring systems
- Supply and fit a new shaft position signalling systems to suit the new controllers
- Supply and fit a new set of shaft limit switches and set up to suit the new
controllers
- Supply and fit new flat form trailing cables complete with the necessary hangers,
clamps and a half-way terminal box
- Supply and fit new engineers car top inspection control stations
- Rewire the car, motor room and shaft as required to suit the newly fitted equipment
- Remove, transport and correctly dispose of waste materials and old equipment in
accordance with our waste carriers license
- Carry out a full clean down of the lift installation
- On completion of the refurbishment works test the newly fitted
equipment to the latest standards and issue test results accordingly
High priority works:
- Test and certify the lifting beams at the top of the lift shaft
- Test and certify the lifting beam in the motor room
- Supply and fit new diverter sheaves at the top of the lift shafts
- Supply and fit new suspension ropes and terminations
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 (5)
- Technical Specification and work plan: 10%
- Experience in education: 10%
- Added Value: 5%
- Price: 70%
- Sustainability, the Environment and Social Responsibility: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Price
- Technical Specification and work plan
- Experience in education
- Added Value
- Sustainability, the Environment and Social Responsibility
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
- Authority reference
RFQ214- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014005- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Please send tender submission to: [email protected]
Timeline
9 Apr 2025 → 1 May 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published9 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
- Clarification questions by15 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts1 May 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Apr 2025, 14:41 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender