Official UK procurement notice
Lift Servicing and Maintenance Contract (Habinteg)
Authority: Habinteg Housing Association Limited (Housing)·On behalf of: COOK & ASSOCIATES LIFT CONSULTANTS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHabinteg wishes to invite Tender Responses for the supply of services and works in respect of Lifts across the Habinteg estate to ensure all properties remain compliant, whilst residents remain safe within their homes and facilitate daily activity.
The Supplier shall be responsible for all servicing, planned and reactive maintenance of lifts located within properties tenanted by Habinteg. A professionally managed service is to be provided for both Planned and Reactive Maintenance activities.
The Supplier shall ensure the availability of qualified on-call personnel to respond to maintenance issues and system failures twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the entire calendar year, including public holidays.
Habinteg is a registered social housing provider with 50 years' experience building and promoting accessible homes and communities, operating across England. Habinteg has a range of general needs properties built specifically to meet accessible and adaptable requirements of customers. Habinteg supports a wide range of customers including older and disabled people, and families with disabled children.
Habinteg is undertaking an Open Procedure to select a suitable Supplier to deliver the Passenger Lift Servicing and Maintenance Contract to commence 1st August 2026 (an initial three (3) year contract term, with two (2) optional one (1) year extensions, a maximum potential term of five (5) years).
Within the Pricing Schedule of this tender, the Contracting Authority has stated a number of assets/properties that the Supplier will be expected to deliver services to - if this list of assets/properties needs to be modified throughout the contract term, this will be considered a "materialisation of a known risk".
Please note that Shared Service for Housing (SSfH) is acting as the managing organisation on behalf of Habinteg for this tender opportunity.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Dec 2028, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Lift-maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£350,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to full associated tender documents (Schedule 1 and the ProContract Evaluation Questionnaire).
- Technical & professional ability
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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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: As per procurement documents (see Schedule 1 and the ProContract Questionnaire).
- Price: As per procurement documents (see Schedule 1, the Pricing Schedule and the ProContract Questionnaire).
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to full associated tender documents (Schedule 1 and the ProContract Evaluation Questionnaire).
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to full associated tender documents (Schedule 1 and the ProContract Evaluation Questionnaire).
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Dec 2028
- First published
- 27 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 12:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
HHA.A.C.25.025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077493- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e9ceFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please see Schedule 3, Contract (Terms and Conditions).
- Risks
The following risks have been identified that would impact the performance of the Contract, where the impact cannot be known at this stage but may relate to a Contract modification if the risk was to materialise:
- Risk of legislative changes, regulatory changes or changes in law during the term of a Contract
- Risk of unforeseen changes to delivery/operational standards
- Risk of changes in technology, IT solutions or systems
- Risk of unforeseen increase in Contracting Authority budgets/increased volume of works/services
- Risk of unforeseen circumstances that cause the value of the Contract to increase (previous examples include BREXIT, war, pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis)
- Risk of unforeseen political impact
- Risk of decrease/increase in property volume.
Within the Pricing Schedule of this tender, the Contracting Authority has stated a number of assets/properties that the Supplier will be expected to deliver services to - if this list of assets/properties needs to be modified throughout the contract term, this will be considered a "materialisation of a known risk".
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
A Tender Response must be submitted via ProContract for the Supplier to be considered for the award of the Contract in the Tendering Procedure.
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Tender Responses and communications submitted by Suppliers via any other means will be excluded.
Suppliers that require any technical assistance in using the portal or have any difficulty registering or logging in, should contact the ProContract helpdesk:
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Full details around submitting a compliant tender can be found within Schedule 1 of the associated tender documents.
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 20 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published327 days ago27 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by280 days ago13 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline273 days ago20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by180 days ago23 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent160 days ago14 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends146 days ago27 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts81 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published61 days ago20 Aug 2026, 12:22 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025- Tender notice published27 Nov 2025, 09:07 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published5 Dec 2025, 12:15 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 20 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT5 Dec 2025, 12:15 GMT+14 days · was 6 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published14 May 2026, 17:03 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 May 2026, 17:03 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 Aug 2026, 12:22 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Although the original tender deadline was longer than the legislative period required under PA2023 to allow for the Christmas and New Year shutdown, Habinteg has agreed to extend the tender deadline. The new tender deadline will be 12pm (noon) on 20th January 2026. The clarification deadline has also been updated to reflect this extension. The new clarification deadline will be 13th January 2026…
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 27 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guideline Lift Services LimitedSME1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: The contract term is 36 + 12 + 12, making a maximum contract term of 60 month with no further option to extend. | £334,260 inc. VAT | 29 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Guideline Lift Services LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2026
- Value
- £334,260 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract term is 36 + 12 + 12, making a maximum contract term of 60 month with no further option to extend.
8 agreed KPIs: Emergency Entrapment Response Rate · Other Emergency Response Rate · First-Time Fix Rate …
- Emergency Entrapment Response Rate
- Other Emergency Response Rate
- First-Time Fix Rate
- Completion of Routine Maintenance Visits
- LOLER Remedials Completed in 28 days
- Lift Uptime
- Resident Satisfaction
- H&S Compliance (RAMS/PPE/Permits)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- COOK & ASSOCIATES LIFT CONSULTANTS LIMITEDProcuring entityLift Consultants
- SHARED SERVICES FOR HOUSING LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityShared Service for Housing (SSfH) is acting as the managing and contact organisation on behalf of the Contracting Authority for this tender opportunity, carrying out the role as Procurement Consultant.
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GUIDELINE LIFT SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All documentation can be found within the attachments section of ProContract, with a list of Schedules/Appendices within Schedule 1. https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=18d7f93d-94bb-e f11-8132-005056b64545&v=2
Notices 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender