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Published 24 Aug 2026, 10:16 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

MBC1518 Responsive Repairs and Voids

Local Council
works
SME eligible
VCSE eligible
Above threshold
Open procedure
GPA Covered: {"GPA"}
Houses construction work
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
Repair and maintenance services of building installations
Published value
£10,000,000
≈ £1,998,905 / year
Submission deadline
12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Closed
Clarification Cut-Off
8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 4 lots
Contract duration
5 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Instructions: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=a820923a-5b74-f011-813a-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Melton Borough Council: "MBC1518 Responsive Repairs and Voids". Published status: complete. Published value: £10,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.
Official Requirement Description:
This tender sought suitably competent contractor(s) to undertake various works to Melton Borough Council's Housing Stock.? For ease of reference the works have been broken down into the following LOTs: Lot 1 - Day to Day Repairs Repairs works to existing housing stock which may also include works identified by Council led HHSRS surveys or surveys instructed by the Council but undertaken by others. Awarded contract value for Lot 1: £5,567,625 Lot 2 - Void Works Works to make the home suitable for immediate re-occupation by a tenant at the instruction of the Council. Works undertaken will be required to meet the Melton Void Quality Standard. This Lot is not available for subcontracting; the Council wishes to work directly with a main contractor only. Awarded contract value for Lot 2: £5,912,396 Lot 3 - Replacement Kitchens and Bathrooms Works to provide the wholesale replacement of existing kitchens and/or bathrooms within occupied homes. Awarded contract value for Lot 3: £9,730,458 The original award for this contract was awarded to Lot 4 - Combined Lot, however the decision was taken by the Authority to cancel this award and re-award the Lots as individual contracts.

Lots and requirements (4)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Day to Day Repairs
    complete
    Renewal
    Published value£10,000,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2026 — 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Extension of the services will be based on contract performance and availability of budget.
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Void Works
    complete
    Renewal
    Published value£3,570,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2026 — 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Extension of the services will be based on contract performance and availability of budget.
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Replacement Kitchens and Bathrooms
    complete
    Renewal
    Published value£6,300,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2026 — 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Extension of the services will be based on contract performance and availability of budget.
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Combined Lot Option
    complete
    Renewal
    Published value£0
    The Council is keen to understand any wider VFM that can be obtained by placing all of the above LOTs under a single supplier.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2026 — 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    Extension of the services will be based on contract performance and availability of budget.

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 50%
Social Value: 10%
Pricing: 40%
Uniform evaluation weighting applied across all 4 lots.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)JOHN MERISON (BUILDING MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS) LIMITEDHolds 82.8% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£3,997,809 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 5 yrs (with extension options)
  • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Melton Borough Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Melton Borough Council. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 60% · Mean: 2.8 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High Concentration
    JOHN MERISON (BUILDING MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS) LIMITEDTop vendor: 82.8% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £1,074,321Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 3 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (3 active published awards)
    Coverage: 3 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 45):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    JOHN MERISON (BUILDING MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS) LIMITED1 win£890,000No published budget
    SPECIALISED GROUP LIMITED1 win£99,321-41.2% below budget
    NORTHDOWN PROPERTY SERVICES (NPS) LTD1 win£85,0000% (at budget)

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 45 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 08:37 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0.695%
    CPV sector evidence · 740 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    4reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 6,810 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    70 days
    This procedure: deadline to published award
    Notice Stability
    6 updates
    2 deadline changes
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 45)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    LOCKHEED MARTIN UK LIMITEDCRN: PNLV-4275-TLYW
    127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    KONGSBERG NORCONTROL LIMITEDCRN: PPYC-1178-HXWN
    127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SPACEFLUX LTDCRN: PZRP-1811-DLNX
    127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SKYRORA LIMITEDCRN: PZVZ-7296-VJDT
    127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SCAN ASSOCIATES LTDCRN: 10155969
    124 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    TTP PLCCRN: PNGY-6876-NPML
    122 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    Bornea Dynamics LimitedCRN: PBQT-1941-CDMP
    117 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    111 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    105 contracts£8,080,876At ceiling / not disclosed
    BELL GROUP LTDCRN: SC114142
    104 contracts£36,710,705-2.7% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Aids and AdaptationsWestminster City Council · 3 Sept 2026, 11:41 BST
    £16,087,398
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Repairs and Maintenance Services and WorksGreat Places Housing Group Limited · 8 Sept 2026, 08:09 BST
    £20,600,031
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    PAN3422 - Void Property Repair, Refurbishment & Associated WorksLeicester City Council · 3 Sept 2026, 12:35 BST
    £17,250,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Contract 54 - Responsive Repairs to Windows and DoorsNorth Tyneside Borough Council · 7 Sept 2026, 13:36 BST
    £12,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    £16,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    Procurement categoryworks
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement threshold
    Above threshold
    (FTS publication)
    Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published24 Aug 2026, 10:16 BSTLast source update24 Aug 2026, 10:16 BST
    Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTEstimated future notice10 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTClassification (CPV)Houses construction work, Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services, Repair and maintenance services of building installations
    Delivery area
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-052b1e

    How to participate & submission route

    Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
    Supplier login required
    Online submission allowed
    Language: EN
    Open official portal workspace ↗
    Access & Registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
    Expression of interest (EOI)Tender submission deadline
    12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    Clarification deadline
    8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Pipeline notice
      2 Jun 2025, 22:16 BST
    2. Procedure published
      24 Aug 2026, 10:16 BST
    3. Clarification deadline
      8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    4. Submission deadline
      12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
    5. Award pending
      6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £5,567,625
    6. Standstill period concludes
      3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
    7. Award pending
      6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £5,912,396
    8. Standstill period concludes
      4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
    9. Award pending
      6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £9,730,458
    10. Standstill period concludes
      4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
    11. Award pending
      21 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · £12,425,000
    12. Standstill period concludes
      9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (4)
    JEAKINS WEIR LIMITED
    £5,567,625 · 6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · pending · lots 1
    Standstill concludes: 3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Assessment summaries issued: 12 May 2026, 00:00 BST
    GRATTON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
    £5,912,396 · 6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · pending · lots 2
    Standstill concludes: 4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Assessment summaries issued: 12 May 2026, 00:00 BST
    FOSTER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LIMITED
    £9,730,458 · 6 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · pending · lots 3
    Standstill concludes: 4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Assessment summaries issued: 12 May 2026, 00:00 BST
    FOSTER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LIMITED
    £12,425,000 · 21 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · pending · lots 1, 2, 3, 4
    Standstill concludes: 9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Assessment summaries issued: 25 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statistics
    bids: 1 (lot 1)
    finalStageBids: 1 (lot 1)
    smeFinalStageBids: 1 (lot 1)
    vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
    bids: 1 (lot 2)
    finalStageBids: 1 (lot 2)
    smeFinalStageBids: 1 (lot 2)
    vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 2)
    bids: 1 (lot 3)
    finalStageBids: 1 (lot 3)
    smeFinalStageBids: 1 (lot 3)
    vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 3)
    vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 3)
    finalStageBids: 1 (lot 4)
    smeFinalStageBids: 1 (lot 4)
    vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 4)
    Bidding dynamics & price outcome
    Total bids received: 1 (1 from SMEs)
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      24 Aug 2026, 10:16 BST
    2. tender value changed
      27 Nov 2025, 15:06 GMT
    3. Status changed to complete
      27 Nov 2025, 15:06 GMT
    4. Official notice release published
      27 Nov 2025, 15:06 GMT
    5. Submission deadline changed to published date
      27 Nov 2025, 15:06 GMT
    6. tender value changed
      8 Aug 2025, 14:48 BST
    7. Status changed to active
      8 Aug 2025, 14:48 BST
    8. Official notice release published
      8 Aug 2025, 14:48 BST
    9. Submission deadline changed to 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
      8 Aug 2025, 14:48 BST
    10. Official notice release published
      2 Jun 2025, 22:16 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Melton Borough Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PTMP-8573-JHVJ
    View buyer profile →
    • GB-PPON: PTMP-8573-JHVJ
      Parkside, Melton Mowbray, UKF22, LE13 1GH, GB
    • Welland Procurement
      processContactPoint
      procuringEntity

      GB-PPON: PVMQ-1845-NYPP
      Parkside, Melton Mowbray, UKF22, LE13 1GH, GB
    • FOSTER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LIMITED
      supplier
      tenderer

      GB-COH: 04687488 · GB-PPON: PLBZ-4741-VTTY
      Woodgate House, 2-8 Games Road,, Cockfosters, UKI71, EN4 9HN, GB
    • GRATTON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
      supplier
      tenderer

      GB-COH: 14030335 · GB-PPON: PRCG-7219-LCXG
      Haines Watts Derby 10 Stadium Business Court, Derby, UKF11, DE24 8HP, GB
    • JEAKINS WEIR LIMITED
      supplier
      tenderer

      GB-COH: 01095682 · GB-PPON: PJBX-6264-PJZP
      1 Uppingham House The Headway Business Park, Corby, UKF25, NN18 9EZ, GB
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (8)

    Official links; attachments are not copied