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Published 27 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Maintenance and Install Services for Standby Power Supplies

Official notice

Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£4,250,000≈ £1.4m / year · £5,100,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Mar 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This requirement is for planned preventative maintenance, testing, inspection, and breakdown response for standby diesel generators across participating Trust sites. The contract may also be used, on an optional call‑off basis, to instruct like‑for‑like generator replacement or installation works where required.

The contract may be accessed by other NHS Trusts within the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB Cluster as permitted in the tender documents.

CPV: Generating sets with compression-ignition engines · Installation services of electric motors, generators and transformers · Installation services of generators · Repair and maintenance services of generators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsPublished value£4,250,000
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensionsValue: £4,250,000 exc. VAT · £5,100,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: The Contracting Authority may, during the term, instruct optional like‑for‑like generator replacement or installation works on a call‑off basis where required. No minimum volume of such works is guaranteed, and all optional works are subject to separate written instruction and available funding. · The initial contract term shall be three years with the potential for two separate one-year extension periods by election of the Contracting Authority, on such notice and for such periods as is specified by the Contract.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 40%Social value: 20%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 40%
  • Commercial: 40%
  • Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value
  • Technical
  • Commercial
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Closed
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
Last source update
27 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 20 Apr 2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017888
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Generating sets with compression-ignition enginesInstallation services of electric motors, generators and transformersInstallation services of generatorsRepair and maintenance services of generators
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e41 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
27 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
19 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Feb 2026 → 1 May 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published243 days ago
    27 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by222 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline214 days ago
    27 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by190 days ago
    20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts180 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 12:54 GMT
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWVL-6877-BXXV Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2GWContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender