Official UK procurement notice
MHS Homes Provision of Asbestos Inspections
Authority: South East Consortium·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe contractor shall be required to carrying out asbestos inspection services in accordance with Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 within mhs homes, Heart of Medway and managed properties. This will also include site visits, 24/7 call-outs, specification design, management plans and risk assessments.
CPV: Building consultancy services · Commissioning of heating installations · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Internal audit services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services · Water-treatment chemicals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 48 suppliers · 22 bids on the busiest of 6 lots (0.5 per place) · 34 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £15,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Building SafetyAwardedceiling above
Lot #2AuditAwardedceiling above
Lot 2 – Audit will cover all aspects of Audit including Desktop audits, quality assurance and compliance consultancy services
Lot #3Water Hygiene Risk AssessmentsAwardedceiling above
Lot 3 – Water Hygiene Risk Assessments will cover all elements of Water Hygiene Risk Assessments including Periodic servicing and inspections, monitoring, risk assessments and/or review, temperature tests and disinfections, routine maintenance
Lot #4Asbestos Inspections and TestingAwardedceiling above
Lot 4 – Asbestos Inspections and Testing will cover all elements of Asbestos Inspections including Inspections, surveys, testing, analysis, training, and consultancy
Lot #5Fire ConsultancyAwardedceiling above
Lot 5 – Fire Consultancy will cover all elements of Fire Consultancy including Compartmentation surveys, fire risk assessments, fire door inspections and asset tagging
Lot #6Heating ConsultancyAwardedPublished value£10,000,000
Lot 6 – Heating Consultancy will cover all elements of Heating Consultancy including Service management, safety certificate validation which includes servicing, inspection and installation certificates. Post service site audits, fumes investigations, condition surveys, energy performance certificates and training
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Building Safety | 60% | 40% | |
| 2 · Audit | 70% | 30% | |
| 3 · Water Hygiene Risk Assessments | 70% | 30% | |
| 4 · Asbestos Inspections and Testing | 70% | 30% | |
| 5 · Fire Consultancy | 70% | 30% | |
| 6 · Heating Consultancy | 70% | 30% |
- Suitability
Please refer to the Standard Questionnaire for details of the accreditations required.
- Price carries 30–40 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
- “MHS Homes Provision of Asbestos Inspections” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 48 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Jan 2024, 11:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN748895- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015652- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042b9cFind a Tender
Publisher note: SEC Frameworks may be accessed by all publicly funded organisations — access is not limited to SEC Members alone. South East Consortium Frameworks can be used by any organisation that fall in to one or more of the categories listed in the following link: https://southeastconsortium.org.uk/our-frameworks/faqs/who-can-use-our-frameworks/
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
4 Mar 2024 → 16 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened4 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published16 Apr 2025, 15:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Oct 2024- Status changed to complete17 Oct 2024, 16:05 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Oct 2024, 16:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast7 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £15,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 015652-2025-1
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,050,000
- Status
- active
Building Safety
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Audit
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Water Hygiene Risk Assessments
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Asbestos Inspections
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Fire Consultancy
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Heating Consultancy
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Building Safety | 9bids · 9 electronic | 9 | — | — |
| 2 · Audit | 6bids · 6 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 3 · Water Hygiene Risk Assessments | 15bids · 15 electronic | 15 | — | — |
| 4 · Asbestos Inspections and Testing | 22bids · 22 electronic | 22 | — | — |
| 5 · Fire Consultancy | 16bids · 16 electronic | 16 | — | — |
| 6 · Heating Consultancy | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria