Official UK procurement notice
NPTC - Fire Detection and Fire Alarm System, Servicing, Testing and Maintenance
Authority: NPTC Group of Colleges (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College is looking to appoint a contractor to provide an annual inspection, testing and maintenance of the College’s Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems.
CPV: Preventive maintenance services · System maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£150,000
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 (2)
- Technical/quality: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/quality
- Price
- 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
- 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
- 22 Jul 2026, 12:48 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 14:48 BST
- Authority reference
CA18257- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069144- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d0d1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
22 Jul 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published92 days ago22 Jul 2026, 12:48 BST
- Clarification questions by72 days ago11 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published69 days ago14 Aug 2026, 14:48 BST
- Submission deadline57 days ago26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts10 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2026- Tender notice published22 Jul 2026, 12:48 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Aug 2026, 14:48 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST14 Aug 2026, 14:48 BST+6 days · was 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender