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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement For Responsive and Scheduled Maintenance of Air Conditioning Units, Air Handling Units, Dehumidifiers"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement For Responsive and Scheduled Maintenance of Air Conditioning Units, Air Handling Units, Dehumidifiers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-responsive-and-scheduled-maintenance-of-air-conditioning-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Swindon Borough Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement For Responsive and Scheduled Maintenance of Air Conditioning Units, Air Handling Units, Dehumidifiers". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/swindon-borough-council-ons-e06000030)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Air-conditioning installations, Dehumidifiers, Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work, Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services, Repair and maintenance services of building installations
- **Delivery Location:** UKK14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-responsive-and-scheduled-maintenance-of-air-conditioning-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-for-responsive-and-scheduled-maintenance-of-air-conditioning-ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e#tl-md)

## Description
Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to providing responsive and scheduled annual, bi-annual and quarterly maintenance of its air conditioning/air handling units and dehumidifier systems/units within our properties (6 Sheltered Housing schemes & 20 Corporate Civic buildings) comprising of approximately 180 assets.
The Council intends on tendering a service and maintenance contract complying with all relevant British Standards and regulations with regards to air conditioning, air handling units and dehumidifiers systems which would also include repairing any faulty system/unit as and when required. This contract is proposed to include all call outs, fault investigations, repairs, labour, materials and travel related costs and will be required 24 hours, 7 days a week (including weekends and Bank Holidays).
Reported daytime faults between 8-5pm Monday to Friday must attended within 24hrs/next working day, first time fix is expected where possible.
Any reported fault to the computer suite (including weekends and bank holidays) must be attended within 4 hours, first time fix expected where possible.
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project: -
?	Market Interest
?	Contract Length.
?	Capacity
?	Timescales.
To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents.
This preliminary market engagement exercise will close 15:00 7th January 2026, following this all responses will be reviewed by Swindon Borough Council.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 42113161, 42512000, 45331000, 50700000, 50800000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2026 to 30/04/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079096-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-02T16:49:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T05:58:10.724Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e