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Published 29 May 2025, 15:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Digital TV Maintenance Services

Official notice

Authority: West Dunbartonshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Jun 2025awarded 8 Sept 2025
Awarded to MRM Electrical Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Dunbartonshire Council (the Council) is committed to delivering a high-quality repairs and maintenance service together with delivering capital projects, which ensures that all its housing, operational and non-operational properties are well maintained at a reasonable cost, providing value for money, are sustainable and are kept in a good and safe state of repair. This also ensures that the Council are extending the useful life of an asset and increase the market value of the Council’s assets.

Renewal of the existing contract for the provision of Digital TV Maintenance Services, to attend to faults and repair existing systems and replacement were deemed appropriate.

CPV: Digital television · Digital transmission apparatus · Digital-TV boxes · Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · West Dunbartonshire area.
Extensions: Extension of 2 x 12 months subject to the Council's digression.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 25.5%Price: 70%Social value: 4.5%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery/Methodology: 13.5%
  • Contract Monitoring and Management: 6%
  • Staffing Project Team Structure: 4.5%
  • Business Continuity: 1.5%
  • price: 70%
  • Additional Social Benefits: 4.5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery/Methodology: 13.5
  • Contract Monitoring and Management: 6
  • Staffing Project Team Structure: 4.5
  • Business Continuity: 1.5
  • Additional Social Benefits: 4.5
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    With reference to SPD questions:

    4B.1.1 & 4B. 1.2 Turnover - supplier must demonstrate an annual turnover for each of the two previous years of greater than two times the annual contract value of contract on offer est. 250,000 GBP, therefore a turnover of 500,000 GBP is required.

    Ratios - a Pass in any two of the three ratios as an overall Pass for Economic and Financial standing.

    • (Ratio 1) Acid Test – (Current Assets-stock)/Current Liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1.
    • (Ratio 2) Return on Capital Employed %– Profit/Capital employed. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to score a positive figure/Percentage.
    • (Ratio 3) Current Ratio – Current Assets/Liabilities. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1.

    WDC will use template WD09 - WDC Financial Vetting Questionnaire v1.0, it is recommended that candidates review their own ratio scores in advance of submitting their tender. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee WD04 - Parent Company Guarantee refers. Should after review of the financial evaluation of tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.

    Minimum: Insurance Q4B.5.1 –It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance listed below: - Employers Liability Insurance - 10 million GBP each and every claim…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 May 2025, 15:52 BST
Last source update
19 Sept 2025, 09:18 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
2425-48
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057959
Classification (CPV)
Digital televisionDigital transmission apparatusDigital-TV boxesRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM81)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052910 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:810693)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jun 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published399 days ago
    19 Sept 2025, 09:18 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Sept 2025, 09:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MRM Electrical Solutions Ltd£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Dunbartonshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, Scotland, G82 1QLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dumbarton Sheriff Court and Justice of Peace CourtReview body Dumbarton

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.