Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Drainage Maintenance Services
Authority: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£2,400,000≈ £800k / year · £2,880,000 inc. VAT47.6% below final estimate
Submissions closed 16 Dec 2025awarded 25 Feb 2026
Awarded to First Choice Drainage Solutions Ltd2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe scope of this contract is to cover the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and
provision of reactive repairs and maintenance as required for the Kings NHS Foundation Trust
sites.
This can be further broken down as;
Services;
Blocked Drains
Drain Jetting
Blocked Toilets
Drain Relining
Descaling
CCTV Survey
Drain Repair
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,400,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: Technical Questionnaire consisting of: Scope Parts and Materials Remedial/Reactive/Backlog Works Record Keeping Priority Level Response Times
- Commercial
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2029
- First published
- 13 Nov 2025, 09:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
C431415- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073394- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e012Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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
- 16 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
13 Nov 2025 → 23 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published342 days ago13 Nov 2025, 09:50 GMT
- Clarification questions by315 days ago9 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline308 days ago16 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by287 days ago6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts262 days ago1 Feb 2026
- Assessment summaries sent237 days ago26 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends225 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published90 days ago23 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Nov 2025- Tender notice published13 Nov 2025, 09:50 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:28 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2026, 13:28 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Jul 2026, 16:00 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £1,256,7321 award exc. VAT
Bids received 10
Contracts signed 1latest 21 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Choice Drainage Solutions LtdSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: Optional Extensions of maximum 2 years split into 1 year annual extensions | £1,256,732 | 25 Feb 2026standstill to 9 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
| First Choice Drainage Solutions LtdSME | £1,256,735 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Drainage Maintenance Services · First Choice Drainage Solutions LtdSME
- Signed
- 21 May 2026
- Value
- £1,256,735
- Period
- 1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 May 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years extensions, applicable as 1 year annual optional
1 agreed KPI: Priority Level Response Times
- Priority Level Response Times
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10final-stage tenders · 13 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- First Choice Drainage Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender