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Published 15 Apr 2021, 13:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Electrical Services

Official notice

Authority: East Sussex Fire Authority (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£4,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 May 2021awarded 28 Sept 2021
Awarded to Openview Security Solutions Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Sussex Fire Authority (ESFA) is seeking to award a contract for the provision of the annual servicing of its emergency lighting and fire alarm systems, carry out periodic inspections and testing as required including portable appliance testing on 240v and 110v equipment and provide ad-hoc maintenance, repairs and replacement works across its estate in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove

CPV: Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electric motors · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipment · Repair and maintenance services of generators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 40
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
15 Apr 2021, 13:06 BST
Last source update
21 Jan 2022, 08:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
21 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
ESFA0180
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-001794
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electric motorsRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electrical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipmentRepair and maintenance services of generators
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a651 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: Contract value is dependent on repairs required. There is a core servicing cost and a larger ad-hoc repair and replacement cost but value beyond the core servicing is not guaranteed. Value is based on historic spend in this area.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 May 2021 → 21 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    21 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Jan 2022, 08:09 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jan 2022, 08:09 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 13
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Openview Security Solutions Limited£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Sussex Fire Authority

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety N/A Amberley Block, Church Lane, LEWES, South East, BN7 2DZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Center for Effective Dispute ResolutionReview body London

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.