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# Provision of Portable and Fixed Appliance Testing 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-portable-and-fixed-appliance-testing-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c20f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BLACKPOOL COUNCIL: "Provision of Portable and Fixed Appliance Testing 2025". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BLACKPOOL COUNCIL](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blackpool-council-ons-e06000009)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
- **Delivery Location:** UKD42
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c20f`

## 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/provision-of-portable-and-fixed-appliance-testing-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c20f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-portable-and-fixed-appliance-testing-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c20f#participate

## Description
Blackpool Council is looking to appoint a single supplier to carry out testing of electrical equipment – portable and fixed appliances.
Blackpool Council wish to appoint a Contractor who can clearly demonstrate the ability to meet our requirements and who offers the most economically advantageous bid.
Please note that the qualifications deemed satisfactory for engineers employed on this contract will be qualified electricians who hold C&G 18th Edition and also hold City and Guilds 2377-22 or equivalent.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** It shall be the duty of the successful Contractor to carry out the testing of all portable and fixed appliances, as defined in this Specification.  This will include:
Testing the portable and fixed appliances to protect the value of Blackpool Borough...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2025 to 31/01/2027
- **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%2F038999-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-04T10:04:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T06:12:45.463Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c20f