Buyer: Weston College →
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Weston College is seeking tenders for the servicing, repair and maintenance of Refuge Communications Systems across its estate. These systems are critical for emergency evacuation and compliance with BS5839-9. The contract will cover five main system types: Complus Teltronic, Sovereign Fire and Security, Cooper VoCALL, EVCS Compact, and Pentech Electronics Ltd Model Series 6000. These communications systems are based across the Weston College Estate Campuses.
UKK12, GB
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Innovation and added value (10%)
Account management (10%)
People and mobilisation (10%)
Service specific detail (20%)
Financial (20%)
Added & Social Value (10%)
Business continuity and Disaster planning (10%)
Presentation (10%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communications system maintenance services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 50. The category anchor is Communications system maintenance services (50334400); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 50 | 2,998 | 3 median · 24.7 average (719 of 2,998 with a bid count) | 3.5 average (806 of 2,998 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKK12 | 6 | 4 median · 4 average (1 of 6 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 6 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 99 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05f078 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 081899-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Thu Dec 11 2025 11:54:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081899-2025 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-01-16T12:00:00Z |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2025-12-19T12:00:00Z |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | (1) Completed ITT documents must be returned via email to WCGTender@weston.ac.uk by 16/01/2026 at midday. Late submissions or submissions sent, or copied, to any other address will not be considered. |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £30,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2025 | tenderUpdate | 081899-2025 |
| 8 Dec 2025 | tender | 080485-2025 |
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