Official UK procurement notice
Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Contractor Framework
Authority: Open Solutions (OSUK) Ltd and Halton Housing
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionOSUK sought bids to establish a framework of contractors to maintain properties across their property portfolio.
A range of services were required including but not limited to;
- Electrical repairs
- Electrical Installation Condition Reports
- Communal door repairs and maintenance
- General repairs and maintenance
- Joinery repairs
- Gutter cleaning and gutter repairs
- Plastering
As part of Halton Housing, Open Solutions (OSUK) Limited is guided by the same values. This procurement exercise was led by Open Solutions (OSUK) Limited for itself and on behalf of the other members of Halton Housing.
- Recurrence: 2029
CPV: Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers · 17 bids received (1.1 per place) · 10 appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £2,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Electrical- Halton & CheshireCancelledRenewal North Westceiling above
Electrical responsive repairs and maintenance including, but not limited to:
- General electrical repairs and maintenance
- Electrical installation condition reports
- Portable Appliance Testing
- Appliance repairs
- Communal doors repairs and maintenance
Lot #21b- Electrical - Greater ManchesterCancelledRenewal North Westceiling above
Electrical responsive repairs and maintenance including, but not limited to:
- General electrical repairs and maintenance
- Electrical installation condition reports
- Portable Appliance Testing
- Appliance repairs
- Communal doors repairs and maintenance
Lot #31c- Electrical - YorkshireCancelledRenewal Yorkshire & Humberceiling above
Electrical responsive repairs and maintenance including, but not limited to:
- General electrical repairs and maintenance
- Electrical installation condition reports
- Portable Appliance Testing
- Appliance repairs
- Communal doors repairs and maintenance
Lot #42a- General - Halton & CheshireCancelledRenewal North Westceiling above
Responsive repairs and maintenance services including, but not limited to:
- General repairs and maintenance
- Joinery repairs
- Gutter cleaning and gutter repairs
- Plastering
Lot #52b- General - Greater ManchesterCancelledRenewal North Westceiling above
Responsive repairs and maintenance services including, but not limited to:
- General repairs and maintenance
- Joinery repairs
- Gutter cleaning and gutter repairs
- Plastering
Lot #62c- General - YorkshireAwardedRenewal Yorkshire & Humberceiling above
Responsive repairs and maintenance services including, but not limited to:
- General repairs and maintenance
- Joinery repairs
- Gutter cleaning and gutter repairs
- Plastering
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 30
- Price: 70
- Suitability
Any supplier may be disqualified who has been convicted of:
(a) conspiracy within the meaning of Section 1 or 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977(a) or article 9 or 9A of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983(b) where that conspiracy relates to participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on the fight against organised crime(c);
(b) corruption within the meaning of Section 1(2) of the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889(d) or Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906(e),
(c) the common law offence of bribery;
(d) bribery within the meaning of Sections 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010(f), or Section 113 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(g);
(e) where the offence relates to fraud affecting the European Communities' financial interests as defined by Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities(h):
(i) the common law offence of cheating the Revenue;
(ii) the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud;
(iii) fraud or theft within the meaning of the Theft Act 1968(i), the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969(j), the Theft Act 1978(k) or the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(l);
(iv) fraudulent trading within the meaning of Section 458 of the Companies Act 1985(m), Article 451 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(n) or Section 993 of the Companies Act 2006(o);
(v) fraudulent evasion within the meaning of S…
- 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.
- “Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Contractor Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 15 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 2029
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 13:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2025, 14:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Apr 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045257- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e676Find a Tender
- Review procedure
This tender process incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award is communicated to tenderers.
Appeals could be directly raised via the contact points detailed in section VI.4.1 of this Notice.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 #102 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
Timeline
4 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
- Notice published1 Aug 2025, 14:07 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2025, 14:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 10 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 045257-2025-1-1
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-10-10
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-2-2
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-3-3
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-4-4
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-5-5
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-6-6
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-7-7
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-8-8
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 045257-2025-9-9
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 · 2c- General - Yorkshire | 17bids · 17 electronic | 16 | — | — |
| Whole notice | 17bids · 17 electronic | 16 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
10 commercial parties on the notice- AT Developments (Yorkshire) LimitedFramework contractor
- CLP GroupFS LTDFramework contractor
- DFP ServicesFramework contractor
- Fairway Building & Remedial Contractors LtdFramework contractor
- JCPP Electrical LtdFramework contractor
- KDE LtdFramework contractor
- Lees Electrical Services LtdFramework contractor
- Raven Joinery & Refurbishment LTDFramework contractor
- TA Browne Contract Services LtdFramework contractor
- Wheatley FM LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria