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Published 4 Feb 2025, 10:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

SBC1124 Electrical Services - Corporate Estate

Official notice

Authority: Stevenage Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£285,000≈ £95k / year20% above published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Mar 2025awarded 12 Jun 2025
Awarded to Coulter Electrical Contractors Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Stevenage Borough Council is seeking a single supplier for the Electrical Services contract for the Councils Corporate buildings, which consist of offices, depots, community centres and museums (for clarity this contract does not cover domestic properties)Please note the deadline for return and allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted. Any clarifications regarding this opportunity must be raised through the Correspondence area in the eTendering system.

CPV: Electrical services · Facilities management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Stevenage Borough Council is seeking a single supplier for the Electrical Services…AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£285,000

Stevenage Borough Council is seeking a single supplier for the Electrical Services contract for the Councils Corporate buildings, which consist of offices, depots, community centres and museums. The contract will consist of planned and reactive Electrical Services, including but not limited to Fixed Electrical Testing and Inspection, Annual Visual Inspection, Portable Appliance Testing and Reactive Callouts to Corporate properties. Please see the tender documents for site visit arrangements.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Option to extend the contract for two further periods of 12 months each.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Price: 40
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/Social Value: 50%/10%
  • Price: 40%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As detailed in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 40 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Yes
First published
4 Feb 2025, 10:39 GMT
Last source update
16 Jun 2025, 13:09 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
CCD01458
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032582
Classification (CPV)
Electrical servicesFacilities management services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db5d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed
Performance terms

as stated in the procurement documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Stevenage Borough Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award a Contract before a contract is executed/signed (as appropriate). The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘Regulations’) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly and within the time limits as defined in the above regulations. Where a Contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the court has the options to award damages and/or to shorten or order the Contract ineffective.

Publisher note: Stevenage Borough Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the long term contract at any stage of the procurement process. Stevenage Borough Council also reserves the right not to award a contract.Neither Stevenage Borough Council nor any person on whose behalf of whom this procurement is undertaken is to be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for these contracts.The Council reserves the right to carry out additional financial checks on all companies tendering for this Contract at any time during the procurement process, to ensure that they continue to meet the Council`s requirements and remain financially viable to perform the Contract.Tenderers should note that the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (protection of Employment)Regulations 2006 may apply.To access this procurement opportunity please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/home and follow the on-screen guidance. Any clarifications regarding this opportunity must be raised through the Correspondence area in the eTendering system.If you are experiencing problems with the eTendering system, In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK Support Desk which can be contacted via email: [email protected] or telephone +441144070065 for any website /technical questions, Monday to Friday 8:30 - 17:30.The Council undertakes to hold confidential any information provided in the proposal submitted, subject to the Council`s obligations under the law, including the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If the potential supplier considers that any of the information submitted in the proposal should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity or for reasons of confidentiality, then this should be stated with the reason for considering it sensitive. The Council will then endeavour to consult with the potential supplier about such commercially sensitive or confidential information when considering any request received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 before replying to such a request, but the decision of the Council in deciding whether an exemption applies is final.Please note the deadline for return and allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
6 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
6 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Mar 2025 → 16 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    6 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    16 Jun 2025, 13:09 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Jun 2025, 13:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £342,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2018 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Coulter Electrical Contractors LtdSME£342,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
20bids · 18 electronic18——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stevenage Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage, East of England, SG1 1HNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court England & WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria