Official UK procurement notice
Servicing and Maintenance of Building Management Systems
Authority: University of Chichester (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Chichester has a requirement for a suitably qualified contractor to undertake maintenance and servicing of our Building Management Systems.
The University is located on two sites in West Sussex, one being the Bognor Regis Campus in Upper Road, Bognor Regis and other at the Bishop Otter Campus in College Lane, Chichester, plus Stockbridge E, Stockbridge Road, Chichester and other Managed'
properties. It should be noted that the University operates a non-smoking policy.
Current Service Operations
The contract will operate for 52 weeks a year. Contractors are required to submit a detailed programme and schedule for all periodic servicing of Building Management Systems before the start of the contract year, to be agreed with the University
Access Arrangements
Services normally take place between Monday and Friday after 0900 hours and before 1800 hours in all residential and communal areas Arrangements for alterations to these times will be made by agreement with the Supervising Officer before commencing operations.
Entry to any building or student room is by appointment only, arranged by the Estate Management Department. The contractor is required to give the University's Estate Management Department 48 hours' notice minimum of its intention to carry out a service visit.
A full specification of works is available and marked Appendix 2. A schedule list of current systems is available and marked Appendix 3. Maintenance documents for automatic control valves and actuators are provided in Appendix 6. Maintenance documents for optimisers and compensators are provided in Appendix 7. These documents should be read and understood.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£40,500
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 sub-criteria (5)
- Coherence and clarity to the University's requirement: 20%
- Organisational experience and capability: 15%
- Health & Safety: 15%
- Costs: 40%
- Compliance with the Social Value Model: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Coherence and clarity to the University's requirement
- Organisational experience and capability
- Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Social Value Model
- Costs
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jul 2025, 10:44 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 15:18 BST
- Authority reference
TND-0001135- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039509- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055e39Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
The tender document and any supporting documents should be submitted to [email protected].
Full details are available at help.chi.ac.uk/tenders ↗
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published14 Jul 2025, 10:44 BST
- Clarification questions by7 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 Aug 2025, 10:00 BST
- Contract starts387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 15:18 BST
Notice history
7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2025- Tender notice published14 Jul 2025, 10:44 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published21 Jul 2025, 15:41 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2025, 15:28 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Sept 2025, 15:28 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Sept 2025, 15:28 BST
- Contract details notice published1 Oct 2025, 15:18 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (2)
Amended question in main tender document to relate to this specific project.
Corrected submission date
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-07: 2 releases · 14 Jul 2025, 21 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS SPECIALISED SERVICES LIMITED1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030Extensions: An option is included for a 24 month extension to the 3 year initial contract. This will be at the mutual agreement between parties. | £48,078 inc. VAT | 15 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SAUNDERS SPECIALISED SERVICES LIMITED
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £48,078 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An option is included for a 24 month extension to the 3 year initial contract. This will be at the mutual agreement between parties.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- SAUNDERS SPECIALISED SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SAUNDERS SPECIALISED SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (13)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix 6 - Maintenance documents of Automatic Control Valves and Actuators
- Technical specifications The tender document and any supporting documents should be submitted to [email protected]. Full details are available at https://help.chi.ac.uk/tenders
- Bidding documents and specifications Main tender document including Appendix 1 and 2
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix 7 - Maintenance documents of Optimisers Compensators
- Bidding documents and specifications Main Tender Document including Appendix 1 and 2
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix 3 - Schedule of BMS Systems
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix 4 - Proposed Contract
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix 5 - Schedule and SLAs
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender