Official UK procurement notice
Servicing and Repair of Commercial Gas Heating Equipment
Authority: North Star Housing Group Limited (Housing)·On behalf of: PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Star Housing Group (NSHG) is a North East based Housing Association, their purpose is to provide affordable housing, invest in their communities and develop new homes across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, County Durham and Tyne and Wear. NSHG are responsible for approximately 4000 properties.
NSHG has entered into contract for the servicing, maintenance and repair of commercial gas heating equipment across 16 locations.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 27 Feb 2031, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Gas appliance maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of central heating · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£700,000
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of participation as stated in the procurement documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of participation as stated in the procurement documents.
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: The total weighting for the quality section is 60%. Questions 1-3 are weighted 50% and the social value question is weighted 10%.
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of participation as stated in the procurement documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of participation as stated in the procurement documents.
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 27 Feb 2031
- First published
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 16:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018022- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbf7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 10 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published349 days ago6 Nov 2025, 14:54 GMT
- Market engagement291 days ago2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement please contact [email protected], providing the name of the key contact for your organisation and the company name. Companies who express an interest will be sent the link to register for the tender when the Tender Notice is published.
Suppliers are advised that this preliminary market engagement notice, and any expression of interest in receiving information about the procurement pursuant to this notice is not an invitation to participate in a competitive procurement process. NSHG reserves the right to not proceed with a procurement and does not guarantee that a procurement will be carried out within a given timescale.
- Next notice expected288 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 14:59 GMT
- Submission deadline211 days ago24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by165 days ago8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent146 days ago28 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends133 days ago9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts112 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published72 days ago10 Aug 2026, 16:01 BST
Notice history
11 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Nov 2025, 14:54 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Dec 2025, 17:15 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 14:59 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active27 Feb 2026, 14:59 GMT
- Procurement method changed27 Feb 2026, 14:59 GMT
- Deadline published: 24 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT27 Feb 2026, 14:59 GMT
- Contract award notice published20 May 2026, 16:04 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 May 2026, 16:04 BST
- Contract award notice published28 May 2026, 15:16 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Aug 2026, 16:01 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
The contract end date has been amended from 31.03.2030 to 31.03.2031. With extensions this means the contract end date changes from 31.03.2033 to 31.03.2034.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 27 Feb 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 1 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 1 release · 6 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith Mechanical Services LtdSME1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2034Extensions: The contract extension is subject to NSHG's discretion based on contractor performance. | £700,000 inc. VAT | 28 May 2026 | Awarded |
| Zenith Mechanical Services LtdSME1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2034Extensions: The contract extension is subject to NSHG's discretion based on contractor performance. | £700,000 inc. VATsame award published again · counted once | 20 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Zenith Mechanical Services LtdSME
- Signed
- 16 Jul 2026
- Value
- £700,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 20 Jul 2026 – 19 Jul 2031 · up to 19 Jul 2034 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract extension is subject to NSHG's discretion based on contractor performance.
8 agreed KPIs: Planned Maintenance Completion · Statutory Compliance Completion · Emergency Response Performance …
- Planned Maintenance Completion
- Statutory Compliance Completion
- Emergency Response Performance
- Urgent Response Performance
- Repairs Completed Within Target
- First Time Fix Rate
- Customer Satisfaction
- Complaints Performance
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcure Plus are undertaking the procure on behalf and in partnership with North Star Housing Group
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ZENITH MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Tender documentation available to view via this registration link.
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documentation available to view via this registration link.
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
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender