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# Soft & Hard Facilities Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-hard-facilities-management-ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED: "Soft & Hard Facilities Management". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/satellite-applications-catapult-limited-GB-COH-07964746)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Alarm-monitoring services, Building and facilities management services, Building services, Building-cleaning services, Cleaning and sanitation services (+30 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-hard-facilities-management-ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-hard-facilities-management-ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-hard-facilities-management-ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac#participate

## Description
SAC currently contracts with many vendors providing facility management services at its locations in Harwell and Westcott. We are now seeking to partner with best in class service providers to consolidate, harmonise and bring consistency to our operations.  The SAC portfolio will be expanding nationally across the next 5 years and we want to work with partners who will help us form a stable base position which will be scalable.
The aim is to deliver an optimum standard of Service including planned, periodic and reactive service consistently at the same levels across all existing and future locations.
Our guiding principles are:
· To improve value and service - best service at best cost
· Form a partnership relationship with service partner(s) who will understand and support our ways and means of working as a government funded, not for profit organisation.
· To ensure that we are always compliant with all statutory regulations
· Reduce the number of FM Service Partners
· Create a standard repeatable service delivery to support National growth
· Improve data and metrics to support our strategy.
· Improve our agility in delivering additional services when and where required

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Soft Facilities Management
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 45112700, 45113000, 71315000, 79993000, 90500000, 90900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** We are looking to award either the full scope of services to a single supplier or to two separate suppliers – one for Hard FM and another for Soft FM.  There is also potential for further contracted services associated with the maintenance and consum...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Hard Facilities Management
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 45000000, 45113000, 45232141, 45232452, 45315000, 45315100
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** We are looking to award either the full scope of services to a single supplier or to two separate suppliers – one for Hard FM and another for Soft FM.  There is also potential for further contracted services associated with the maintenance and consum...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Combined Soft & Hard Facilities Management
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45000000, 45112700, 45113000, 45232141, 45232452, 45315000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** We are looking to award either the full scope of services to a single supplier or to two separate suppliers – one for Hard FM and another for Soft FM.  There is also potential for further contracted services associated with the maintenance and consum...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Combined Soft & Hard Facilities Management (active)
  - Award id: `010420-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Q3 services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-125012`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Soft Facilities Management (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `010420-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Hard Facilities Management (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `010420-2023-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Combined Soft & Hard Facilities Management (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 08/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010420-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-12T07:49:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T04:20:53.346Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0369ac