Official UK procurement notice
Tender for Gas Third Party Audit Inspections
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract requires a suitably qualified auditor to complete Gas Quality Audits, supplementing the in-house quality assurance team.
Post Service Audits will be undertaken as required, encompassing post inspections within 4 weeks of the annual inspection being completed, involving a full strip down of the serviceable appliances (SMBC service tenants appliances connected to a flue) and a visual inspection of flueless appliances owned by the tenant. As well as annual inspections and as part of our on-going maintenance, Sandwell MBC carry out a significant number of boiler replacements per year. Post inspection audits may also be required on new installations to make sure that they are compliant with the current gas regulations, building regulations inc. boiler plus and any specific SMBC’s specification requested. The audits will need to be carried out by a suitably qualified officer, who in addition to the ACS (CCN1 (CPA1), CENWAT, HTR1, CKR1, DAH1), must hold a suitable assessor/auditor’s qualification - (A1, A2 (D32, D33) or similar (e.g. TAQA) and have at least 7 years’ experience in the gas industry. Included in the price for both types of audit, will be an assessment of all completed paperwork (LGSR (for compliance with the 9 points in 36. 3 C of the GSIUR98) for service & Completion certificate and benchmark for installations) with omissions and discrepancies highlighted, a record and report of each inspection will be required. On occasions you may be asked to carry out a work in progress inspection on either the in-house team or contractor to assess that their procedures are adequate regarding gas safety and that there are no health and safety issues such as failing to use PPE etc.
CPV: Auditing services · Technical inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£115,000
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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- 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.
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
- 1 May 2026, 09:17 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2026, 15:52 BST
- Authority reference
SMBC 25014- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040270- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 May 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
1 May 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published174 days ago1 May 2026, 09:17 BST
- Clarification questions by149 days ago26 May 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Latest notice published93 days ago21 Jul 2026, 15:52 BST
- Contract starts83 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2026- Tender notice published1 May 2026, 09:17 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Jul 2026, 15:52 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2026, 15:52 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Lambert LtdSMEGas Third Party Audit Inspections1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 | £115,000 | 21 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Morgan Lambert LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender