Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5301 MRC LMB Ventilation Servicing
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)
Published estimate£1,210,000≈ £403k / year · £1,452,000 inc. VAT53.2% below final estimate
Submissions closed 28 Nov 2025awarded 12 Dec 2025
Awarded to Jonsons Limited2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Jan 2029 · up to 1 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Ventilation services for MRC LMB
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations · Ventilation equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,210,000
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).
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/Quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 2 Oct 2028
- First published
- 31 Oct 2025, 15:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 10:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
UKRI-5301- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070211- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d859Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: UKRI eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please note the following steps for accessing this opportunity via the Atamis eSourcing platform:
- Log in or create an account here: ukri2.my.site.com ↗
- Navigate to the opportunity in the Find an Opportunity section of the site or via the direct access link above.
- Select Register Interest (you will not be able to view the tender documentation without registering an interest).
- Go back to the main menu and navigate to the My Proposals and Quotes section of the site.
- Select the opportunity from the list. Tender Documents for download are found in the Documents tab.
Timeline
31 Oct 2025 → 14 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published356 days ago31 Oct 2025, 15:56 GMT
- Clarification questions by335 days ago21 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline328 days ago28 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent311 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Award decision expected by310 days ago15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends301 days ago24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts293 days ago2 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published281 days ago14 Jan 2026, 10:31 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Oct 2025- Tender notice published31 Oct 2025, 15:56 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 10:57 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 10:57 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Jan 2026, 10:31 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £539,3991 award exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonsons Limited2 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2029 · up to 1 Jan 2031Extensions: The Contract duration shall be for a period of 3 years, with two optional extensions of a further 1 year each (3+1+1). | £539,399 | 12 Dec 2025standstill to 24 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
| Jonsons Limited | £566,363 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5301 MRC LMB Ventilation Servicing · Jonsons Limited
- Signed
- 29 Dec 2025
- Value
- £566,363
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2029 · up to 1 Jan 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This contract has option to be extended for a period of up to 2 years in single year increments.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Jonsons LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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