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Published 13 Oct 2026, 09:08 BST

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WHC - Electrical Installation and Condition Report and Remedial works

Authority: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (Local council)

Two-stageServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£15,000,000≈ £1.5m / year · £18,000,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 23d 9h left
Clarification cut-off 30 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 10 yrsends 30 Sept 2037 · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) is conducting a Competitive Flexible Procedure procurement in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 for the purpose of procuring Electrical Installation and Condition Report and Remedial works.

The contract is to ensure the council domestic housing stock of 8500 properties are kept fully compliant, that they have all been inspected by an electrician and have a current electrical safety certificate.

The contractor will carry out all remedial electrical repairs, ensure all fire and heat alarms and carbon monoxide are maintained, and each property meets with LD2 Building regulations guidance. This work will include rewiring properties dependant on their condition.

The contractor will be responsible for all customer contact including supporting engaging with hard to access properties and providing all evidence where the resident is uncooperative, with a view to get access to of all 100% properties

The contactor will also collect and provide data, certificates and pictures of all properties so the council can maintain its asset data and also to evidence the current condition of a property. This will also be used to evidence completed works/inspections.

The contract will commence on 1st October with a duration of 10 years, but an option for either party to terminate the contract at any time after the first 5 years.

  • How the procedure runs: TBC

CPV: Electrical engineering installation works · Electrical fitting work · Electrical installation work · Electrical services · Electrical wiring and fitting work · Electrical wiring work · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,997,536 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council · all categories
The marketConsultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) · East of England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 of 17 known-size awards · market: CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region), n=154
76%63%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in East of England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 8 known-location awards · market: CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region), n=219
63%15%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East of England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region), n=28
71 days51 days

Half of these awards were announced within 71 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 5 of 27 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region), n=229
19%46%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market44 lots with bid counts · CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region)
14% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 14%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
2–313% / 9%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
4–650% / 25%
Buyer: 4 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 11 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
7+25% / 52%
Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with published bid counts. Market: 23 of 44 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer11 lots with estimate and award · all categories
36% below estimate
The market40 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7131 · East of England (authority’s region)
43% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate36% / 43%
Buyer: 4 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 17 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%27% / 38%
Buyer: 3 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 15 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate36% / 20%
Buyer: 4 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 40 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7131120 monthsPublished estimate£15m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 44 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet14% single-bid risk
Past bids on 44 similar lots
1 bid14%
6 of 44 similar past lots received 1 bid (14%).
2–39%
4 of 44 similar past lots received 2–3 (9%).
4–625%
11 of 44 similar past lots received 4–6 (25%).
7+52%
23 of 44 similar past lots received 7+ (52%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 7 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £15m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Requests to participate open
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
13 Oct 2026, 09:08 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2026, 09:08 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 30 Jun 2027
Authority reference
C1225
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096347
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Electrical engineering installation worksElectrical fitting workElectrical installation workElectrical servicesElectrical wiring and fitting workElectrical wiring workRepair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078626 Find a Tender
How it runs

TBC

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Requests to participate (first stage)
6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Tender submission deadline
6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £15,000,000 excludes VAT (£18,000,000 including VAT).

Timeline

13 Oct 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    13 Oct 2026, 09:08 BST
  2. Today
    14 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 16 days
    30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 23 days
    6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 260 days
    30 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract startsin 352 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Oct 2026, 09:08 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYHY-6394-TBPP The Council Offices, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6AEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender