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Published 1 Sept 2025, 16:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

White Horse Housing Association - Repairs and Maintenance Contract

Official notice

Authority: Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£12,600,000≈ £2.5m / year · £12,600,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Oct 2025awarded 24 Nov 2025
Award (standstill) to 3 Solutions (2011) Limited
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

White Horse Housing Association (WHHA) is a specialist rural housing association that has 430 properties across 55 separate villages in Wiltshire, Swindon and Somerset.

WHHA wishes to establish a contract to provide a day to day repairs service, (including an out-of-hours service for emergency repairs); repair work to void properties prior to re-letting (including electrical testing); gas, oil, solid fuel, air source heat pump and unvented cylinder servicing and remedial work, electrical testing and remedial work; planned replacement works such as kitchens, bathrooms, electrical rewires, heating installations and windows and door replacements; and capital investment work such as roof replacements or structural work, at the discretion of WHHA.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services of building installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 5 yrsSMEPublished value£12,600,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensionsValue: £12,600,000 exc. VAT · £12,600,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The contract will be for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further two 2-year extensions (5+2+2). 1.9 The terms and conditions of Contract have been included in the tender document pack (Appendix 1.3).
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Refer to Procurement documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Refer to Procurement documents.

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 were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality Statements: 55%
  • Quality Statement for Social Value: 5%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality Statements: Refer to Procurement Documents
  • Quality Statement for Social Value: Refer to Procurement Documents
  • Commercial: Refer to Procurement Documents
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Refer to Procurement documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Refer to Procurement 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.

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
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Sept 2025, 16:09 BST
Last source update
26 Nov 2025, 09:21 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Dec 2025
Authority reference
R-289
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052916
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services of building installations
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059196 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Panacea
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
16 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Sept 2025, 16:09 BST
  2. Clarification questions by377 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline371 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent331 days ago
    26 Nov 2025
  5. Latest notice published330 days ago
    26 Nov 2025, 09:21 GMT
  6. Award decision expected by325 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  7. Standstill ends318 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts205 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Sept 2025, 16:09 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    26 Nov 2025, 09:21 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    26 Nov 2025, 09:21 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £12,600,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
3 Solutions (2011) LimitedSME1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2035Extensions: The contract will be for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further two 2-year extensions (5+2+2).£12,600,000 inc. VAT24 Nov 2025standstill to 8 Dec 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

White Horse Housing Association c/o Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 07266506 ARK Central, 84 Spencer Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 6DSContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • 3 Solutions (2011) LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBZL-8945-LVRZ Unit 1, Three Winds, Downside Shepton Mallet, Somerset, South West, BA4 4FHContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender