Official UK procurement notice
26-72 Electrical and Data Installation Services
Authority: University of Wolverhampton (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe required Services shall include the provision of:
- Initial survey and setting-up of systems & asset lists
- Planned maintenance
- Reactive maintenance
- Cyclical maintenance
- Projects, Upgrades and Replacements for minor works
- General repairs
- Call-out provision for repairs and breakdowns
- Prerequisite Records of Work and Reports to be uploaded onto university Planon CAFM system
To give an indication of works required; the provision of electrical services budgets is set on an annual basis to maintain and provide upgrades on end-of-life assets, internal/external lighting upgrades and capital projects as agreed by Board of Governors set out in the Long-Term Maintenance budget. This spend is likely to be between 1.5 to 2 million pounds per annum, these figures are indicative spend on previous years and cannot be guaranteed as part of any new agreement.
The proposed approach is to establish a single contract with one supplier under a single lot, with an estimated value of up to Electrical works up to £150k (inc VAT) in value and will include Data Installation Services. per project. This model is intended to simplify contract management, improve accountability, and provide a more consistent and coordinated service delivery arrangement
Notwithstanding the above, the University reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to treat any individual requirement/project with an estimated value exceeding £150,000 (inc VAT) as a separate project and to determine the most appropriate procurement route for that requirement. In such circumstances, the University shall be under no obligation to award the work to, or procure the work through, the successful Tenderer appointed under this contract. The successful Tenderer may be invited to participate in, or be considered as part of, any subsequent procurement process
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Aug 2031, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: Those Tenderers that successfully pass the requirements of the Qualification ("Selection Stage") (in the opinion of the University) will be automatically taken to the next stage of ITT assessment ("Award Stage")
- No preliminary market engagement: N/A
CPV: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: 80%
- Quality: 20%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £3,330,292 (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 University of Wolverhampton buys Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment (CPV 5110), and who usually turns up
University of Wolverhampton’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment (CPV 5110) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 41 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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.
1 bid20%
2–360%
4–610%
7+10%
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.
Below estimate20%
Within ±2%60%
Above estimate20%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 5110Published estimate£5.0m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid28%
2–324%
4–631%
7+18%
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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.
Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£5.0m
Estimate£5.0m
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.
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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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Zest Eco LtdSME | £48m8 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £1.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 29% below n=2 |
| £6.5m14 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 3 live · £3.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 | |
| £274k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 | |
| £23k1 awards in 36m · last 13 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £180k1 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | 28% below n=1 |
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 earlier-work matches 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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Aug 2031
- First published
- 15 Oct 2026, 08:26 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 08:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097251- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07880dFind a Tender
- How it runs
Those Tenderers that successfully pass the requirements of the Qualification ("Selection Stage") (in the opinion of the University) will be automatically taken to the next stage of ITT assessment ("Award Stage")
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Invitation to Tender (ITT) responses must be submitted using the University's eTendering Portal (the "Portal"): www.wlv.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published11 days ago15 Oct 2026, 08:26 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 15 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 35 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 35 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published15 Oct 2026, 08:26 BSTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender