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Published 15 Apr 2025, 23:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Asbestos Surveys and Inspections

Official notice

Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£183,000≈ £92k / year · £219,600 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 May 2025awarded 10 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to Riverside Environmental Services
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Jul 2027 · up to 1 Jul 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority’s requirement under this Contract is for the provision of Asbestos Surveys and Inspections. Thurrock Council has a housing stock of approximately 10,000 properties as a mixture of dwellings including high-rise, low-rise and individual houses. This contract establishes a single service provider to perform management surveys, re-inspection surveys and combination surveys within the housing stock with the option to include non-housing stock and any other property which is added into either housing or non-housing stock later during the contract term.

Further information can be found in the Specification.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 4 Apr 2028, 00:59 BST.
  • No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary market engagement was not carried out so a preliminary market engagement notice was not required.

CPV: Building-inspection services · Survey analysis services · Survey services · Technical building-inspection services · Technical inspection and testing services · Technical inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£183,000
Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 1 Jul 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 1 Jul 2028 with extensionsValue: £183,000 exc. VAT · £219,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: One extension period of 12 months.

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
  • Simple description: The Authority seeks to award the contract on the basis of Most Advantageous Tender with price weighted at 50% and quality weighted at 50%. Tenders will be evaluated in accordance with the specific criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender document.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 4 Apr 2028
First published
15 Apr 2025, 23:34 BST
Last source update
10 Jul 2025, 20:16 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 13 Jun 2025
Authority reference
PS/2024/123
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015392
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Building-inspection servicesSurvey analysis servicesSurvey servicesTechnical building-inspection servicesTechnical inspection and testing servicesTechnical inspection services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050399 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
15 May 2025, 14:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 May 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Apr 2025 → 22 Jul 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 23:34 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    1 May 2025, 18:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    15 May 2025, 14:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    13 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent
    10 Jul 2025
  7. Latest notice published
    10 Jul 2025, 20:16 BST
  8. Standstill ends
    22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 23:34 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Jul 2025, 20:16 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    10 Jul 2025, 20:16 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    24 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £326,0701 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Riverside Environmental ServicesSME24 Jul 2025 – 24 Jul 2027 · up to 24 Jul 2028Extensions: One extension period of 12 months in duration. · Options: The Authority’s requirement under this Contract is for the provision of Asbestos Surveys and Inspections. Thurrock Council has a housing stock of approximately 10,000 properties as a mixture of dwellings including high-rise, low-rise and individual houses. This contract establishes a single service provider to perform management surveys, re-inspection surveys and combination surveys within the housing stock with the option to include non-housing stock and any other property which is added into either housing or non-housing stock later during the contract term. Further information can be found in the Specification.£326,07010 Jul 2025standstill to 22 Jul 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 14 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

Thurrock Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMHW-1723-WDCD New Road, Grays, East of England, RM17 6SLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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