Official UK procurement notice
Installation and Supply of Structured Cabling with Maintenance and Support
Authority: Caerphilly County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCaerphilly County Borough Council (CCBC) intends to award a contract following a tender process being undertaken for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, and support of structured cabling infrastructure across its corporate estate, schools, educational establishments, operational facilities, and other associated premises throughout the County Borough.
The estimated contract value stated within this notice is indicative only and has been calculated based on anticipated requirements over the contract term.
The Council does not guarantee any minimum level of expenditure, volume of work or value of services under this Contract. Requirements will be commissioned on an as-required basis, subject to operational needs, available budgets and service demand throughout the Contract period.
CPV: Audio-visual equipment · Building installation work · Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment · Network cabling · Optical-fibre cables
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 13:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
CCBC/PS3026/26/GH- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077363- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06aa1aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy
Timeline
1 Jun 2026 → 22 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published148 days ago1 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
- Market engagement134 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Please can all expressions of interest be sent to thomaj11@caerphilly.gov.uk by COP on Monday 15 June 2026 and respond to the following questions:
- Delivery Model & Capacity
How does your organisation typically structure delivery for contracts of this scale and geographic spread?
What resource model do you operate (in-house vs subcontracting), and how do you ensure service resilience?
- Technical Capability
What experience do you have delivering structured cabling (Cat6a, fibre, etc.) in multi-site public sector environments?
How do you ensure compliance with relevant cabling standards and testing requirements?
- Service Levels
What response and resolution times would you typically propose for:
Critical faults
Planned works
How do you manage high-priority works and escalation?
- Asset Management & Quality
How do you ensure:
Accurate labelling and documentation
Quality assurance and testing
Ongoing visibility of installed infrastructure
- Working Environment & Risk
What experience do you have working in:
Schools / education settings
Live operational or critical environments
How do you minimise disruption and manage health & safety risks?
- Innovation & Best Practice
What innovations, tools, or approaches could improve:
Efficiency of installations
Asset tracking / reporting
Long-term infrastructure management
- Commercial Approach
What pricing models are typically used (e.g. schedule of rates, fixed price, hybrid)?
Are there any cost drivers or risks the Council should consider when developing its approach?
- Tender notice published75 days ago13 Aug 2026, 16:02 BST
- Next notice expected74 days ago14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by60 days ago28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline46 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent20 days ago8 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published19 days ago8 Oct 2026, 13:28 BST
- Standstill ends8 days ago19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by6 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts6 days ago22 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jun 2026, 11:49 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published13 Aug 2026, 10:22 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned13 Aug 2026, 10:22 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Aug 2026, 10:22 BST
- Tender notice published13 Aug 2026, 16:02 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active13 Aug 2026, 16:02 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST13 Aug 2026, 16:02 BST
- Contract award notice published8 Oct 2026, 13:28 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Oct 2026, 13:28 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 1 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S.M NETWORKS LTDInstallation & Supply of Structured Cabling with Maintenance & Support 22 Oct 2026 – 21 Oct 2031 · up to 21 Oct 2036Extensions: The Council reserves the right to extend the contract for a further period of up to 60 months. · Options: The Contract may include options for additional works and services associated with and ancillary to the subject matter of the Contract as requirements arise during the Contract period. | £4,000,000 | 8 Oct 2026standstill to 19 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- A.S.M NETWORKS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender