Official UK procurement notice
Lift consultant for replacement/upgrade lift programme
Authority: Northamptonshire Partnership Homes (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPre-market engagement notice for Lift programme.
BACKGROUND TO NPH
Northamptonshire Partnership Homes (NPH) are an arm’s length management organisation, formed in January 2015 that manages over 11,500 homes on behalf of West Northamptonshire Council (WNC).
NPH is a wholly subsidiary of WNC (previously Northampton Borough Council prior to the change to establishment of WNC as a unitary authority in April 2021).
NPH are a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) and a not-for-profit organisation. This means that our income is put back into providing housing and housing related services and supporting the communities we work in.
OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW
NPH are looking for an independent Lift Consultant that can undertake necessary works for a replacement/upgrade programme on lifts within its managed properties over a 5 - 10 year programme.
The consultant would be required to carry out site surveys, produce technical specifications/designs for the works, prepare pre-construction information in preparation for a tender exercise to be completed by NPH. Once the contract is awarded the consultant will be required to overview the project until completion with meetings held with the appointed contractor before, during and after installation of any lifts including witnessing the final test of newly replaced or upgraded lifts.
The consultant will also be required to undertake the Principal Designer role under CDM regulations 2015 as required.
NPH will be approaching the market with this tender exercise early August 2025.
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CPV: Lift installation work · Lifts
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 2 Jul 2025, 15:17 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2025, 15:17 BST
- Authority reference
NPH 2025 29 Lift Consultant- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036865- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557b8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:17 BST
- Market engagement15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
We are interested in hearing from suppliers that have the capability to complete the consultancy work on a lift replacement and upgrade programme as detailed. Contact nphprocurement@nph.org.uk in the first instance with a brief overview of your company. We will select and invite suppliers to discuss the services offered. This pre market engagement will allow us to make decisions on how best to tender for this requirement.
- Tender notice expected24 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:17 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender