Official UK procurement notice
Mechanical, Electrical and Sustainable Energy Services Framework (MESE_2027)
Authority: NEUPC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium ("NEUPC") for the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of Mechanical, Electrical and Sustainable Energy Services.
The Mechanical and Electrical Service Lots (1 and 2 below) will be available to all members of NEUPC and SUPC. The framework will be regional, covering the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands and West Midlands. The Services will be split into Reactive or Project-Led to allow for lower value (reactive) and higher value (project-led) services to be provided.
The Sustainable Energy Service Lots (3, 4 and 5 below) will be available to all members of NEUPC, LUPC, SUPC and NWUPC. The framework will be considered national, but is broken down into ten distinct regions, covering the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, Midlands (East & West combined), East Anglia, London, South East, South West, Wales, North West and Cumbria. These three Lots will seek specialist suppliers who are able to offer supply, installation and commissioning services, with a focus on experience and any optional preventative solutions, optimisation services and innovation on offer. Bidders are able to select which regions they can service.
The Services are split into two value bands within each Lot to allow for low and high value services to be provided.
The proposed Lot structure and services are;
LOT 1 - Mechanical Services
LOT 2 - Electrical Services
LOT 3 - Air & Ground Source Heat Source Pumps
LOT 4 - Solar PV Panels and Systems
LOT 5 - LED Lighting Systems and Controls
The structure and procurement process is considered suitable for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) to bid for.
The regional split, number of Suppliers to be awarded per region, etc, will be broken down in greater detail in the tender documents and be clarified during this Preliminary Market Engagement Workshop.
The opportunity will be published on the NEUPC Procurement Portal (Portal). To ensure you can easily access the tender documents, we recommend creating an account on the Portal beforehand. You can create an account at: neupc.delta-esourcing.com ↗
Suppliers are advised to register and complete the relevant stages on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) if they wish to participate in and bid for this framework.
How to register on the CDP can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
Suppliers should be aware that CDP and Portal registration can be a prolonged process. Tender submission deadlines cannot be extended to allow for delayed supplier registration on the CDP and Portal.
CPV: Electrical engineering installation works · Electrical installation work · Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus · Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work · Installation work of illumination and signalling systems · Lighting systems · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Mechanical engineering installation works · Mechanical installations · Repair and maintenance services · Solar energy · Solar photovoltaic modules
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Jun 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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).
- “Mechanical, Electrical and Sustainable Energy Services Framework…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NEUPC Ltd buys Miscellaneous engineering services (CPV 7133), and who usually turns up
NEUPC Ltd’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous engineering services (CPV 7133) →
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.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.
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 122 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 bid7% / 0%
2–34% / 13%
4–642% / 38%
7+47% / 50%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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 3152Published estimate£148m
This lot is listed as CPV 3152. The table above uses the notice category.
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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. The bar shows 92 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–312%
4–638%
7+43%
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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.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Robertson Construction Group LimitedEarlier contract | Mechanical & Electrical Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | Mechanical Services - North East | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Sayes Service LimitedEarlier contract | Mechanical & Electrical Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | Mechanical Services - Yorkshire & Humber | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DFP Services LtdEarlier contract | Mechanical & Electrical Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | Mechanical Services - Yorkshire & Humber | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| CCSS Fire & Security LimitedEarlier contract | Mechanical & Electrical Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | Electrical Services - West Midlands | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Fortify Electrical Services LtdEarlier contract | Mechanical & Electrical Servicesnotice published Jul 2023 | Electrical Services - North East | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
42% title match.
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.
42% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (42% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Mechanical & Electrical Services, winner not published; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:22 GMT
- Authority reference
EFM2063NE- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101605- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07915aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published21h ago27 Oct 2026, 14:22 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 7 days4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
The PME workshop will take place on 4TH NOVEMBER at 11am via Teams and will last approximately one hour. Some potential framework clients may also attend the session.
If you'd like to participate, please email j.lisle@neupc.ac.uk and a brief attendance survey will be issued. You will then be sent a Teams invite no later than close of play on Tuesday 3rd, so please block out the above date/time in your diary in the meantime.
NEUPC Ltd wish to conduct preliminary market engagement (PME) with technical suppliers to help inform the final development of our approach to this framework solution, prior to preparing and issuing tender documents in November. Tender documents are not yet available.
We would welcome your attendance to the session so we can share our approach with you and hear your expert feedback.
Suppliers taking part in the PME will not receive an unfair advantage when bidding for this framework. For the avoidance of doubt, those not participating in the PME workshop will still be able to tender for the framework.
A record of the information shared and received as part of the PME will be kept ensuring that the information gathered is considered in the procurement. An anonymised summary of the information/outcomes will also be shared with other parties and used to help ensure that participating suppliers are not unfairly advantaged.
Suppliers participating in this PME will not automatically receive either an Invitation to Tender, or a place on any framework agreement which may be awarded following an Invitation to Tender.
Interested Suppliers are advised to register and complete the relevant stages on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) if they wish to later bid for this framework.
Suppliers should be aware that CDP registration could be a prolonged process. Tender submission deadlines cannot be extended to allow for late supplier registrations to the CDP.
How to register on the CDP can be found using the following link:
www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
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- Contract startsin 215 days1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Oct 2026, 14:22 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- 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