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Published 25 Sept 2025, 13:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Planned Preventative Maintenance of Trend Building Management Systems (BMS)

Official notice

Authority: Capital City College (Education)·On behalf of: AGM Procurement

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£585,000≈ £334k / year · £702,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Nov 2025awarded 30 Jan 2026
Award (standstill) to Optimised Group Limited
Contract term 1 yr 9 moends 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CCC site currently utilise a range of BMS software and hardware, while this is predominantly Trend the range of devises include (IQVision, Trend 963, Distech and Carel). Current maintenance is fragmented and reactive and does not deliver best value for CCC. The purpose of this tender is to procure the services of an accredited Trend Partner to provide a responsive, and proactive PPM and reactive repair service in line with SFG20 for all CCC BMS systems (inclusive of hardware and software) across all sites.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Control panels · Hardware consultancy services · Instrumentation and control equipment · Maintenance of information technology software · Repair and maintenance of plant · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations · Repair of information technology software · Software configuration services · Software-related services · +2 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yr 9 moPublished value£585,000
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Oct 2027 (1 yr 9 mo) · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensionsValue: £585,000 exc. VAT · £702,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: London
Extensions: 2 years in annual increments subject to performance and the agreement of rates.

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: 70% quality and 30% price - full details provided in the Guidance document as part of the tender pack available for download (free of charge) from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home

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 1 Feb 2029
First published
25 Sept 2025, 13:09 BST
Last source update
31 Jan 2026, 19:10 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
Authority reference
BMS_0925
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059682
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Control panelsHardware consultancy servicesInstrumentation and control equipmentMaintenance of information technology softwareRepair and maintenance of plantRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electrical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of mechanical building installationsRepair of information technology software
+4 moreSoftware configuration servicesSoftware-related services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a214 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

30 days - please see the Terms in the tender pack for more details.

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
14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please see the Guidance document within the tender pack for full instructions. To access the Guidance and submit a tender please register (free of charge) on www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗ Should you have any issues accessing documents please contact anna@agmprocurement.com, otherwise all queries through the correspondence function of In-tend please.

Timeline

25 Sept 2025 → 11 Feb 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published398 days ago
    25 Sept 2025, 13:09 BST
  2. Clarification questions by355 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline348 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by270 days ago
    30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Assessment summaries sent270 days ago
    31 Jan 2026
  6. Latest notice published269 days ago
    31 Jan 2026, 19:10 GMT
  7. Contract starts269 days ago
    1 Feb 2026
  8. Standstill ends258 days ago
    11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    25 Sept 2025, 13:09 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    31 Jan 2026, 19:10 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    31 Jan 2026, 19:10 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £485,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Optimised Group Limited16 Feb 2026 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2030Extensions: 3 options in annual increments or as agreed between the parties subject to performance and agreement of rates · Options: Inclusion of additional project works related to the scope of services required and cover for all CCC sites including any changes£485,000 inc. VAT30 Jan 2026standstill to 11 Feb 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one90—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Capital City College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBXT-5983-JZRH Victoria Centre, 76 Vincent Square, London, London, SW1P 2PDContact name, email

Other public bodies

  • AGM ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityManaging the tender processGB-COH: 07431856 Sutton Coldfield, West MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Optimised Buildings LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05775749 109-112 Lancaster House Amy Johnson Way, Blackpool, North West, FY4 2RPContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPlease access all tender documents, updates and access to the correspondence function via In-Tend. Instructions for tender upload have been provided in the Guidance document.

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