Official UK procurement notice
Pool Covers for BMDC Swimming Pools
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£90,000≈ £30k / year · £108,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Nov 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 21 Dec 2028 · up to 21 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 22 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC) is looking to appoint a supplier and installer of pool covers for its swimming pools. The initial requirement is for four pool covers in three separate swimming pools. There will also be needed some mechanical winding mechanisms supplied and installed as part of this requirement. We would like proposals for ongoing service and maintenance of these new pool covers and also for our existing pool covers in our other pools. BMDC has 6 main swimming pools.
CPV: Equipment for swimming pools · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£90,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Methodology: 20%
- Service and Maintenance: 10%
- Product Specifications: 20%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value - Environmental Benefits: 5%
- Social Value - Good Jobs and Economic Benefit: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Methodology: Please provide full details how you will deliver the requirements outlined in Appendix 1 – Specification. This to include timings and access requirements to fit and commission the equipment and pool covers.
- Service and Maintenance: Please provide full details how you will deliver service and maintenance requirements for the installed pool covers and equipment for the contract period of 3 years. What is involved and timings of servicing.
- Product Specifications: Please provide full details of the product specifications for both the pool covers and equipment you are proposing. This to include guarantees, estimated life spans, material compositions, electrical requirements for the winding mechanisms and standards that the electrical components and pool covers meet.
- Social Value - Environmental Benefits: Please explain how your products/services and company operations provide environmental benefits to BMDC and the Bradford area.
- Social Value - Good Jobs and Economic Benefit: Please explain how your company provides social value in good jobs and economic benefits for the Bradford area through providing local employment, apprentices and paying the living wage.
- Price: The Bidder offering the lowest price will be awarded the maximum score of 40% The remaining bidders will be awarded a % score based on the difference between their score and the lowest bid The calculation is as follows: Lowest price / bidders price x 40% Scored - Overall Weighting: 40%
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-218-2025-26- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070047- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d7e0Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Reserved participation area
- E11000006
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2025, 23:30 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 02:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
31 Oct 2025 → 22 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification questions by347 days ago14 Nov 2025, 02:00 GMT
- Submission deadline332 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:30 GMT
- Contract starts309 days ago22 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender