Official UK procurement notice
Warden Call Systems - Service Maintenance
Authority: Ipswich Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Published estimate£50,000≈ £25k / year · £59,998 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202611:00 GMT · 10d 10h left
Clarification cut-off 22 Oct 202614:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServicing contract for 14 warden call systems and 517 speech modules installed in sheltered & homeless housing units.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£50,000
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 are scored
Lot awarding rule: 60% of the award will be based on price 40% will be based on quality
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
What this means for your bid
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £49,932 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
- Authority reference
IBC/21221- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095490- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078457Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £50,000 excludes VAT (£59,998 including VAT).
Timeline
9 Oct 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published18 days ago9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BST
- Clarification questions by4 days ago22 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 10 days6 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 35 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 09:56 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender