Award

Servicing and Maintenance of Permanent Generators and Hire of Temporary Generator Sets

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

18 Aug 2025 at 16:18

Tender

04 Dec 2024 at 11:24

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust pertains to the "Servicing and Maintenance of Permanent Generators and Hire of Temporary Generator Sets." This contract, classified under the "Repair and maintenance services of machinery" category, is crucial for maintaining the operational resilience of the hospital's critical facilities across three main locations in Nottingham: Queens Medical Centre, City Hospital, and Ropewalk House. The procurement is at the award stage, with the tender process having utilised an open procedure. The contract was signed on 18th August 2025 and involves a project duration of 24 months, with potential extensions making it a 60-month contract. The award criteria included a weighting of 55% on technical aspects, 10% on social value, and 35% on price considerations.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in technical maintenance, service provision for electrical machinery, and disaster recovery solutions. Companies specializing in generator servicing and with capabilities in offering temporary generator sets on short notice are particularly well-suited to compete. Given the NHS Trust's emphasis on high reliability, efficiency, and adherence to health technical memoranda and industry standards, companies with robust operational frameworks and value-for-money solutions will thrive. Additionally, as the procurement was open to SMEs, demonstrated by the active participation and bidding from small and medium enterprises, companies that fit these criteria might find compelling entry points into public sector contracts such as this.

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Notice Title

Servicing and Maintenance of Permanent Generators and Hire of Temporary Generator Sets

Notice Description

A contractor is required to provide comprehensive planned generator servicing and maintenance (henceforth collectively "the service") to Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (The Client)'s generator sets, including, but not limited to, the following:<br/><br/>a. Planned Preventative maintenance comprising both a:<br/>i. Minor Service as defined in the specification, and<br/>ii. Major Service as defined in the specification, which shall include, but not be limited to, oil change and provision of<br/>temporary generator sets as a minimum<br/><br/>b. Load bank testing to be completed after major service<br/><br/>c. Ad-hoc call-out services and reactive maintenance (E.g. call out to attend the property in the event of a fault with the Trust's generator(s)<br/><br/>d. Disaster recovery solution which shall include, but not be limited to, provision of temporary generator sets on a hire basis in the event of failure/fault with the Client's generator set(s).

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Purpose of the Client's generators is to provide resilience in the event the property's electrical supply is disrupted e.g. due to mains power failure or localised electrical infrastructure failure.

The Objective of the Client's generators is to ensure the Client's critical operations, including, but not limited to operating theatres, aren't hindered due to lack of electrical supply.

In order to satisfy the Purpose and Objective, the service shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a) service and maintain the Client's generator sets to a high standard to ensure all of the Client's generators operate to a high level of reliability, efficiency and availability.
b) ensure that temporary generators are supplied and installed as part of the Contractor's proposed disaster recovery solution to provide resilience within the minimum timeframes in the event any of the Client's generator set(s) fail or be unavailable for any reason.
- Installation shall include, but not be limited to, doing everything necessary to enable the Contractor's temporary generator set to provide electricity supply to the Client's property.
c) Make suggestions/recommendations to increase reliability whilst providing value for money.

In addition to the requirements set out in the Scope, the Contractor shall ensure the Client's generator sets are serviced and maintained in accordance with the following:

a) Health Technical Memorandum 06-01 (HTM 06-01)
b) Health Technical Memorandum 06-02 (HTM 06-02)
c) relevant manufacturer's recommendations
d) relevant industry standards
e) good industry practice. Additional information: Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 55
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 35

Options: The duration of the contract is 24 months (The Initial Term), with the option to extend for a further 36 months, meaning the duration of the contract may be extended to a maximum of 60 months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c218
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049643-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

50 - Repair and maintenance services


CPV Codes

31120000 - Generators

31127000 - Emergency generator

50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery

50532300 - Repair and maintenance services of generators

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
31 Jan 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Aug 20256 months ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
2029

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
Additional Buyers

NOTTINGHAM CITY CAMPUS, HUCKNALL ROAD

Contact Name
Darren J. Statham
Contact Email
darren.statham1@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG5 1PB
Post Town
Nottingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)

Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Sherwood
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

P AND I GENERATORS

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