Notice Information
Notice Title
Chemical Disinfection and Inspection of Water Systems at Keele University
Notice Description
Tenders are invited from interested parties for the Contract for Chemical Disinfection and Inspection of Water Systems at Keele University in accordance with the Tender Specification Documents in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The Tender Specification Documents are listed in Section 2 of the ITT and are attached as separate documents. The services required are fully described in the Tender Specification Documents. All Tenderers are required to submit a compliant tender response in accordance with the tender requirements as set out in the Tender Specification Documents. All tender responses will be subject to the Tender Evaluation Methodology as set out in the ITT. Main reasons for the decision not to sub-divide the contract into lots: Given the need for one Service Provider to co-ordinate the delivery of all of the services required, the contract has not been subdivided into lots.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract will run for a period of three years from 1st August 2025 to 31st July 2028 with options to extend for two further periods of one year each until 31st July 2030. The decision of whether to take up the extension options will be down to the absolute discretion of the University. The estimated total value of the contract over the 3+1+1 years contract period is PS1 million excluding VAT. In order to assist Tenderers in preparing their tender submission, the University will be holding a collective site visit with all potential Tenderers on Wednesday 14th May 2025 to allow Tenderers to get an appreciation of the size and scale of the campus. It is a mandatory requirement that all Tenderers attend the site visit. Tenderers should note that the University is not in a position to offer any alternative dates. The site visit is not part of the scoring assessment and is offered to Tenderers by way of informing their Tender responses only. This Selection Questionnaire ("SQ") is issued with a draft Invitation to Tender ("ITT") document as part of this procurement procedure's suite of procurement documents for the Contract for Chemical Disinfection and Inspection of Water Systems at Keele University. Interested parties are required to complete the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and return this before the SQ deadline.
Options: Options to extend for two further periods of one year each until 31st July 2030.
Renewal: Options to extend for two further periods of one year each until 31st July 2030.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e302
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068356-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71631000 - Technical inspection services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £526,996 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Jul 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE UNIVERSITY OF KEELE
- Contact Name
- Darren Pearce
- Contact Email
- d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1782734124
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KEELE, STAFFORDSHIRE,
- Postcode
- ST5 5NB
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Electoral Ward
- Keele
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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