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Award

03 Feb 2026 at 12:21

Award

16 Dec 2025 at 14:17

Tender

14 Jul 2025 at 12:32

Summary of the contracting process

Brunelcare, a Bristol-based charity focused on providing housing and care, is leading an open procurement process for an Electrical and Life Safety Maintenance Contract. This contract encompasses both planned and reactive maintenance of electrical and life safety systems across properties owned, leased, or tenanted by Brunelcare. Using an open procedure, Brunelcare sought to appoint a supplier for a five-year term, beginning on 1st April 2026. The maintenance services are to cover a wide array of properties within the South West of England, under the management of Shared Services for Housing Limited. Key dates in the tender process included a tender submission deadline on 1st September 2025, with the finalised award signed on 26th January 2026.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialised in electrical installation, repair, and maintenance services. The contract, valued at approximately £2.93 million, offers stable business growth over a five-year period. SMEs in the related fields, particularly those with the ability to provide round-the-clock maintenance services, could find this contract highly beneficial. Successful bidders, such as the awarded NRT Building Services Group Limited, would need to ensure comprehensive service provision with an emphasis on system reliability and compliance, in order to gain and sustain business growth opportunities. This contract also allows businesses to engage with a wide range of properties, adapting to potential changes in property ownership or asset listings throughout the contract period.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Electrical and Life Safety Maintenance Contract (Brunelcare)

Notice Description

Brunelcare wishes to appoint a Supplier for the supply of services and works in respect of electrical and life safety maintenance. The Supplier shall be responsible for all Planned Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance of electrical and life safety systems located within properties owned, leased, or tenanted by Brunelcare. A professionally managed service is to be provided for both Planned and Reactive Maintenance activities. The Supplier shall ensure the availability of qualified on-call personnel to respond to maintenance issues and system failures twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the entire calendar year, including public holidays. Brunelcare is a Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care and support for later living in the South West. Brunelcare undertook an Open Procedure to select a suitable Supplier to deliver the Electrical and Life Safety Maintenance Contract to commence on 1st April 2026 (five (5) year contract term). The Supplier will be expected to provide services as per the Specification to any Brunelcare asset as required. As and when assets are obtained or disposed of, the Supplier will be notified. Within the Pricing Schedule of this tender, the Contracting Authority has stated a number of assets/properties that the Supplier will be expected to deliver services to - if this list of assets/properties needs to be modified throughout the contract term, this will be considered a "materialisation of a known risk". Please note that Shared Service for Housing (SSfH) is acting as the managing organisation on behalf of Brunelcare for this tender opportunity.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055e79
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009423-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

50 - Repair and maintenance services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

45310000 - Electrical installation work

50711000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations

71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,150,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£3,150,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,927,950 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£2,927,950 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Feb 20266 months ago
Submission Deadline
1 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Nov 20259 months ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
2030-07-14

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BRUNELCARE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS5 9FF
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK51 Bristol, City of
Delivery Location
TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Local Authority
Bristol, City of
Electoral Ward
Easton
Westminster Constituency
Bristol East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NRT BUILDING SERVICES GROUP LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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