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Urgent works for Incoming & Lateral Mains Replacement in Council Housing

BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

13 Jan 2026 at 12:39

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Award

12 Jan 2026 at 16:53

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by Brighton and Hove City Council involved urgent works for the replacement of incoming and lateral mains in council housing. This process falls under the 'works' category within the electrical industry, primarily focusing on electrical installation at two high-rise residential blocks. The award stage of this tender concluded on 12th January 2026, following a direct procurement method 'below threshold - without competition', due to the urgent nature of the works. The contract start date is scheduled for 1st February 2026, with completion expected by 1st April 2026. This local government procurement is situated in Hove, United Kingdom, within the UKJ21 region, revealing an immediate deadline—scheduled signature on 26th January 2026.

This procurement presents business growth opportunities for specialist electrical contractors, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of swiftly mobilising resources to address critical safety risks in high-rise blocks. Companies with expertise in mains connections, electrical installation work, and the operation of electrical installations are well-suited for this contract. Moreover, the successful contractor in this case, GB ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LLP, demonstrates the advantage of prior experience with similar tasks, showcasing how past performance and readiness in crisis can secure essential contracts.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Urgent works for Incoming & Lateral Mains Replacement in Council Housing

Notice Description

Since August 2025 the Council have been working in partnership with UK Power Networks (UKPN) to carry out proactive testing on the incoming and lateral electrical mains to our high-rise blocks where we don't currently have the ability to isolate the block supply to enable testing. This testing is in order to understand the state of the installations and plan a programme of works. The proactive testing programme followed an earlier Strategic Overview Report on the condition of electrical intake services to high rise residential blocks. This visual inspection report has now been followed by a detailed condition survey of each site. This survey programme has taken significant time to be agreed with UKPN, whose support we require to isolate the electrical supply to the blocks to allow testing and inspection. This proactive testing programme has identified significant urgent critical safety risks that concern the infrastructure to the electrical power supply rising and lateral mains at two high rise residential blocks in the City. These installations are at imminent risk of failure, which could leave many vulnerable residents without power. The condition and age of the installations is such that health and safety concerns also exist around fire and electric shock. Due to fire safety concerns, we have also had to ensure waking watches are in place at three of the blocks. The Housing Repairs & Maintenance service has an urgent need to procure specialist electrical contractor/s to support our in-house team to undertake a programme of electrical rewiring/replacement works to ensure power can be sustained at the current high-risk properties and safety risks addressed. Owing to the urgent nature of these works the service wishes to mobilise contractor/s as early in January 2026 as possible. The contractor/s that we are currently in discussion with a view to progress this work have previously carried out this type of work (directly contracted OR subcontracted) on behalf of the Housing service and indicate they can mobilise from early January. Due to the urgency and severity of this we need to directly award a specialist contractor/s to undertake urgent upgrade and replacement works at these two high rise residential blocks.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-060413
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002636-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

45 - Construction work

51 - Installation services (except software)

65 - Public utilities

CPV Codes

31311000 - Mains connections

31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus

45310000 - Electrical installation work

51100000 - Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment

65320000 - Operation of electrical installations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£77,429,056 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Jan 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Jan 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Feb 2026 - 1 Apr 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

MISSING

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurementpmo@eastsussex.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
HOVE
Postcode
BN3 3BQ
Post Town
Brighton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ21 Brighton and Hove
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Brighton and Hove
Electoral Ward
Central Hove
Westminster Constituency
Hove and Portslade

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

GB ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SOUTH EAST

Further Information

Notice Documents

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