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title: "Responsive Maintenance and Void Contract 2025 - 2030"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047bab"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL"
published: "2024-12-03"
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# Responsive Maintenance and Void Contract 2025 - 2030

Buyer: DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047bab

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## Summary

Dover District Council has initiated a procurement process for the "Responsive Maintenance and Void Contract 2025 – 2030", classified under "Construction work" (CPV code 45000000). The contract entails day-to-day responsive repair and maintenance of various Council-owned housing assets as well as cleaning, repair, and redecoration of void properties to enable tenant re-occupancy. The process, which has reached the award stage, follows an open procurement procedure. Key dates include the contract signing on 17 October 2024, with an expected start on 1 April 2025. The procurement took place in the UKJ4 region with a submission deadline extended to 16 August 2024.

This contract provides a significant opportunity for businesses in the construction and maintenance sectors to grow by participating in public sector work. Given the contract's extensive scope, involving ongoing maintenance and specific improvement projects, established companies with experience in similar large-scale maintenance contracts would be well-suited to compete. The awarded supplier, Mears Limited, is a large-scale entity, highlighting the potential for significant business opportunities and long-term engagements for capable firms in the industry.

## Notice

The Scope of Works included within this contract is the day-to-day responsive repair and maintenance of the building fabric, structure, services or land, including Council-owned houses, bungalows, flats, maisonettes, garages, plant rooms, stores, outbuildings, fences and other housing assets, and the cleaning, repair and redecoration of void properties to enable re-occupation by new tenants. In addition, to carry out a limited programme of planned maintenance improvement works, disabled adaptation works and ad hoc works reasonably expected in a contract of the scope and scale.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scope of Works included within this contract is the day-to-day responsive repair and maintenance of the building fabric, structure, services or land, including Council-owned houses, bungalows, flats, maisonettes, garages, plant rooms, stores, outbuildings, fences and other housing assets, and the cleaning, repair and redecoration of void properties to enable re-occupation by new tenants. In addition, to carry out a limited programme of planned maintenance improvement works, disabled adaptation works and ad hoc works reasonably expected in a contract of the scope and scale.

Renewal: Initial term of 5 years with option to extend for a further two periods of 5 years each.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038934-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £26,853,006 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL |
| Locality | WHITFIELD, DOVER |
| Post town | Canterbury |
| Postcode | CT16 3PJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ44 East Kent |
| Local authority | Dover |
| Electoral ward | Whitfield |
| Westminster constituency | Dover and Deal |
| Delivery location | TLJ4 Kent |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MEARS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45000000 - Construction work

## Release History

- 3 Dec 2024 at 14:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038934-2024
- 8 Jul 2024 at 15:14 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020816-2024
- 8 Jul 2024 at 14:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020810-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://kentbusinessportal.org.uk
- http://www.dover.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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