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title: "FM2511 Direct Award Mechanical & Electrical - Planned and Reactive Maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0677e1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WILTSHIRE COUNCIL"
published: "2026-03-30"
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# FM2511 Direct Award Mechanical & Electrical - Planned and Reactive Maintenance

Buyer: WILTSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0677e1

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Wiltshire Council as the buying organisation, located in Trowbridge, United Kingdom, under industry category 'Public authority - sub-central government'. This contract, titled "FM2511 Direct Award Mechanical & Electrical - Planned and Reactive Maintenance", concerns the provision of mechanical and electrical services for planned and reactive maintenance across the Council’s assets. The procurement, initiated as a tender, has reached the award stage on 30 March 2026, with the contract period scheduled from 25 May 2026 to 30 September 2027. The procurement method employed is a direct award due to extreme and unavoidable urgency, ensuring continuity of vital services.

This tender provides a lucrative opportunity for businesses specialising in repair and maintenance services, particularly those equipped to handle mechanical and electrical functions. Wiltshire Council's direct award to Wessex Electricals (Shaftesbury) Limited—an SME—highlights the demand for businesses that can rapidly mobilise and deliver compliant service. Firms with experience in statutory compliance, building safety, and maintaining critical systems stand a better chance of benefiting from future competitive procurement processes, as the Council plans to appoint a long-term contractor from October 2027. The direct award reflects trust in established expertise and operational familiarity, paving the way for strategic growth in the sector.

## Notice

This contract covers reactive repairs, Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and small works during the contract period. This direct award seeks the appointment of a main provider to cover mechanical and electrical services activities across the Council's general fund Assets

### Procurement Information

This notice is issued to correct an error in the transparency notice published on 30 March 2026 at 11:54 (Notice ID: 2026/S 000-029013, OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0677a3). The original notice incorrectly identified the supplier. This corrective notice supersedes the supplier information contained in that publication. All other details of the procurement remain unchanged. The need for a direct award arises from genuinely unforeseeable and urgent circumstances that fall outside the Council's control. The situation has not been caused by any deficiency in the Council's planning, contract management, or procurement activity, and therefore meets the statutory conditions for use of the extreme and unavoidable urgency provisions under Paragraph 13 of Schedule 5, of the Procurement Act 2023. The Council is required to bring the current Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) contract which covers all planned and reactive maintenance for the Council's key assets, to an early conclusion. The M&E contract underpins essential statutory compliance, building safety, and the continued operation of critical systems across the Council's estate. The early termination of the contract creates an immediate and unavoidable need to secure alternative provision to prevent service interruption, maintain legal compliance, and protect health and safety. Running a full competitive procurement at this point would introduce delays that would result in gaps in statutory servicing, reduced resilience of critical building systems, and unacceptable operational and safety risks. While a competitive process will be undertaken to appoint a long term contractor, it cannot be completed within the time available without exposing the Council to material risk. The urgency arises from the need to ensure continuity of essential services and is not attributable to any action or omission by the Council. To maintain continuity of essential services, the Council proposes to implement time limited interim arrangements for an 18 month period through a direct award permitted under the extreme and unavoidable urgency procurement provisions. These interim arrangements include: * Main M&E Provider -- Appointment of an interim contractor to deliver the majority of Mechanical and Electrical functions. This exemption relates specifically to the proposed direct award to Wessex Electrical Services Ltd. With specialist workstreams separated and retained by existing expert providers, Wessex Electrical is recommended as the principal interim M&E provider. Wessex has previously delivered M&E services successfully as a subcontractor prior to the 2024 contract, currently provides reliable services to Housing, and holds the technical accreditations required to mobilise at pace and maintain compliant service delivery. Wessex Electrical also offers continuity of expertise, having previously delivered elements of the M&E service under the former Kier contract before the current contract commenced. Although this is not a reinstatement of the previous arrangement, their historic involvement provides proven familiarity with the Council's estate, systems, and operational requirements. The urgency therefore arises solely from the need to ensure continuity of critical statutory and safety related services following the early conclusion of the existing contract. The proposed direct award represents a lawful, proportionate, and strictly necessary measure to safeguard essential M&E functions during the transition period, consistent with the requirements of Schedule 5. Regarding the foreseeability of the need to end the current contract early, the Council could not reasonably have initiated a competitive procurement in advance, as the requirement to end the contract early was not known with sufficient certainty. This proposal is for a relatively short period of time to allow for a full competitive procurement to be undertaken. This temporary 18 month arrangement is designed to: * maintain statutory compliance * avoid gaps in essential servicing * ensure operational stability across the estate A full competitive procurement will be undertaken to appoint a long term contractor to commence from October 2027.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029149-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 24 May 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £637,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WILTSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | TROWBRIDGE |
| Post town | Bath |
| Postcode | BA14 8JN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK72 Wiltshire |
| Local authority | Wiltshire |
| Electoral ward | Trowbridge Central |
| Westminster constituency | South West Wiltshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WESSEX ELECTRICALS (SHAFTESBURY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

## Release History

- 30 Mar 2026 at 13:33 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029149-2026
- 30 Mar 2026 at 13:04 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029122-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029149-2026
  30th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029122-2026
  30th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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