--- title: "Fire Protection Systems and Equipment Maintenance" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078434" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078434" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078434.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078434.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Milton Keynes City Council" published: "2026-10-08" --- # Fire Protection Systems and Equipment Maintenance Buyer: Milton Keynes City Council Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078434 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078434) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078434.json) ## Summary Milton Keynes City Council is seeking maintenance of fire protection systems and equipment across its Corporate Landlord property portfolio, comprising properties from which the council mainly provides its services. The work covers reactive repairs, quoted work, planned maintenance, best-practice maintenance and statutory compliance, subject to the assets concerned. Equipment and systems include fire detection and alarms, fire suppression, extinguishers, emergency lighting and related alarm systems. The requirement also includes maintenance of electrical building installations associated with the service. This is a services contract for suppliers working in fire safety systems inspection, maintenance and repair, rather than a purchase of equipment alone. The council has responsibility for maintaining these assets and seeks provision that supports its operational and compliance obligations. The council invited offers through a tender using an open procedure. The deadline for questions was 5 November 2026 at 23:59, and the bid submission deadline was 19 November 2026 at 12:00. The council expected to complete its award decision by 1 April 2027. The estimated contract value is £320,000 excluding VAT (£384,000 including VAT). The contract is due to run from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2030, with an option for the council to extend it by 12 months, to a maximum end date of 30 June 2031. There is one lot. Evaluation is weighted 55% to quality and 45% to price; the tender documents set out the detailed criteria. This requirement is suited to suppliers with the capability to maintain a broad range of fire protection assets in buildings used to deliver public services. Relevant experience would include planned and reactive maintenance, repair work, statutory compliance and working across fire detection, alarms, suppression equipment, extinguishers and emergency lighting. The council says it has experience buying similar services and regards the market as mature and competitive, so suppliers should be prepared to compete on both the quality and price of their offer. The portfolio-wide scope is likely to suit businesses able to cover different systems and types of maintenance within a single contract. The tender description does not set out particular accreditations or minimum capacity requirements. ## Notice Milton Keynes City Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment Maintenance. For the Corporate Landlord stock (properties from which the council predominately offer their services) the Council has full maintenance responsibility (subject to assets) including reactive, quoted, planned, best practice and statutory compliance obligations. Fire Protection systems fall into this category. Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this E Tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ Suppliers will be notified by email and the tender documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website be electing the "view details" button for this tender. Deadline for submissions for this tender will be 12 Noon 19th November 2026 The contracting authority has prior experience of procuring similar services and is aware of a mature and competitive marketplace. The project team therefore determined that Pre-Market Engagement would not add material value or improve competition, specification development, or procurement outcomes. In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and adopting a proportionate approach, the authority proceeded directly to the tender stage. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: option for the Council to extend for 12 months ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095417-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | 19 Nov 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jul 2027 - 30 Jun 2030 | | Recurrence | 2030-07-01 | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £320,000 | | Lots value | £320,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Milton Keynes City Council | | Locality | MILTON KEYNES | | Postcode area | Milton Keynes | | Postcode | MK9 3EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ12 Milton Keynes | | Local authority | Milton Keynes | | Electoral ward | Central Milton Keynes | | Westminster constituency | Milton Keynes Central | | Delivery location | TLJ12 Milton Keynes | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment - 50 - Repair and maintenance services ### Codes - 31518200 - Emergency lighting equipment - 31625100 - Fire-detection systems - 31625200 - Fire-alarm systems - 35111300 - Fire extinguishers - 35111500 - Fire suppression system - 35121700 - Alarm systems - 50413200 - Repair and maintenance services of firefighting equipment - 50711000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations ## Release History - 8 Oct 2026 at 17:05 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095417-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095417-2026 8th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ Please see Invitation to Tender for further details. The Tender documents can be accessed by logging into https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078434. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078434.json.