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title: "AC Equipment and Cold rooms"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000818473"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE"
published: "2026-02-16"
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# AC Equipment and Cold rooms

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000818473

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## Summary

This procurement process involves the University of Dundee, which seeks services within the education sector for its AC Equipment and Coldrooms. The procurement follows the open procedure method and aims to cover service and maintenance as per manufacturer's guidelines and University scopes. Located in Dundee, the tender describes the delivery of annual servicing, reactive call-out covers, and potential upgrades to ensure continuous operation. The process moved from the tender stage, published on 15 December 2025, with submission closing on 23 January 2026, to award and contract activation dated 13 February 2026. The estimated contract value is £200,000 GBP.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for service providers specialising in AC equipment maintenance, particularly those adept at servicing educational facilities. Enterprises with expertise in efficient operation checks, cleaning, maintenance, and defect identification, along with qualifications in FGas certification, will gain from participating. The University of Dundee notably appreciates entities that can ensure spares availability for crucial equipment such as data centres. Small to medium-sized enterprises experienced in electronic submission methods, and companies registered for maintaining University assets, will find this procurement advantageous to expand their scope in the education services sector. The contract was awarded to Lovat's Group Ltd, evidencing an open competition with seven bids, all compliant through electronic submission.

## Notice

Annual AC Equipment and Coldroom service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover, as per Full asset list of university plant. Servicing to be done in accordance with Manufacturers guidelines and University of Dundee scope University of Dundee Scope of annual servicing where applicable. AC equipment indoor and outdoor to be checked for correct/efficient operation, cleaning and note any defects. The contractor should inform of any equipment that is now obsolete to allow for planned upgrades. Refrigerant levels should be checked and reported on to allow for continuous maintenance of the F gas registers. Spares to be kept on site for crucial equipment e.g data centres.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Service and maintenance Contract, as per manufacturers guidelines, the recommendation of annual servicing is to be carried out. Annual AC Equipment and Cold room service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB549592 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £200,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE |
| Locality | DUNDEE |
| Post town | Dundee |
| Postcode | DD1 4HN |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM03 Angus and Dundee City |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Dundee Central |
| Delivery location | TLM71 Angus and Dundee City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LOVAT'S GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 42 - Industrial machinery
- 45 - Construction work
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 39717000 - Fans and air-conditioning appliances
- 39717200 - Air-conditioning appliances
- 42510000 - Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery
- 42512000 - Air-conditioning installations
- 42512200 - Wall air-conditioning machines
- 42512500 - Parts of air-conditioning machines
- 45331200 - Ventilation and air-conditioning installation work
- 45331220 - Air-conditioning installation work
- 45331221 - Partial air-conditioning installation work
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

## Release History

- 16 Feb 2026 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB549592
- 15 Dec 2025 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545682

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC545682&idx=1
  15th December 2025 - Annex C
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC545682&idx=2
  15th December 2025 - Annex A
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC545682&idx=3
  15th December 2025 - Annex B
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC545682&idx=4
  15th December 2025 - Asset register
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545682
  AC Equipment and Cold rooms - Annual AC Equipment and Coldroom service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover, as per Full asset list of university plant. Servicing to be done in accordance with Manufacturers guidelines and University of Dundee scope University of Dundee Scope of annual servicing where applicable. AC equipment indoor and outdoor to be checked for correct/efficient operation, cleaning and note any defects. The contractor should inform of any equipment that is now obsolete to allow for planned upgrades. Refrigerant levels should be checked and reported on to allow for continuous maintenance of the F gas registers. Spares to be kept on site for crucial equipment e.g data centres.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB549592
  AC Equipment and Cold rooms - Annual AC Equipment and Coldroom service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover, as per Full asset list of university plant. Servicing to be done in accordance with Manufacturers guidelines and University of Dundee scope University of Dundee Scope of annual servicing where applicable. AC equipment indoor and outdoor to be checked for correct/efficient operation, cleaning and note any defects. The contractor should inform of any equipment that is now obsolete to allow for planned upgrades. Refrigerant levels should be checked and reported on to allow for continuous maintenance of the F gas registers. Spares to be kept on site for crucial equipment e.g data centres.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.dundee.ac.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000818473

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