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London Borough of Havering

Catering Equipment Planned Preventative Maintenance & Repairs

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50883000
Value£532,748
Deadline
Published17 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide

£532,748 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
Sarah Hales
sarah.hales@havering.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£533ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The London Borough of Havering operate a diverse estate of 50 school kitchens, supporting daily meal provision for over 10,000 pupils.

The HES School Catering Service intends to commence a procurement exercise for the maintenance and repair of catering equipment across the school estate.

The Council requires a contractor capable of delivering a high quality, responsive, and compliant service that ensures all catering equipment remains safe, functional, and efficient.

The appointed contractor will be responsible for: • Reactive repairs • Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) • Emergency call outs • Compliance testing (Gas Safe, electrical, refrigeration) • Asset management and condition reporting • Supply and installation of replacement parts • Technical advice and lifecycle planning • Breakdown Repairs Response Times; o Emergency repairs within 4 hours o Urgent repairs same working day if called before 12pm The service must support uninterrupted meal service, maintain statutory compliance, and deliver best value outcomes for the Council.

All engineers will need to hold enhanced DBS certification.

We are planning a preliminary market engagement session to take place via Teams to support the scoping of this procurement.

This session is an integral part of our procurement process and will allow you to have an in-depth discussion on the tender requirements, what we should include or exclude from the service, if there are any innovations in the sector and clarification of any queries related to the procurement process.

Contract information: 3 years + additional 12 months Estimated Contract value: c.

£159,176 per annum, £665,935 total value The session will take place WB 20th July, for approximately one hour.

Please contact sarah.hales@havering.gov.uk to express your interest in this session, and the date and time and teams link will be sent.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Council requires a contractor capable

The Council requires a contractor capable of delivering a high quality, responsive, and compliant service that ensures all catering equipment remains safe, functional, and efficient.

02

The appointed contractor will be responsible

The appointed contractor will be responsible for:.

03

Supply and installation of replacement parts

Supply and installation of replacement parts.

04

The service must support uninterrupted meal service

The service must support uninterrupted meal service, maintain statutory compliance, and deliver best value outcomes for the Council.

05

All engineers will need to hold enhanced

All engineers will need to hold enhanced DBS certification.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

3 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DBS checkPersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
All engineers will need to hold enhanced DBS certification.
Enhanced DBS / enhanced disclosurePersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
All engineers will need to hold enhanced DBS certification.
Gas Safe RegisterRegulator registrations · per person
Compliance testing (Gas Safe, electrical, refrigeration)

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b6fe
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
057115-2026
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