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Colchester Borough Homes

GB-Colchester: Electrical & Lighting Upgrade

ConstructionCPV 45000000 45300000 71000000 71300000 71310000 71314000 31000000 31500000 31520000 31527000
Value£8k
Awarded8 Mar 2019
Published17 May 2019
RegionEast of England
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£8ktotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

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The brief

Colchester Borough Homes wish to appoint a suitably experienced contractor(s) to undertake Electrical & Lighting Upgrade work at the following locations: Mary Frank House Electrical Upgrade Main distribution board has recently been upgraded however the secondary boards that feed the flats are old and in need of replacement.

The aim of the upgrade is to ensure that each flat in the scheme has at least a 50a feed.

John Lampon Court Electrical Upgrade Upgrade main feed distribution boards within the scheme, prices can be submitted to utilise the existing boards and upgrade components accordingly or replace the entire board.

All flat feeds are to be upgraded from a 40a to 63a supply.

Winstree Court Lighting Upgrade Improvements to communal lighting in ground and first floor corridors and communal lounge.

Microwave sensors to be fitted in place of conventional switching, existing switches to be changed over to key switch.

Luminaires to include emergency lighting.

Contractors may apply for one or more of the three upgrade schemes.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The aim of the upgrade is

The aim of the upgrade is to ensure that each flat in the scheme has at least a 50a feed.

02

All flat feeds are to be upgraded

All flat feeds are to be upgraded from a 40a to 63a supply.

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Stage
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