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UKRI 5830 - High and Low Voltage Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing Contract

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50710000

Value£4.3m

Deadline7 Sept 2026

Published14 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 14 Aug 20265 days leftCloses 7 Sept 2026

Who to contact

stfcprocurement@ukri.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

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The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£4.3mtotal contract value

median £130k

this tender£0£4.8m

This is a large award for Repair & Maintenance — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) publishes Repair & Maintenance work continuously — 9 notices, roughly one every 9 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

38% of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The provision of High and Low Voltage Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing services.

What it takes to bid this

25–40 daysof bid-team effort

£17.1k–£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

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Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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