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Framework Agreement for the provision of Gas Tightness Testing

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50531200

Value£250k

Deadline6 Oct 2026

Published3 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 3 Sept 202631 days leftCloses 6 Oct 2026

Who to contact

michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The tender documents are available through Staffordshire County Councils e-tendering system 'Proactis'. https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com All bids must be submitted back to Proactis prior to the tender deadline. Any questions regarding the tender must go through the e-tendering system via the message function.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£250ktotal 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.

When this comes round again

Staffordshire County Council publishes Repair & Maintenance work continuously — 51 notices, roughly one every 18 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

The object of this Framework is to ensure the gas installations at each of the customer's premises are safe and conform with the current 'Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations.

The gas supply installation at each property, including the ventilation requirements, shall be inspected and tested for compliance with the current British Standards or equivalent and any relevant Codes of Practice and a written report produced to detail these findings.

All properties are intended to be tested and inspected at 5-year intervals.

This framework is to enable the servicing of Staffordshire County Council's Corporate properties and LEA Maintained Schools.

Additionally, the Managing Agent may use the framework for some or all its customers' 200+ Academy, Fire Service and other properties.

There are currently approximately 387 properties listed on the contract schedule that are expected to be transferred to this framework.

Most are in Staffordshire, with a small number located in Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and the West Midlands.

The properties include all types of buildings operated by a Local Authority including educational, residential care homes, civic buildings, offices, fire stations, enterprise centres and small industrial units.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The object of this Framework is

The object of this Framework is to ensure the gas installations at each of the customer's premises are safe and conform with the current 'Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations.

The gas supply installation at each property

There are currently approximately 387 properties listed

There are currently approximately 387 properties listed on the contract schedule that are expected to be transferred to this framework.

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

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

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market

Framework Agreement for the provision of Gas Tightness Testing

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.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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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