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003043 - Contract for the Supply, Installation, Maintenance and Repair of Door Entry Systems

Business ServicesCPV 72222300

Value£150k

Deadline25 Sept 2026

Published28 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 28 Aug 202627 days leftCloses 25 Sept 2026

Who to contact

corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

All documents for this opportunity can be viewed on www.open.org.uk under the reference number - OPEN20261216 Any issues with the system, please contact open.support@nepo.org

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£150ktotal contract value

median £120k

this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the IT Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Durham County Council publishes IT Services work continuously — 48 notices, roughly one every 37 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

This Contract is for the Supply, Installation, Maintenance and Repair of Door Entry Systems (which can include, but not limited to, Door Opening/Door Release Systems, Video and Audio Door Entry Systems) in residential and domestic properties for relevant Service Users for Adult & Health Services.

This Contract will enable Durham County Council to fulfil its duty of care to ensure that all assessed needs for door entry systems are met throughout the period of the contractual arrangement.

The assessed needs will be identified by an Occupational Therapist (OT) for the Council's Adult & Health Services.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

This Contract is for the Supply, Installation

This Contract will enable Durham County Council

This Contract will enable Durham County Council to fulfil its duty of care to ensure that all assessed needs for door entry systems are met throughout the period of the contractual arrangement.

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.

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

Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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