Oil Heating Servicing and Maintenance for Social Housing 2026

ConstructionCPV 50720000

Value£500k

Deadline2 Oct 2026

Published7 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 7 Aug 202654 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Ms Mhairi Richards

mhairi.richards@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk

+441303853401

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Tenders must be submitted via www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk (a Delta portal). A direct hyperlink will be provided on the UK 4 Tender notice.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£500ktotal 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

The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe has published 3 Repair & Maintenance notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.

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The brief

This notice is to alert the market that the FHDC has a requirement for oil heating and hot water servicing, maintenance, installation and associated works.

As a social housing provider, FHDC is required to undertake landlord oil boiler servicing and maintenance to ensure that the oil-fired heating and hot water systems provided to its tenants remain safe, compliant and in good working order.

FHDC is seeking an independent OFTEC-registered specialist contractor to undertake servicing, maintenance, repairs and associated works to approximately 96 domestic properties with oil-fired heating systems and to work collaboratively with FHDC to deliver this essential service.

The contract is expected to include, but not be limited to planned maintenance, responsive repairs, installation and replacement works, and associated works.

Further details can be found in the document attached to this notice.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

As a social housing provider, FHDC is

The contract is expected to include, but

The contract is expected to include, but not be limited to planned maintenance, responsive repairs, installation and replacement works, and associated works.

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%

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