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UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI-6027 STFC Lifts - Maintenance, Reactive, Remedial and Project works.

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50750000
Value£590k
Deadline28 Aug 2026
Published24 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 24 Jul 202634 days leftCloses 28 Aug 2026
Who to contact
STFC procurement
stfcprocurement@ukri.org
+44 1793442000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£590ktotal 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.

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The brief

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), wishes to establish a contract cover all industrial lift maintenance, reactive and remedial works at The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire (RAL).

The site address for delivery of the goods and/or services is: a.

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX Currently there are no assets at the other STFC sites listed below • Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire • The Cosener’s House, in Abingdon If in the future Lifts are installed within the above sites, and if further sites come under STFC management in the south of England or Wales, through the term of this contract we will discuss and agree requirements and cost variations.

What it takes to bid this

1220 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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  • 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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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
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Source
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