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WHC - Fire and Security Servicing

Electrical EquipmentCPV 51700000

Value£400k

Deadline18 Sept 2026

Published14 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 14 Aug 202630 days leftCloses 18 Sept 2026

Who to contact

procurement@welhat.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£400ktotal contract value

median £210k

this tender£0£17.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Security, Defence & Safety Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has published 195 notices across all categories, and 46% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The Council is seeking a contractor to provide Fire and Security Servicing for its Corporate buildings (8 sites).

Fire: • Fire Alarms (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Fire Extinguishers (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Fire Risk Assessments (as required) Security: • Intruder alarms (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Monitoring of Intruder and fire alarms (by a monitoring station) • CCTV Systems (annual servicing and reactive maintenance)

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

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

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