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Watford Borough Council

Hard Facilities Management Services

Business ServicesCPV 50700000
Value£2.0m
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Published24 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 24 Jul 202631 days leftCloses 24 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Omobolaji Oladokun
procurement@watford.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
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This is a large award for Repair & Maintenance — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Watford Borough Council will be undertaking a procurement for the provision of hard facilities management services for its corporate estate.

The Council intends to appoint a suitably experienced supplier, to deliver compliant, responsive and value for money hard facilities management services across a varied property portfolio.

The estate includes, but is not limited to: •civic and administrative offices •public facing advice and community buildings •museums and heritage buildings •theatres and entertainment venues •parks, leisure and education facilities •cemetery buildings and chapels •public conveniences •depots and operational buildings •cafés, kitchens and hospitality facilities •car park and market-related facilities The scope of services is expected to include, but is not limited to: •planned preventative maintenance •statutory inspections, testing and certification •mechanical and electrical maintenance •fire safety systems servicing and testing •water hygiene and legionella control services •lift, hoist and lifting equipment maintenance •building fabric maintenance •drainage, roofing and gutter maintenance •responsive repairs and emergency call-outs •asset data management, compliance records and performance reporting •minor works and small projects •specialist waste removal For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Watford:-Repair-and-maintenance-services./E9CERWFQB8 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/E9CERWFQB8

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Council intends to appoint a suitably

The Council intends to appoint a suitably experienced supplier, to deliver compliant, responsive and value for money hard facilities management services across a varied property portfolio.

02

The scope of services is expected

The scope of services is expected to include, but is not limited to:.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m 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

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06d369
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
070362-2026
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