Tender
Welwyn Hatfield tenders 80 million pound responsive repairs contract
By Staff Writer | 08-09-2026
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has published a tender notice for responsive repairs and related services to its housing stock of approximately 9,500 properties. The notice records an estimated total value of 80,000,000 pounds excluding VAT over a ten year term starting in October 2027, with requests to participate due by 5 October 2026 at 12 noon.
What is being procured
The notice, reference C1204, was published on 8 September 2026 under the Procurement Act 2023. The council describes the procurement as the appointment of contractors to undertake responsive repairs and related services to its stock of approximately 9,500 properties. The main procurement category is works. The CPV classifications cover building construction work, sheltered housing construction work, multi-dwelling buildings construction work, electrical installation, wiring and fitting work, electrical engineering installation works, and plumbing and sanitary works. The contract location is Hertfordshire.
The description contains two statements that do not sit together. Its first sentence says the council is undertaking a procurement to appoint two contractors. Its second sentence says the contract is being let as one lot with all related services to be undertaken by one contractor. The notice does not reconcile the two, and this desk has not read the tender documents, which the notice says are available through the Supply Hertfordshire portal. Bidders should take the number of appointments from those documents rather than from the notice.
Value, term and criteria
The estimated total value is 80,000,000 pounds excluding VAT and 96,000,000 pounds including VAT, and the notice records the procurement as above the relevant threshold. The estimated contract dates are 1 October 2027 to 30 September 2037, a term of ten years. The notice gives no annual figure and states no extension option, so the annual run rate cannot be taken from it.
Award criteria are quality at 60 percent and price at 40 percent, recorded on the notice for a single lot. The procedure is the competitive flexible procedure, and the procedure description on the notice reads simply "Open". A conflicts assessment has been prepared or revised. The estimated award decision date is 8 April 2027, which leaves just under six months between the award decision and the estimated contract start.
The council's estimate is a figure for the whole term and the notice does not say how it was built up, what proportion relates to responsive repairs as against the related services, or whether voids, planned works or compliance servicing fall inside the scope. The scope wording on the notice is a single sentence, and nothing beyond it should be inferred.
Dates and how to respond
Dates. The submission type is requests to participate. The enquiry deadline is 28 September 2026 at 12 noon. The deadline for requests to participate is 5 October 2026 at 12 noon. Tenders may be submitted electronically, in English, through the Supply Hertfordshire portal, and the notice says all tender documents are available through that address.
What the record does not say. The notice does not name an incumbent contractor, does not state how the stock of approximately 9,500 properties is split between houses and flats or between general needs and sheltered housing, and does not set out how many stages the competitive flexible procedure will have or whether negotiation is intended. It records no key performance indicators and no social value weighting separate from the quality score. The contracting authority is Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, The Council Offices, Welwyn Garden City, and enquiries are directed to its procurement team by email.