Planning

Preliminary Market Engagement For Responsive and Scheduled Maintenance of Air Conditioning Units, Air Handling Units, Dehumidifiers

  • Swindon Borough Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-079096

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ed5e

Published 2 December 2025, 4:49pm



Scope

Reference

1

Description

Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to providing responsive and scheduled annual, bi-annual and quarterly maintenance of its air conditioning/air handling units and dehumidifier systems/units within our properties (6 Sheltered Housing schemes & 20 Corporate Civic buildings) comprising of approximately 180 assets.

The Council intends on tendering a service and maintenance contract complying with all relevant British Standards and regulations with regards to air conditioning, air handling units and dehumidifiers systems which would also include repairing any faulty system/unit as and when required. This contract is proposed to include all call outs, fault investigations, repairs, labour, materials and travel related costs and will be required 24 hours, 7 days a week (including weekends and Bank Holidays).

Reported daytime faults between 8-5pm Monday to Friday must attended within 24hrs/next working day, first time fix is expected where possible.

Any reported fault to the computer suite (including weekends and bank holidays) must be attended within 4 hours, first time fix expected where possible.

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project: -

? Market Interest

? Contract Length.

? Capacity

? Timescales.

To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the PME documents.

This preliminary market engagement exercise will close 15:00 7th January 2026, following this all responses will be reviewed by Swindon Borough Council.

Total value (estimated)

  • £200,000 excluding VAT
  • £240,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029
  • Possible extension to 30 April 2031
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 42512000 - Air-conditioning installations
  • 45331000 - Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work
  • 42113161 - Dehumidifiers
  • 50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
  • 50700000 - Repair and maintenance services of building installations

Contract locations

  • UKK14 - Swindon

Engagement

Engagement deadline

7 January 2026

Engagement process description

Swindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to providing responsive and scheduled annual, bi-annual and quarterly maintenance of its air Conditioning/air handling units and dehumidifier systems/units within our properties (6 Sheltered Housing schemes & 20 Corporate Civic buildings) comprising of approximately 180 assets.

The Council intends on tendering a service and maintenance contract complying with all relevant British Standards and regulations with regards to air conditioning, air handling units and dehumidifiers systems which would also include repairing any faulty system/unit as and when required. This contract is proposed to include all call outs, fault investigations, repairs, labour, materials and travel related costs and will be required 24 hours, 7 days a week (including weekends and Bank Holidays).

Reported daytime faults between 8-5pm Monday to Friday must attended within 24hrs/next working day, first time fix is expected where possible.

Any reported fault to the computer suite (including weekends and bank holidays) must be attended within 4 hours, first time fix expected where possible.

The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to gain market insight into the following aspects of the project: -

 Market Interest

 Contract Length.

 Capacity

 Timescales.

This preliminary market engagement exercise will close 15:00 7th January 2026, following this all responses will be reviewed by Swindon Borough Council.


Contracting authority

Swindon Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNPT-6195-XDWV

Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street

Swindon

SN1 2JH

United Kingdom

Contact name: Ms Jodie Wakefield

Email: JWakefield@swindon.gov.uk

Website: http://www.swindon.gov.uk

Region: UKK14 - Swindon

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government