How to win: Commercial Heating Maintenance and repair

About this contract

Broadacres is seeking to award a contract to deliver a Commercial Heating and Plumbing Contract consisting of approximately 15 communal heating schemes (“Contract”) across their full area of operation (North Yorkshire) to a single contractor. The Contract duration will be 3 years with an optional 2 year commencing from August [TBC] 2026, value of expenditure will vary year on year but is expected to be £600,000 over the 3-year Contract period. The contract will include, but not be limited to, the following works: • Annual statutory servicing, • Completion of identified maintenance work, • Response to reactive repairs including an out of hours emergency response within 24 hours, 24hours a day 7 days per week. • Installation of new systems and upgrades where required. The detailed specification is provided within the Output Specification (Document 2a).

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Broadacres Housing Association scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 9 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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