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How to win: PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT - Supply, Installation & Maintenance for Stairlifts & Through Lifts

A goods contract from Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, worth £3,000,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Value

£3,000,000

About this contract

Barnsley Council is conducting a pre-market engagement exercise to help inform its procurement strategy and specification requirements for the provision of a service which includes the supply, installation, maintenance and repair of stairlifts, step lifts and through-floor lifts to domestic properties within the borough.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £3,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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