How to win: Repairs and Maintenance Term Service Contract

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INTRODUCTION Rushmoor Borough Council ('the Council') is inviting tenders from suitably experienced suppliers for delivery of a repairs & maintenance term service contract for requirements related to its property portfolio. PROPERTY PORTFOLIO The contract will cover the entirety of the Council's jurisdictional geographical area, which covers Aldershot, Farnborough and some surrounding areas. The commercial assets which the contract will service include for a theatre, council offices, pavilions, public conveniences, sports facilities plus several other building types. The Council currently owns 140 properties which range from retail units, sports pavilions, public toilets, community centres, industrial units, leisure centres, cemeteries, Crematoria and offices. However, many of the properties have full repairing leases with tenants. There are only 32 properties that the Council regularly maintains (see appendix B Rushmoor Property List 2026) and which will fall within the scope of this contract initially and which the Council's Property Services are responsible for managing. However, the properties which are covered within the scope of the contract will vary over time as propertie

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Rushmoor Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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