How to win: THE PROVISION OF GENERATORS AND UPS MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES

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The Council require one Contractor to provide Generator and UPS Maintenance and Services. The Council requires that the UPS systems and back-up generators ("Equipment") are reliable and that critical systems are fully backed up thus eliminating risk of losing power to critical services. The Service Provider must ensure peak performance of the Equipment and the Council must not be left in a position where any of the Equipment fail to maintain continuous operation. The Specification covers the minimum standards required for Generator and UPS systems servicing, maintenance and repairs on the Council's property portfolio as set out in the Asset List (Appendix A) of the documents. The full specification of works and details of the Council's equipment is provided within the suite of procurement documents. An accompanied site visit is a condition to tender and site visits will be made available via the messaging portal.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Borough Council of Calderdale scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £165,000, 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 17 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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