How to win: WHC - Fire and Security Servicing

About this contract

The Council is seeking a contractor to provide Fire and Security Servicing for its Corporate buildings (8 sites). Fire: • Fire Alarms (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Fire Extinguishers (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Fire Risk Assessments (as required) Security: • Intruder alarms (annual servicing and reactive maintenance) • Monitoring of Intruder and fire alarms (by a monitoring station) • CCTV Systems (annual servicing and reactive maintenance)

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £400,000, 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 18 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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