AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Reading Borough Council published an award and contract notice for heating upgrades and installation works to its residential properties. The notice records a £4.5 million contract signed on 10 September 2026 with T.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLC, following a mini-competition under the Westworks Building Materials and Compliance DPS. However, the underlying lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active.
Published outcomeT.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLC is the verified supplier named on the active award and active contract record.
Market significanceThis is a £4.5 million published works contract for residential heating upgrades in the Reading area, procured through a DPS mini-competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
T.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLC
98% confidenceAward 096160-2026-26-W-013-1 · Lots 1 · £4,500,000 GBP · Verified supplier on active award and contract record
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The award names supplier GB-COH-03908728. Supplier verification matched company number 03908728 to T.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLC. The linked contract has a total value of GBP 4,500,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The award/contract notice was published at 2026-10-12T14:57:17+01:00.
Award status
95% confidenceActive
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Award 096160-2026-26-W-013-1 is recorded with status 'active'.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive; signed 10 September 2026
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Contract 096160-2026-26-W-013-1 has status 'active' and dateSigned of 2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked 'cancelled' in the tender data, despite being linked to the active award and contract.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£4,500,000
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Contract 096160-2026-26-W-013-1 records value.amount 4500000 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
90% confidenceContract-level value linked to the single published award
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The notice supplies a contract value but no separate lot value or pricing breakdown.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature date
98% confidence10 September 2026
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The contract record gives dateSigned as 2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The process published_at field is 2026-10-12T14:57:17+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceHeating upgrades and installation works for residential properties owned and managed by Reading Borough Council
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This wording appears in the process and tender descriptions.
Procurement category
99% confidenceWorks
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The process records main_category and mainProcurementCategory as works.
CPV classification
99% confidence45315000 — Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment
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The tender classification identifies CPV 45315000 as the primary classification.
Delivery area
93% confidenceUKJ11
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The item delivery address specifies region UKJ11.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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The process records procurementMethod 'limited' and the stated procedure detail.
Route to market
98% confidenceMini-competition under the Westworks Building Materials and Compliance DPS
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Lot 1 states that the mini-competition was undertaken under this DPS; the tender rationale also says a compliant DPS was used.
Evaluation weighting
96% confidenceQuality 70%; price 30%
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Lot 1 award criteria list Quality 70 and price 30.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and bidder identities not published
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No bid count, tenderer list, or evaluation results are supplied in the notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract identifier
99% confidence096160-2026-26-W-013-1
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The published contract record uses this identifier and links it to the same award ID.
Contract start and end dates
99% confidenceNot published
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The process contract_start_at and contract_end_at fields are null, and no dates are supplied in the contract record beyond signature.
Options
96% confidenceNo options stated for lot 1
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Lot 1 has hasOptions set to false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
97% confidenceThe requirement was competed through a DPS mini-competition rather than an openly advertised call for competition.
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The tender rationale and lot description state that a compliant DPS mini-competition was used.
Evaluation emphasis
96% confidenceQuality carried greater stated weighting than price.
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Published criteria weight quality at 70% and price at 30%.
Published value visibility
98% confidenceA total contract value is published, but no pricing schedule, unit rates, or breakdown is available.
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The contract value is GBP 4,500,000; no further pricing data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Status inconsistency
99% confidenceThe linked lot is cancelled, while the award and contract records are active.
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Lot 1 has status 'cancelled'; award and contract 096160-2026-26-W-013-1 have status 'active'.
Award date
99% confidenceNot published
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The award_date field is null.
Term information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No contract start date, end date, duration, or extension terms are provided.
Lot title and value
99% confidenceLot title and individual lot value not published
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Lot 1 title and value fields are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The tender lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and signed contract are marked active; the source does not explain this contradiction.
- No award date, contract start date, end date, duration, extension terms, renewal terms, pricing breakdown, bid count, bidder list, scores, or evaluation narrative is published.
- The published £4.5 million value is a contract-level figure; no separate lot value is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Reading Borough CouncilT.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLCheating installationsheating upgradesresidential worksWestworks DPSpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as the supplier for Reading Borough Council's heating upgrades contract?
The active award and contract record name verified supplier T.S.G. BUILDING SERVICES PLC (company number 03908728).
What is the published contract value?
The published contract value is £4,500,000 including no stated pricing breakdown.
When was the contract signed?
The contract record states that it was signed on 10 September 2026.
What work is covered?
The notice describes heating upgrades and installation works at residential properties owned and managed by Reading Borough Council.
Was the opportunity openly advertised?
The notice records a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, using a mini-competition under the Westworks Building Materials and Compliance DPS.
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