AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicester City Council awarded a direct, below-threshold lift repairs and maintenance contract to MIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITED for its estate, including housing blocks across the city. The contract was signed and started on 4 June 2026, with an initial end date of 3 December 2026 and an optional extension to 3 April 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for MIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITED. The published contract value is £170,000 excluding VAT (£204,000 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a short-term, direct public-sector lift-maintenance engagement in Leicester. The notice records no competitive process or bid information.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
MIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £170,000 excluding VAT; £204,000 including VAT GBP · Active award; active contract
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Verified company number 04411093 is linked to award 1. The contract value is published at contract level and there is one supplier and one award.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Contract details notice published at 2026-10-20T11:08:56+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidence4 June 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-06-04T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence4 June 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-06-04T00:00:00+01:00.
Initial contract end
99% confidence3 December 2026
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Contract period endDate is 2026-12-03T23:59:59+00:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£170,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 170000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£204,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 204000 GBP.
Value attribution
96% confidenceContract-level value for the single recorded award and supplier
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, which names one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed and started
99% confidence4 June 2026
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dateSigned and period.startDate are both 2026-06-04.
Initial term end
99% confidence3 December 2026
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period.endDate is 2026-12-03.
Maximum potential end date
99% confidence3 April 2027
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period.maxExtentDate is 2027-04-03 and the notice describes a four-month extension option.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The notice document datePublished is 2026-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceLift repairs and maintenance
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Tender title is 'Lift Repairs & Maintenance'.
Scope
98% confidenceMaintenance and repair of Leicester City Council lifts across its estate, including housing blocks city-wide
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Tender description states this scope.
CPV classification
99% confidence50750000 — Lift-maintenance services
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Award item additional classification records CPV 50750000.
Delivery area
96% confidenceLeicester (UKF21), United Kingdom
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Award delivery address region is UKF21; the buyer is Leicester City Council.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Competition information
99% confidenceNo competition or bid-count information supplied in the published notice
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The published data contains no tenderer count, bid prices or evaluation results.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence6 months
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The renewal description states an initial contract term of 6 months; the published dates run from 4 June to 3 December 2026.
Extension option
99% confidenceUp to 4 additional months, at the Authority's discretion
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Contract renewal description states this option; maxExtentDate is 3 April 2027.
Renewal field
99% confidenceRenewal/extension option recorded
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Contract hasRenewal is true.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract aboveThreshold is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
99% confidenceShort initial term with a discretionary extension option
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The notice specifies a six-month initial term and a possible four-month extension.
Route to market
99% confidenceDirect below-threshold procurement without competition
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Published procurement method details state this explicitly.
Published pricing
99% confidenceA total contract value is published, but no rate card, pricing breakdown or individual service-line pricing is supplied
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Only contract-level net and gross values are present in the published data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract evidence
97% confidenceClear
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The notice identifies one active award, one supplier, contract dates, signature date and contract value.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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Company-number matching verified MIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITED, number 04411093.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, award rationale, scores or evaluation information is included.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or separate value
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Lot 1 is recorded as complete; title, description and value fields are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale and tender prices.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description, separate value or pricing breakdown.
- No published information explains whether or when the discretionary extension will be exercised.
- The contract details notice was published after the recorded contract signature and start date; the analysis reports both dates without inferring a reason for the timing.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leicester City CouncilMIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITEDlift repairslift maintenancepublic contract awardLeicester procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Leicester City Council's lift repairs and maintenance contract?
MIDLAND LIFT SERVICES LIMITED, verified under company number 04411093.
What is the contract value?
£170,000 excluding VAT, or £204,000 including VAT.
When does the contract end?
The initial term ends on 3 December 2026. A discretionary extension could take the maximum end date to 3 April 2027.
Was the contract competitively tendered?
The published notice describes a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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