Specialist Estates Engineering & Maintenance Services (Hard FM)
Framework Description
Specialist Estates Engineering & Maintenance Services (Hard FM), reference NOE.0609, is NHS North of England's framework for specialist engineering, maintenance and building services across 19 lots. It was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and runs from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028, with appointed suppliers ranging from national Hard FM providers to SMEs and local firms.
Context & Use Case
Any UK public sector body can use it with NOE CPC's approval. Estates teams use it to clear maintenance backlogs, set up planned preventative maintenance, carry out essential repairs and improvements, and cover reactive work. Buyers choose individual lots or a bundled or fully managed Hard FM service, then direct award or run a further competition under NHS, JCT, NEC or PPC2000 terms.
Scope of Services
Lot 1: Airconditioning, Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Lot 2: Asbestos Removal Lot 3: Automatic Doors and Roller Shutters Lot 4: Electrical Works Lot 5: Fire Alarm, Emergency Lighting and Fire Fighting Equipment Lot 6: Fire Risk Assessments Lot 7: Fire Stopping, Compartmentation and Associated Works Lot 8: Heating and Plumbing Systems Lot 9: Lifts, Hoists and Escalators Lot 10: Lightning and Fall Protection Systems Lot 11: Medical Gas Systems Lot 12: Security Systems Lot 13: Standby Power Systems Lot 14: Water System Maintenance and Risk Management Lot 15: Renewable & Low Carbon Heating Systems Lot 16: Solar PV Lot 17: General Building, Improvements, Installations, Repairs & Maintenance Lot 18: High Secure (Forensic) FM Services Lot 19: Managed FM Service
Lots
Lot 1: Airconditioning, Air Handling Units and Refrigeration This lot covers the provision and maintenance of air conditioning systems, air handling units, and refrigeration equipment. Lot 2: Asbestos Removal This lot involves the safe removal and disposal of asbestos materials in compliance with health and safety regulations. Lot 3: Automatic Doors and Roller Shutters This lot includes the installation, maintenance, and repair of automatic doors and roller shutters. Lot 4: Electrical Works This lot covers a range of electrical services including installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems. Lot 5: Fire Alarm, Emergency Lighting and Fire Fighting Equipment This lot involves the supply, installation, and maintenance of fire alarms, emergency lighting, and firefighting equipment. Lot 6: Fire Risk Assessments This lot provides services for conducting comprehensive fire risk assessments to ensure safety compliance. Lot 7: Fire Stopping, Compartmentation and Associated Works This lot covers fire stopping and compartmentation services to prevent the spread of fire and smoke. Lot 8: Heating and Plumbing Systems This lot includes the installation, maintenance, and repair of heating and plumbing systems. Lot 9: Lifts, Hoists and Escalators This lot involves the installation, maintenance, and repair of lifts, hoists, and escalators. Lot 10: Lightning and Fall Protection Systems This lot covers the provision and maintenance of lightning protection and fall protection systems. Lot 11: Medical Gas Systems This lot includes the installation and maintenance of medical gas systems in healthcare facilities. Lot 12: Security Systems This lot involves the installation and maintenance of security systems including alarms and surveillance. Lot 13: Standby Power Systems This lot covers the provision and maintenance of standby power systems to ensure uninterrupted power supply. Lot 14: Water System Maintenance and Risk Management This lot includes services for maintaining water systems and managing associated risks. Lot 15: Renewable & Low Carbon Heating Systems This lot involves the installation and maintenance of renewable and low carbon heating systems. Lot 16: Solar PV This lot covers the installation and maintenance of solar photovoltaic systems. Lot 17: General Building, Improvements, Installations, Repairs & Maintenance This lot provides a range of general building services including improvements, installations, repairs, and maintenance. Lot 18: High Secure (Forensic) FM Services This lot involves facilities management services for high secure and forensic environments. Lot 19: Managed FM Service This lot covers the provision of managed facilities management services.
Who Can Apply
It suits specialist building services engineers, fire safety and water hygiene contractors, renewables installers and Hard FM providers able to deliver managed services, including in high secure settings. Applications for this framework are closed, so firms not appointed cannot join until the re-tender, likely around 30 June 2028.
Buyer Benefits
Buyers avoid a full open procurement for estates work and can pick the contract form that fits the project, from NHS terms to JCT, NEC or PPC2000. Suppliers were selected with sustainability and social value commitments, and lots for low carbon heating and solar PV help public bodies decarbonise their estates.
Next Steps
Appointed contractors should prepare for further competitions with PPM schedules, rates and compliance records ready. Contractors not on the framework should plan for the re-tender expected around 30 June 2028: watch the NOE.0609 page on the NOE CPC site, choose target lots, and build healthcare case studies, accreditations and social value commitments.
How Athena Can Help
For contractors on NOE.0609, Athena's bid management consultancy produces further competition responses with PPM methodology, social value and pricing models built to win against other appointed firms.
If you are planning for the 2028 re-tender, our help with framework applications can select lots from the 19 available and prepare case studies, policies and accreditations early, and public sector bid/no-bid advice helps you judge which trust opportunities are worth pursuing now.
