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Gas Central Heating Installations

Tender Overview

LOCATION

East Anglia, United Kingdom

VALUE

£4,200,000

DEADLINE

February 24, 2026 at 11:00

CATEGORY

Other

CPV CODE

42160000

REFERENCE

001104-2026

Project Timeline

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Original Tender Description

Ipswich Borough Council are currently out to tender for the renewal of Gas Boilers and/or full Gas central Heating Installations within its housing portfolio. This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 24th February 2026 at 11:00am. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted The deadline for clarification questions is 3rd February 2026 at 16:00pm which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website
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MANDATORY EXCLUSION GROUNDS

  • This tender has been cancelled by Ipswich Borough Council before its submission deadline. Therefore, no mandatory exclusion grounds are currently applicable for this opportunity.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • This tender has been cancelled by Ipswich Borough Council before its submission deadline. Therefore, no eligibility requirements are currently applicable for this opportunity.
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TECHNICAL CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • This tender has been cancelled by Ipswich Borough Council before its submission deadline. Therefore, no technical capability requirements are currently applicable for this opportunity.
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FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • This tender has been cancelled by Ipswich Borough Council before its submission deadline. Therefore, no financial requirements are currently applicable for this opportunity.
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • This tender has been cancelled by Ipswich Borough Council before its submission deadline. Therefore, no submission requirements are currently applicable for this opportunity. The originally stated submission deadline (24th February 2026 at 11:00am) and clarification questions deadline (3rd February 2026 at 16:00pm) are no longer relevant.

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Official PDF Version
PDF001104-2026_official.pdf
Summary:
This document is a notice from Ipswich Borough Council announcing the cancellation of the Gas Central Heating Installations tender before its submission deadline.

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Needs Improvement

Tender Quality Score

This tender is critically flawed due to a direct contradiction between its 'active' status and explicit cancellation, rendering all requirements non-applicable and making it impractical for bidding.

Score Breakdown

Legal Compliance40/100

The tender's 'active' status directly contradicts the explicit cancellation notice, creating a significant legal ambiguity. For a tender listed as 'active', the absence of applicable requirements (exclusion, eligibility, technical, financial) is a major legal non-compliance. While the initial procedure type and CPV code were correctly defined, the overall legal framework for a live tender is absent.

Contradiction between 'active' status and cancellation
Absence of applicable legal requirements for an 'active' tender
Clarity35/100

While the description of the project scope is clear, the overall clarity is severely compromised by the conflicting 'active' status and the explicit cancellation. This ambiguity makes it unclear to potential bidders whether the tender is open for submissions. Furthermore, the absence of specified evaluation criteria is a direct clarity issue.

Conflicting tender status ('active' vs. 'cancelled')
Lack of specified evaluation criteria
Completeness35/100

Basic metadata such as title, reference, organization, value, duration, and location are provided. However, the tender is fundamentally incomplete as a bidding opportunity because all essential requirements (eligibility, technical, financial, submission, and evaluation criteria) are explicitly stated as 'not applicable' due to the cancellation.

Missing essential tender requirements (eligibility, technical, financial, submission)
Absence of evaluation criteria
Fairness30/100

The absence of evaluation criteria for a tender listed as 'active' is a critical fairness issue, as bidders cannot understand the basis for assessment. The requirement to 'express interest to gain full access' to a cancelled tender also raises questions about transparency. The overall contradictory status undermines the principles of fair competition.

Lack of specified evaluation criteria
Contradictory tender status impacting transparency
Practicality20/100

The tender's cancellation renders it entirely impractical for any potential bidder to respond. Additionally, there is ambiguity regarding electronic submission support and a direct document URL is not provided, which would be minor practical concerns even if the tender were live.

Tender cancellation makes it impractical to respond
Ambiguity regarding e-submission
Data Consistency10/100

The most severe issue is the direct contradiction between the 'Status: active' in the basic information and the explicit statements of cancellation within the AI-extracted requirements and the official PDF document. This fundamental inconsistency is highly misleading.

Contradiction between 'active' status and explicit cancellation
Listed deadlines are 'no longer relevant' but still displayed
Sustainability20/100

The tender documentation does not include any explicit mention of green procurement, social aspects, or innovation focus. It is also not indicated as being EU funded, which often correlates with higher sustainability standards.

No green procurement criteria
No social criteria

Strengths

Clear description of the project scope (Gas Central Heating Installations)
Basic tender metadata (title, reference, organization, value, duration, location) is provided
CPV code is correctly assigned
Estimated value is disclosed

Concerns

Critical contradiction: 'active' status vs. explicit cancellation
Absence of all applicable tender requirements (eligibility, technical, financial, submission)
Missing evaluation criteria for an 'active' tender
High data inconsistency and ambiguity for bidders
Lack of sustainability, social, or innovation considerations

Recommendations

1. Immediately update the tender status to 'cancelled' to avoid misleading potential bidders.
2. Ensure all tender documentation, especially cancellation notices, are consistent with the portal's status indicators.
3. For future tenders, ensure all requirements and evaluation criteria are clearly defined before publication.

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