UK FACILITIES PROCUREMENT TOOL

Lift maintenance contract cost comparator

Normalise the maintenance scope before deciding whether one lift proposal is genuinely cheaper.

No email required. This is a budgeting and procurement tool—not a lift safety assessment.

SIDE-BY-SIDE CHECKLIST

Ask both suppliers the same questions

State the lift inventory, planned visit count, callout hours, attendance charges, labour inclusion, parts inclusion and exclusions, consumables, entrapment response, remote monitoring, report format, and whether the LOLER thorough examination is separately priced. Routine maintenance and LOLER thorough examination are not interchangeable.

Servicing and statutory examination are different jobs

A low annual maintenance price can exclude visits, callouts, labour, parts or a separate thorough examination. Compare like with like and keep any examination requirement visible in the procurement record.

Sources and boundaries

HSE states that thorough examination is additional to normal servicing and maintenance; passenger lifts used at work are normally examined at least every six months unless a competent-person examination scheme applies. Price bands use current provider observations only and are not a tariff.

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Build a UK lift-maintenance scope that separates routine servicing, callouts and asset-condition risk.

Sources reviewed: 2026-08-12 · Model version: 2026.08.1

Formula and meaning

Lift inventory + service visits + selected response and parts conditions

What it means: The tool makes each lift, service level and exclusion explicit before a headline contract price is compared.

A passenger lift with a comprehensive parts package is not the same scope as a basic planned-maintenance agreement.

Key concepts

Planned maintenance: Scheduled servicing intended to inspect, adjust and maintain a lift before faults develop.
Callout response: The provider commitment for unscheduled attendance, which may exclude repair labour or parts.

Information to confirm

Lift type, age and controller condition
Breakdown response, labour and parts inclusion
Out-of-hours access and compliance-report scope

What this tool calculates

This comparator turns a UK lift portfolio into an annual maintenance-contract scope and budget view, separating routine maintenance, examinations and response terms so quotes are compared on the same basis.

Use it when a UK building or facilities manager needs to compare lift maintenance contract scope and budget a fleet.

Includes

Lift inventory and usage inputs
Maintenance and examination scope
Response and callout terms
Annual contract budget range

Does not include

LOLER thorough-examination delivery
Repairs and modernisation
Insurance and statutory inspections
A national contract price list

Lifts sit within work-equipment law

HSE guidance covers lifts, LOLER and routine maintenance, which the comparator references to separate maintenance scope from thorough examinations.

HSE — lifts and LOLER FAQ

Contract prices are observation-based

Current UK contract-price observations calibrate the planning range; the comparator keeps scope visible because price depends on included visits and response terms.

Durant Lifts — UK contract-price observation