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Published 18 Oct 2023, 13:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

1012 Purchase of Containers Contract

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT9.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Nov 2023awarded 12 Dec 2023
Awarded to GJF Fabrications Ltd
Contract term 3 moends 15 Mar 2024 · starts 22 Dec 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of this contract requires the Supplier to supply and deliver one hundred (100) new, forty (40) cubic yard open containers to enable the Authority's RCHW sites within the waste service to operate safely.

CPV: Containers for waste material · Large containers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately…Awarded 3 moPublished value£600,000

Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000 tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range of infrastructure and arrangements for the management of waste.

The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex.

The scope of this contract requires the Supplier to supply and deliver one hundred (100) new, forty (40) cubic yard open containers to enable the Authority's RCHW sites within the waste service to operate safely.

Contract period: 22 Dec 2023 – 15 Mar 2024 (3 mo)
Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 15%Price: 85%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 15%
  • Cost: 85%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 15
  • Cost: 85
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 85 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Oct 2023, 13:10 BST
Last source update
12 Dec 2023, 10:18 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN681202
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036468
Classification (CPV)
Containers for waste materialLarge containers
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040d08 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
16 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Oct 2023 → 22 Dec 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    12 Dec 2023, 10:18 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    22 Dec 2023

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Dec 2023, 10:18 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £545,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GJF Fabrications LtdSME£545,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • 1012 Purchase of Containers Contract · GJF Fabrications LtdSME

    Signed
    12 Dec 2023
    Value
    £545,000
    Period
    … – 15 Mar 2024
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GJF Fabrications LtdAwarded supplier Chase Link, Lichfield Road, Brownhills Walsall, West Midlands, East of England, WS86LA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.