Official UK procurement notice
204_24 Swimming Pool Chemicals
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA single-lot ESPO national framework for the supply of swimming pool chemicals.
CPV: Equipment for swimming pools · Water-treatment chemicals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids received · 3 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 14 May 2024
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value published · a supplier may bid for at most 1 of themLot #1Swimming Pool ChemicalsAwardedPublished value£8,000,000
A national framework agreement allowing for the supply of swimming pool chemicals to customer sites.
The scope of the framework is a single lot which would be procured via direct award or further competition.
The lot covers but is not limited to various tablets, acids, compounds and other related products.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Non-Price: 25%
- price: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-Price: 25
- Price: 75
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “204_24 Swimming Pool Chemicals” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Mar 2024, 15:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jul 2024, 10:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
204_24- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020539- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044752Find a Tender
- Performance terms
ESPO shall monitor the financial stability of the awarded suppliers during the framework period by reference to credit rating agency reports. Where the credit rating/score on Creditsafe significantly differs (downwards) to that when the tenderer was first awarded to the framework, or goes below 30, this will indicate risk and will require investigation with their position on the framework being subject to consideration.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only. An eAuction process may be used to award subsequent call off contracts following the reopening of competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Apr 2024, 12:01 BST
Timeline
11 Apr 2024 → 5 Jul 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Apr 2024, 12:01 BST
- Contract starts14 May 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published5 Jul 2024, 10:36 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Jul 2024, 10:36 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Swimming Pool Chemicals
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2024
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Period
- … – 13 May 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- BRENNTAG UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- CHEMSOL CYMRU LIMITEDFramework contractor
- COMPLETE POOL CONTROLS LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria