Official UK procurement notice
277_24 Handling Equipment and Steel Shelving
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSupply of handling equipment and steel shelving items for direct delivery to individual customer establishments throughout the UK and the ESPO distribution centre Leicester, along with a national Framework.
CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Filing cabinets · Ladders · Lifting and handling equipment · Lifting and handling equipment and parts · Mailroom equipment · Office shelving · Office trolleys · Platforms ladders · Safety barriers · Stair climbers · Trolleys
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 7 bids on the busiest of 7 lots · 7 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 2 yrs 3 mo from 1 Jan 2024
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £240,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Supply of Handling Equipment - StockAwardedceiling above
Supply of handling equipment for delivery to the ESPO distribution centre, Leicester.
Lot #2Supply of Handling Equipment - Direct DeliveryAwardedceiling above
Supply of handling equipment for delivery to individual ESPO customer establishments throughout the UK.
Lot #3Supply of Access Equipment - Direct DeliveryAwardedPublished value£120,000
Supply of access equipment for delivery to individual ESPO customer establishments throughout the UK.
Lot #4Supply of Barrier Systems - Direct DeliveryAwardedPublished value£80,000
Supply of barrier systems for delivery to individual ESPO customer establishments throughout the UK.
Lot #5Supply of Steel Shelving - StockAwardedPublished value£80,000
Supply of steel shelving for delivery to the ESPO distribution centre, Leicester.
Lot #6Supply of Steel Shelving - Direct DeliveryAwardedceiling above
Supply of steel shelving for delivery to individual ESPO customer establishments throughout the UK.
Lot #7Supply of Steel Shelving - Large Projects - National FrameworkAwardedPublished value£8,000,000
Supply and installation of steel shelving - National Framework.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 50–70 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 70 points.
- “277_24 Handling Equipment and Steel Shelving” 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
- 26 Sept 2023, 14:23 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2024, 11:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Oct 2023 – …
- Authority reference
277_24- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003029- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0403dcFind a Tender
- Performance terms
The minimum financial requirement for the purposes of the current tender exercise is stated in the procurement documents.
This framework will operate on-going contract monitoring procedures following award, to ensure financial stability requirements are maintained.
Credit rating checks will be carried out on a regular basis, using a credit rating agency.
Any changes will be assessed (compared with a baseline credit rating score obtained at contract award stage) and significant changes or sustained degradation will be investigated.
- 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
- 27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 27 Oct 2023, 12:01 BST
Timeline
27 Oct 2023 → 30 Jan 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Oct 2023, 12:01 BST
- Contract starts1 Jan 2024
- Notice published30 Jan 2024, 11:20 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete30 Jan 2024, 11:20 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast7 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £240,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 - Supply of Handling Equipment - Stock
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Supply of Handling Equipment - Direct Delivery
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Supply of Access Equipment - Direct Delivery
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £120,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Supply of Barrier Systems - Direct Delivery
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £80,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - Supply of Steel Shelving - Stock
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £80,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - Supply of Steel Shelving - Direct Delivery
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - Supply of Steel Shelving - Large Projects - National Framework
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2024
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Supply of Handling Equipment - Stock | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 2 · Supply of Handling Equipment - Direct Delivery | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 3 · Supply of Access Equipment - Direct Delivery | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 4 · Supply of Barrier Systems - Direct Delivery | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 5 · Supply of Steel Shelving - Stock | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 6 · Supply of Steel Shelving - Direct Delivery | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 7 · Supply of Steel Shelving - Large Projects - National Framework | 7bids · 7 electronic | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Bruynzeel Storage Systems LimitedFramework contractor
- Dimension Storage & Interiors LimitedFramework contractor
- GPC INDUSTRIES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- H C Slingsby PLCFramework contractor
- Rackline LimitedFramework contractor
- Rapid Racking LimitedFramework contractor
- Whittan Industrial LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria