Official UK procurement notice
AFBI - Provision of Field Surveyors for the DAERA NI Countryside Survey
Authority: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute NI
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDepartment for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have commissioned a repeat of the NI Countryside Survey commissioned in 2007. Standard protocols will be followed, in line with the GB Countryside Survey, across a sample set of quarter kilometre (25ha) grid squares located throughout NI. The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in GB are leading the study, partnered by AFBI and Queens University Belfast. The NI Countryside Survey provides a consistent long-term dataset for analysis of the effects of countryside, agricultural and other policies and pressures as drivers of change. The survey will be a repeat of the previous survey and will include a large soils component.
CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Survey services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
- “AFBI - Provision of Field Surveyors for the DAERA NI Countryside Survey” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 15 Sept 2023, 12:50 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2023, 12:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Oct 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4962743- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027341- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03fd0eFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award. of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the. unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into
Publisher note: Contractors not delivering on contract requirements. is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified.. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract. performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for.. further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be.. regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and their. place. on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded. from. all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern. Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 18 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
15 Sept 2023 → 16 Jan 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published15 Sept 2023, 12:50 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until16 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria