Official UK procurement notice
AFBI – Supply and Delivery of a Crude Protein Analyser using the Kjeldahl Technique
Authority: Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute
What is being bought
Published requirement description1.1 The Livestock Production Sciences (LPS) Branch at Hillsborough of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) requires competitive tenders for the purchase of a Crude Protein analyser using the Kjeldahl technique. The AFBI Hillsborough Analytical Services laboratory is required to analyse forage, animal feedstuffs and products in accordance with both European and Northern Ireland legislation. The laboratory provides a service for the analysis and assessment of animal diets associated with Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), AFBI and privately funded research projects. This is in accordance with AFBI’s aims of promoting the precision management of feed for the Agri-Food industry. AFBI requires the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the equipment. Warranty, servicing and reactive repair details are necessary requirements. On-site training in the operation of the supplied system is also required. Please refer to the specification for further details of the requirements for the supply of the protein analyser.
CPV: Checking and testing apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£153,000
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)
- Quality: 5%
- Cost: 95%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 5
- Cost: 95
- Price carries 95 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9.5 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 · 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Jun 2023, 10:58 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2023, 10:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4825622- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027052- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dd17Find 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- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Aug 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
1 Aug 2023 → 30 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline1 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Aug 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published13 Sept 2023, 10:59 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 Oct 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Sept 2023, 10:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMPCS LIMITEDSMEContract | £118,205 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · AMPCS LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2023
- Value
- £118,205
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AMPCS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria