Official UK procurement notice
ANDBC Framework for the Provision of Arboricultural Services
Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProposals are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the appointment of suppliers onto an Arboricultural services framework. This will include planned maintenance works as well as emergency work. The framework duration will be initially for 1 year, with the possibility of extension for 3 further periods of 12 months. The procurement process will appoint the five highest scoring suppliers to the framework. Thereafter a mini competition will be progressed for individual works. Further detail is provided in the tender documentation.
CPV: Forestry services · Tree pruning · Tree pruning and hedge trimming · Tree-clearing services · Tree-cutting services · Tree-maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£240,000
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)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60%
- Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60
- Quantitative Criteria: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “ANDBC Framework for the Provision of Arboricultural Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 suppliers, 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 9 Feb 2024, 11:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 May 2024, 11:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Mar 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016983- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0438baFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Ards and North Down Borough Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar. day Standstill Period following electronic notification to unsuccessful applicants of the award decision.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 11 Mar 2024, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
11 Mar 2024 → 11 Sept 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Mar 2024, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published31 May 2024, 11:22 BST
- Bids must remain valid until11 Sept 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled31 May 2024, 11:22 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Procurement ManagerReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria