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Bespoke soil sampling equipment for England Ecosystem Survey

Research and development consultancy services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Bespoke soil sampling equipment for England Ecosystem Survey". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
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Published history for DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2Bids / Report
64.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 36 active published awards; 34 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
Last source update22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationResearch and development consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-049315
What is being bought
Provision of bespoke soil sampling equipment that were jointly developed by Natural England, Van Walt (supplier in England) and AMS (manufacturer in the USA). The equipment is required for England Ecosystem Survey soil sampling and assessment surveys.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Single Tender Action
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    22 Aug 2024, 15:10 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 22 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Van Walt Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 22 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 165430.25 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 165430.25 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Contracting authority GB-FTS-118855
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleSingle Tender Action with Van Walt UK under the Public Contract Regulations 2015: Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) – the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public words contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases: - (b) where the works, suppliers or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: - (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.<br/><br/>Van Walt are the sole supplier of bespoke equipment produced by AMS (a US company). There is no option to source alternative equipment that could maintain consistency with scientific protocols and methodologies undertaken to date. <br/><br/>). The equipment was used in year 1 of the survey. 24 sets of equipment were purchased previously with the value exceeding £200k. They will be used together with new sets as the number of survey teams will be double compared to 2023/24 survey season. <br/>This STA relates to the procurement of some additional pieces of this equipment, required to fulfil this year’s survey scope and the three future years, should funding be available. Switching to different equipment would render data collected so far incomparable with new data.