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Published 3 Oct 2024, 14:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bus Stop Maintenance · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£600,000≈ £120k / year40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 Nov 2024awarded 16 Dec 2024
Awarded to Externiture Ltd
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Jan 2030 · starts 2 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suffolk County Council have awarded a contract tender for the provision of Bus Stop MaintenanceProcurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is £500,000 - £600,000 exclusive of VAT.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Suffolk County Council have awarded a contract for the provision of Bus Stop…Awarded 5 yrs

Suffolk County Council have awarded a contract for the provision of Bus Stop Maintenance.The deadline for clarification questions is 17 October 2024 @ 5.30pm which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

Contract period: 2 Jan 2025 – 1 Jan 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documentation

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
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
3 Oct 2024, 14:11 BST
Last source update
7 Mar 2025, 11:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
4 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
CD1436
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008324
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a578 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

4 Nov 2024 → 7 Mar 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    2 Jan 2025
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    2 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 11:54 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Mar 2025, 11:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £360,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Externiture LtdSME£360,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Bus Stop Maintenance · Externiture LtdSME

    Signed
    16 Dec 2024
    Value
    £360,000
    Period
    … – 1 Jan 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Endeavour House, Russell Road, IPSWICH, East of England, IP1 2BXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria