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Published 12 Jun 2024, 16:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1236 - Commercial Diving and Maintenance of Aids to Navigation

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 2 lots to bid
Published estimate£334,200total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 5 Jul 2024
Lots 2max 2 to bid

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Northern Ireland Water and its subsidiary Northern Ireland Water Alpha operate a number of Water Treatment Works supplied from a variety of Raw Water Sources. Depending on the water quality of the Raw Water Sources, it may be necessary to proactively and / or reactively clean the Raw Water Intake Screens due to an increase of invasive and non-invasive species, e.g. pond weeds, zebra mussels etc. Northern Ireland Water and Northern Ireland Water Alpha may require additional miscellaneous commercial diving and marine services. Northern Ireland Water also require annual maintenance and reactive inspection and repair of aids to navigation to be carried out. The aids to navigation comprises of twelve navigational marker buoys and three special mark beacons that have been established along the coast of Northern Ireland. This contract will be split into lots to cover these requirements. Lot 1 – Commercial Diving and Lot 2 – Maintenance of Aids to Navigation.

  • Recurrence: The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years.

CPV: Aquatic marine services · Buoy maintenance services · Diving services · Marine services · Marine survey services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£668,400 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Commercial DivingRenewalPublished value£334,200
Extensions: The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years. · The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Maintenance of Aids to NavigationRenewalPublished value£334,200
Extensions: The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years. · The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years.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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30%
  • Cost: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Cost: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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

Yes · The initial period of this contract is three years with the option to extend for 1+1years therefore renewal is expected in 3-5years.

First published
12 Jun 2024, 16:39 BST
Last source update
12 Jun 2024, 16:39 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Jul 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018232
Classification (CPV)
Aquatic marine servicesBuoy maintenance servicesDiving servicesMarine servicesMarine survey servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046f87 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
5 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Jul 2024, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jun 2024 → 1 Jan 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    12 Jun 2024, 16:39 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    5 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    5 Jul 2024, 12:30 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.