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Published 12 Nov 2021, 18:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

CAT-21-012 Bottle Fed Water Coolers

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15)Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Collected and purified water (41) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Framework ceiling (notional)£76,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 29 Nov 2021awarded 23 Dec 2021
Framework period 1 yrends 31 Dec 2022 · extension options published · starts 1 Jan 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The EA is inviting tenders for Bottle Fed Water Coolers and associated items and services for Schools and other Educational Establishments throughout Northern Ireland for the period 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 with the option to extend for three further periods of 12 months each or parts thereof on a call-off as required basis. The EA’s objective with this tender is to appoint a supplier capable of providing a reliable service for the supply and delivery of Bottle Fed Water Coolers, water refill bottles and any necessary sanitisation service in Schools and other educational establishments throughout Northern Ireland.

CPV: Drinking water · Mineral water · Still mineral water · Water coolers

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
Framework period
1 yr from 1 Jan 2022

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrPublished value£76,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022 (1 yr)
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Option to extend for three further periods of 12 months each or parts thereof on a call-off as required basisVariant bids: not allowed
15981000 Mineral water15981100 Still mineral water41110000 Drinking water

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
Quality: 10%Price: 90%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • AC2 Qualitative Methodology and Performance: 10%
  • AC1 Quantitative Evaluation Cost: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
  • AC2 Qualitative Methodology and Performance: 10
  • AC1 Quantitative Evaluation Cost: 90
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “CAT-21-012 Bottle Fed Water Coolers” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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 · 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
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
12 Nov 2021, 18:14 GMT
Last source update
23 Dec 2021, 16:15 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Nov 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-032259
Classification (CPV)
Drinking waterMineral waterStill mineral waterWater coolers
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f662 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This framework is let by the NI Education Authority (EA) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some. point during the life of the Framework these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the. permission of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or non-participating institutions. may already have in place..

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

29 Nov 2021 → 29 Mar 2022 · 5 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 Dec 2021, 16:15 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2022
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    29 Mar 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Dec 2021
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Dec 2021, 16:15 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    23 Dec 2021, 16:15 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Dec 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract

    Signed
    23 Dec 2021
    Value
    £76,000
    Period
    … – 31 Dec 2022
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Education Authority NI

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 3 Charlemont Place, Armagh, UK, BT61 9AXContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Armagh

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Irish Food and BeveragesFramework contractor FORSYTH HOUSE CROMAC SQUARE, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8LAContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.