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Published 27 Oct 2023, 15:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract Award for Air Quality and Climate Change Audits of Schools

Official notice

Authority: The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£330,000≈ £83k / year20% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Nov 2023awarded 12 Mar 2024
Awarded to OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
Contract term 4 yrsends 1 Feb 2028 · starts 1 Feb 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has awarded a Service Contract to Ove Arup & Partners Limited for the provision of the air quality audits programme within all state schools and nurseries in Kensington and Chelsea.

The contract was procured using an Open Tender process.

The contract was be established for a term of 4 years and the contract commenced on 18 March 2024.

CPV: Air pollution monitoring or measurement services · Air quality management

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council has recently commenced a programme…Awarded 4 yrsPublished value£330,000

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council has recently commenced a programme of audits at schools to identify sources of air pollution and measures that could be introduced to reduce exposure to these.

Audit objectives:

-To identify the sources of indoor and outdoor pollution

  • To identify, evaluate and recommend a combination of hard hitting measures and pragmatic approaches that will help reducing emissions or school children’s exposure to poor air quality

-To provide recommendations

-To engage school communities to educate stakeholders about the impacts of air pollution.

Contract period: 1 Feb 2024 – 1 Feb 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK, London · London
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
Quality: 60Price: 80
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
  • price: 40
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Price: 40%
  • Price: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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 · 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
27 Oct 2023, 15:42 BST
Last source update
20 Mar 2024, 11:52 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference
prj_RBKC_22712
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008984
Classification (CPV)
Air pollution monitoring or measurement servicesAir quality management
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040fd8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
27 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Nov 2023, 17:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Nov 2023 → 20 Mar 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    27 Nov 2023, 17:01 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2024
  4. Notice published
    20 Mar 2024, 11:52 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Mar 2024, 11:52 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £264,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED£264,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract Award for Air Quality and Climate Change Audits of Schools · OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

    Signed
    12 Mar 2024
    Value
    £264,000
    Period
    … – 1 Feb 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, 8 Hornton Street, London, UK, W8 7NXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body London

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