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Published 8 Aug 2023, 10:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T1635 - Provision of Taxi Services for Belfast Area

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published estimate£450,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Sept 2023awarded 4 Oct 2023
Awarded to VALUE CABS LTD

Re-procurement openP1172 - Provision of Taxi Services (Causeway and West Area) · bids close

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Housing Executive wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Taxi Services for delivering transport arrangements for homeless applicants from the local offices to the temporary placement accommodation (hostel, bed and breakfast, hotel, emergency or temporary accommodation) as detailed in the Specification.

CPV: Taxi services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£450,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The contract will be for an initial 36 month period Initial Contract Period with an option to extend for any period or periods up to and including 24 months.Variant bids: not allowed
60120000 Taxi services

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: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/Social Value: 20%
  • Cost: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/Social Value: 20
  • Cost: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 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 · publisher note attached
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
8 Aug 2023, 10:48 BST
Last source update
25 Oct 2023, 18:26 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Sept 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031540
Classification (CPV)
Taxi services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03edce Find a Tender

Publisher note: Suppliers Instructions — How to Express Interest in this Invitation to Tender: Register your company on the etendersni website (this is. only required once) and click on ‘View current opportunities’ to locate this invitation to tender. The Housing Executive reserves the right. to abandon the competition at any time. Please refer to the tender documentation for further details. There is no guarantee that any. agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting agreement is. withdrawn and / or the procurement process stopped for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they. fully understand and accept this position.

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
7 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

7 Sept 2023 → 5 Jan 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Oct 2023, 18:26 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    5 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Oct 2023, 18:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Oct 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
VALUE CABS LTDSMEContract£450,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract · VALUE CABS LTDSME

    Signed
    4 Oct 2023
    Value
    £450,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8BPContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • VALUE CABS LTDAwarded supplier 33-35 Grosvenor Road, BELFAST, UK, BT12 4GRContact email, phone

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