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Published 16 Mar 2022, 14:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA - AFBI - Appointment of a Shipyard for the Construction of a Research Vessel

Official notice

Authority: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

GoodsCompetitive procedure with negotiationSME suitableAccelerated
Published estimate£22,000,000exc. VAT28% above published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Apr 2022awarded 26 Mar 2024
Awarded to ASTILLEROS ARMON VIGO SA

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AFBI wishes to engage a shipyard for the construction of a new Research Vessel which is specifically tailored to meet AFBI’s marine fisheries science requirements and be capable of technological update over a service life of 30 years minimum.

CPV: Auxiliary research vessel · Fishing vessels · Fishing, emergency and other special vessels · Fishing-vessel services · Marine services · Research vessel services · Ships · Ships and boats · Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods · Survey vessels

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 40%
  • Quantitative Criterion: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 40
  • Quantitative Criterion: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Ability to construct a vessel and accredited to a classification society that is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies or Lloyds Classification Society.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Mar 2022, 14:24 GMT
Last source update
23 Apr 2024, 14:21 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013157
Accelerated

The opportunity was mistakenly selected as an Accelerated Competitive Procedure with Negotiation at section IV 1.1). The correct procedure is Competitive Procedure with Negotiation and a corrigendum was published (2022/S 000-007696).

Classification (CPV)
Auxiliary research vesselFishing vesselsFishing, emergency and other special vesselsFishing-vessel servicesMarine servicesResearch vessel servicesShipsShips and boatsShips and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goodsSurvey vessels
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
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Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserves the right: to hold additional rounds of negotiations with Economic Operators; to require the. submission of any further or additional information or tender submissions; to award the Contract following the submission of initial tenders; to award the Contract following conclusion of the first round of negotiation sessions; and/or to down-select Economic Operators following each round of negotiations. For the avoidance of doubt, final tenders will not be subject to any negotiation with the Contracting Authority (however, they may be subject to clarification, if required, at the Contracting Authority's absolute discretion). The Contracting Authority reserves the right: to reject any or all SQ or tender responses and to cancel or withdraw the procurement process at any stage; to award a contract without prior notice; to change the basis of, the procedure and the timescales set out or referred to in the. procurement documents; to require an Economic Operator to clarify its SQ or tender response in writing and/or provide additional information; to terminate the procurement process; and/or to amend the terms and conditions of the SQ or tender evaluation process or negotiation process. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate. only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. The figure indicated in II.1.5. represents an estimated contract value £22m and may increase during the life of the contract to accommodate changes, continuous improvements and advancements in technology. Any increases/modifications will be managed in accordance with the relevant public procurement regulations. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for Economic Operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The successful contractor's performance. on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
21 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Apr 2022 → 23 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    18 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Apr 2024, 14:21 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Apr 2024, 14:21 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextThe opportunity was mistakenly selected as an Accelerated Competitive Procedure with Negotiation at section IV 1.1). The correct procedure is Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. · IV.1.1)Competitive Procedure with Negotiation Accelerated ProcedureCompetitive Procedure with Negotiation.

The opportunity was mistakenly selected as an Accelerated Competitive Procedure with Negotiation at section IV 1.1). The correct procedure is Competitive Procedure with Negotiation.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £28,152,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ASTILLEROS ARMON VIGO SASMEContract£28,152,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 18a Newforge Lane, BELFAST, UK, BT9 5PXContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedReview body United Kingdom

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ASTILLEROS ARMON VIGO SAAwarded supplier AVENIDA BEIRAMAR, 6 - B, VIGO, ES, 36208Contact 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