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Published 25 Oct 2021, 14:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA AFBI - AUTOMATED HEAD-CHAMBER SYSTEMS (AHCS) FOR CATTLE

Official notice

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – AFBI·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£320,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Nov 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AFBI requires the supply, delivery, installation, training and servicing of the Automated Head-Chamber Systems (AHCS). The Livestock Production Sciences (LPS) Branch at Hillsborough of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) requires four (4) x Automated Head-Chamber Systems (AHCS) for the quantification of methane, hydrogen and CO2 emissions and oxygen consumption from grazing dairy/beef cattle on a daily basis (litter/day).

CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment · Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases · Remote-control equipment · Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledPublished value£320,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: This contract will be for an initial period of 12 months. There will be an option to extend the contract for up to a further 9 periods of up to 12months each.Variant bids: not allowed
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products38420000 Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases38820000 Remote-control equipment73110000 Research 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
  • Price

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
Goods
Notice status
Cancelled
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
25 Oct 2021, 14:14 BST
Last source update
18 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Nov 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004653
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related productsIndustrial process control equipment and remote-control equipmentInstruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gasesRemote-control equipmentResearch services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ef89 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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
29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

29 Nov 2021 → 27 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Nov 2021, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    27 Feb 2022, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Feb 2022
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    18 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    18 Feb 2022, 12:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – AFBI

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Large Park,, Hillsborough, UKContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

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 UK
  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation proceduresReview body Belfast

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.