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Published 4 Jul 2023, 14:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA - AFBI - Hillsborough Farmed Estate - Mechanical Maintenance (ID 4811658)

Official notice

Authority: Agri-Food Biosciences Institute·Consortium: 4 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Aug 2023awarded 4 Sept 2023
Awarded to COLEMAN REPAIRS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AFBI requires a Mechanical Maintenance Service to cover a wide range of Vehicles, Agricultural Equipment and Plant. The main work area is situated at AFBI-Hillsborough, however, emergency work may be required on other AFBI sites at Crossnacreevy, Loughgall, Newforge Lane and Stormont. All work schedules will be allocated and supervised by AFBI’s on-site Farm Maintenance Manager or in their absence the Farm Manager or Deputy Farm Manager. An indoor work area will be made available at the AFBI-Hillsborough site.

  • Recurrence: A contract renewal will be required to be in place for August 2027

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Extensions: Two 2 years, with two 2 options to extend the contract for further periods of up to 12 months each · s: It is anticipated this contract will be re-tendered at the end of the initial contract period or the optional extensions.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
Price: 90%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 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.

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
Yes · A contract renewal will be required to be in place for August 2027
First published
4 Jul 2023, 14:52 BST
Last source update
12 Sept 2023, 13:36 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
ID 4811658
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026948
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dec0 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Contract monitoring: 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 construction and procurement delivery (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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.

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 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.

Publisher note: Contract monitoring: 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 construction and procurement delivery (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 certificate of unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a certificate 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate..

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

Timeline

7 Aug 2023 → 5 Nov 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Aug 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Sept 2023, 13:36 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    5 Nov 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2023, 13:36 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
COLEMAN REPAIRSSME£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • DAERA - AFBI - Hillsborough Farmed Estate - Mechanical Maintenance (ID 4811658) · COLEMAN REPAIRSSME

    Signed
    4 Sept 2023
    Value
    £500,000
    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

Agri-Food Biosciences Institute

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Large Park, Hillsborough, UK, BT26 6DRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • COLEMAN REPAIRSAwarded supplier 12 Culkeeran Rd, DUNGANNON, UK, BT71 7DZContact 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