Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - AFBI - Supply and Delivery of Laboratory Supplies
Authority: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute NI·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAFBI (the Buyer) wishes to establish a multi-supplier contract for the supply and delivery of Laboratory supplies to the two AFBI sites in Newforge Lane and AFBI Veterinary Sciences Division at Stoney Road, Belfast. The contract will be used to replenish all product stockholdings on a regular basis. Suppliers will be placed on a ranked list and best value will be assessed for each individual requirement with those ranked first awarded to supply and deliver that particular item.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 10
- Price: 90
- 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
- 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
- 19 Sept 2024, 13:12 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID5270294- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007538- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049c3cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).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 successful Contractor’s performance will be managed as per the specification and 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 your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period this can be considered grounds for. termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice. of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice. of. Unsatisfactory. Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public. procurement competitions for a period of up to three years
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
24 Oct 2024 → 28 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline24 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until22 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published28 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete28 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT
- Buyer details updated28 Feb 2025, 14:29 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim Supplies LtdSME, Aquilant Northern Ireland LtdSME, DAVIDSON HARDY LABORATORY SUPPLIES LTDSME, LABORATORY SUPPLIES INSTRUMENTS LTDSME, PHENOMENEX LIMITED, Sarstedt LimitedSME +9 morejoint awardContract | £1,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Antrim Supplies LtdSME, Aquilant Northern Ireland LtdSME, DAVIDSON HARDY LABORATORY SUPPLIES LTDSME, LABORATORY SUPPLIES INSTRUMENTS LTDSME, PHENOMENEX LIMITED, Sarstedt LimitedSME +9 more
- Signed
- 28 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16bids · 16 electronic · 15 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- AFBIContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
15 commercial parties on the notice- AQUILANT NORTHERN IRELAND LTDAwarded supplier
- Antrim Supplies LtdAwarded supplier
- DAVIDSON HARDY LABORATORY SUPPLIES LTDAwarded supplier
- Fannin LimitedAwarded supplier
- LABORATORY SUPPLIES INSTRUMENTS LTDAwarded supplier
- MASON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- MEDICAL SUPPLY CO. LTDAwarded supplier
- MediqAwarded supplier
- PHENOMENEX LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- PREMIER SCIENTIFIC LTDAwarded supplier
Show 5 more suppliers
- STARLAB UK LTDAwarded supplier
- Sarstedt LtdAwarded supplier
- Scientific Laboratory SuppliesAwarded supplier
- Trafalgar Scientific LtdAwarded supplier
- VWR INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria