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Published 21 Sept 2023, 15:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA – Forest Service – Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder including Repairs and Spare Parts (ID 4996775)

Official notice

Authority: DAERA - Forest Service (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£280,000exc. VAT1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 23 Oct 2023awarded 26 Oct 2023
Awarded to JOHN DEERE FORESTRY LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DAERA – Forest Service has a requirement for Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder, including Repair and Spare Parts provision to back up the Forest Service Workshops.

CPV: Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery · Parts of forestry machinery · Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Extensions: The Contract will commence upon award of contract will remain in force for a period of 10 years which will cover repairs and supply of parts but can be extended for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each. · The Contract will commence upon award of contract will remain in force for a period of 10 years which will cover repairs and supply of parts but can be extended for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.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
Quality: 10%Price: 90%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Supply Chain Arrangements: 10%
  • Price: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Supply Chain Arrangements: 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
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
21 Sept 2023, 15:11 BST
Last source update
26 Oct 2023, 10:11 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
ID 4996775
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031566
Classification (CPV)
Parts of agricultural and forestry machineryParts of forestry machinerySpecialist agricultural or forestry machinery
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0402b5 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 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.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where..... appropriate, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information 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: 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 twelve 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
23 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Oct 2023 → 21 Jan 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 Oct 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Oct 2023, 10:11 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    21 Jan 2024, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Oct 2023, 10:11 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £277,1021 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Oct 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
JOHN DEERE FORESTRY LTDSME£277,102 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • DAERA – Forest Service – Supply and Delivery of an 8 Wheeled Thinning Forwarder including Repairs and Spare Parts (ID 4996775) · JOHN DEERE FORESTRY LTDSME

    Signed
    26 Oct 2023
    Value
    £277,102
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DAERA - Forest Service

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Pubble, Tempo, Enniskillen, UK, BT94 3NBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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