Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - Forest Service - Supply and delivery of Urea Solution
Authority: DAERA - Forest Service (Central government)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Forest Service Forest Service has timber harvesting sites where there is a risk of infection of Heterobasidion annosum, Forest Service has a policy of selective treatment of stumps with urea solution. The application of liquid urea is completed as part of the mechanised harvesting operation, with urea tanks fitted on all harvesting machines. DAERA/Forest Service wishes to establish a Framework Agreement of 3 highest ranked suppliers to supply and deliver Urea solution across the Forest service Estate
CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Chemical products · Forestry products · Forestry services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.4 per place) · 6 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 3 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £88,600: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Fermanagh/ TyroneAwardedceiling above
Lot #2Derry/AntrimAwardedceiling above
DAERA/Forest Service wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to appoint a list of Contractors to carry out the measurement of Timber measurement plots to support their timber sales process. The Contractors are required to visit forests, measure trees, input data on to a digital device and supply resultant data to Forest Service. The Framework will be subdivided into 3 geographical Lots - Fermanagh/ Tyrone, Derry/Antrim, Down /Armagh
Lot #3Down /ArmaghAwardedceiling above
DAERA/Forest Service wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to appoint a list of Contractors to carry out the measurement of Timber measurement plots to support their timber sales process. The Contractors are required to visit forests, measure trees, input data on to a digital device and supply resultant data to Forest Service. The Framework will be subdivided into 3 geographical Lots - Fermanagh/ Tyrone, Derry/Antrim, Down /Armagh
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Fermanagh/ Tyrone | 15% | 85% | |
| 2 · Derry/Antrim | 10% | 90% | |
| 3 · Down /Armagh | 10% | 90% |
- Price carries 85–90 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 90 points.
- “DAERA - Forest Service - Supply and delivery of Urea Solution” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Jul 2023, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2023, 10:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
ID4817677- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-030861- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ebbdFind 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: 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. The figure stated in V.2.4 is a. maximum that. can. be spent through the framework over the full term and does not give any guarantee of any level of business that may. be awarded. under. the agreement
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
4 Sept 2023 → 3 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published19 Oct 2023, 10:53 BST
- Bids must remain valid until3 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2023- Status changed to complete19 Oct 2023, 10:16 BST
- Buyer details updated19 Oct 2023, 10:16 BST
- Buyer details updated19 Oct 2023, 10:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £88,660, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Fermanagh/ Tyrone
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Derry/Antrim
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2023
- Value
- £88,600
- Status
- active
Down /Armagh
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2023
- Value
- £140,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Fermanagh/ Tyrone | 5bids · 5 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · Derry/Antrim | 5bids · 5 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 3 · Down /Armagh | 5bids · 5 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- DAERAContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
- Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural AffairsContracting authority
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
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- A. I. D. CHEMICALS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- COLIN FARRELL TREE SERVICESFramework contractor
- ELM FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPING LTDFramework contractor
- GARDINER FARM AND FOREST SERVICESFramework contractor
- RJ WOODLAND SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- VALLEY FORESTRYFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria