Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - NIEA - Eastern Mournes Wildfire Recovery Project
Authority: DAERA: Northern Ireland Environmental Agency NIEA
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDepartment of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)/ NI Environmental Agency (NIEA) is seeking to appoint an experienced, competent and suitably qualified wildfire expert or consortium of experts to develop three comprehensive wildfire management plans and other wildfire related projects for various ASSI, and SAC across Northern Ireland including Eastern and Western Mournes, Kilfeaghan Upper, Antrim Hills and Carn / Glen Shane. It is anticipated that this work will commence at contract award and run for an initial period of three years to complete all seven core outcomes, detailed within the Specification, in full estimated to be completed within the initial three years contract period. Please refer to tender documents for full details.
CPV: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction · Environmental impact assessment other than for construction · Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction · Environmental monitoring other than for construction · Environmental rehabilitation · Environmental safety services · Environmental services · Environmental standards other than for construction · Forest conservation strategy planning · Forestry services · Horticultural services · Landscape protection services · +4 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£605,000
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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 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 sub-criteria (5)
- Proposed Team Experience: 30.4%
- Proposed Methodology: 24.8%
- Contract Management: 14.4%
- Total Contract Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10.4%
Published award criteria (5)
- Proposed Team Experience: 30.4
- Proposed Methodology: 24.8
- Contract Management: 14.4
- Social Value: 10.4
- Total Contract Price: 20
- Suitability
As detailed in the Tender Documents
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed in the Tender Documents
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 14 Jan 2025, 13:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 13:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
5255294- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001178- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cfddFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed in the Tender Documents
- 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.
Publisher note: 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 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
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- Submission deadline
- 17 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
14 Jan 2025 → 18 May 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 13:11 GMT
- Submission deadline17 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until18 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.