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Published 20 Feb 2025, 11:04 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA - Servicing and Maintenance of Plant Machinery 2025 - 2029 (ID 5574122)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)

6 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 6 lots to bid
Published estimate£375,000total for 6 lots
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025awarded 20 May 2025
Awarded to CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTD +2 more6 awards

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This contract will be for the Repair and Maintenance to Plant and Machinery. The Contract will be divided into 6 Lots linked to council areas within Northern Ireland. There will be no restrictions on the number of Lots a Tender can bid for or be awarded. Each Lot will be evaluated and awarded independently. Where Tenderers bid for multiple Lots, they must ensure that they have the capacity to deliver the requirements for each should they be successful in more than one. Only one Contractor will be appointed per LOT.

CPV: Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value (£375,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 6 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Ards and North Down District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£44,563
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · A renewal may be required on expiry of this arrangement.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Causeway Coast and Glens District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£101,738
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · A renewal may be required on expiry of this arrangement.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Fermanagh and Omagh District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£71,469
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Lisburn and Castlereagh District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£34,473
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · A renewal may be required on expiry of this arrangement.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #5Mid Ulster District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£50,448
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #6Newry, Mourne and Down District CouncilAwardedRenewalPublished value£72,309
Extensions: Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months · Two years with a further option of up to Twelve months.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 · same split on all 6 lots
Price: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price: 90%
  • Social Value: Promoting Wellbeing: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Social Value: Promoting Wellbeing: 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Feb 2025, 11:04 GMT
Last source update
20 May 2025, 13:47 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
ID 5574122
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023255
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4b8 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
28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    20 May 2025, 13:47 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 May 2025, 13:47 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 6
Awarded value £375,0006 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 306 from SMEs
Contracts signed 6latest 20 May 2025

Contracts

  • LOT 1 - Ards and North Down District Council · CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTDSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £45,000
    Status
    active
  • LOT 2 - Causeway Coast and Glens District Council · D A ForgieSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £102,000
    Status
    active
  • LOT 3 - Fermanagh and Omagh District Council · Modern Tyres Ltd.SME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £71,000
    Status
    active
  • LOT 4 - Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council · CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTDSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £35,000
    Status
    active
  • LOT 5 - Mid Ulster District Council · D A ForgieSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £50,000
    Status
    active
  • LOT 6 - Newry, Mourne and Down District Council · CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTDSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £72,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Ards and North Down District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
2 · Causeway Coast and Glens District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
3 · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
4 · Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
5 · Mid Ulster District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
6 · Newry, Mourne and Down District Council5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services BELFAST, UKContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • CYRIL JOHNSTON CO LTDAwarded supplier Ballynahinch Road, BELFAST, UK, BT8 8DJContact email, phone
  • D A ForgieAwarded supplier 16 Seacoast Road, LIMAVADY, UK, BT49 9DWContact email, phone
  • Modern Tyres Ltd.Awarded supplier 56 Tempo Road, Enniskillen, UK, BT74 6HRContact 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