Official UK procurement notice
DAERA - The Carbon Footprinting Project
Authority: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDAERA require a Supplier to provide the administration, delivery, support and maintenance of a Carbon Footprinting Project farm carbon calculator which will provide farm businesses with their farm carbon footprint. Training will be provided to assist farmers to use the information received to take appropriate action to reduce net GHG emissions on their farm. The Carbon Calculator procured for this project will be used on all Northern Ireland farms, and requires 28,400 farm carbon footprints to be completed over the next four financial years (2024/25 – 2027/28).
CPV: Agricultural machinery · Agricultural services · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Data services · Design and execution of research and development · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software package · Inventory management software package · License management software package · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research and experimental development services · +4 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£2,500,000
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 sub-criteria (6)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology and Implementation Plan: 21%
- AC2 Proposed Team Experience: 14%
- AC3 Contract Management/business continuity: 14%
- AC4 Governance Structures: 10.5%
- price: 30%
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (6)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology and Implementation Plan: 21
- AC2 Proposed Team Experience: 14
- AC3 Contract Management/business continuity: 14
- AC4 Governance Structures: 10.5
- AC5 Social Value: 10.5
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 22 May 2024, 16:20 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Nov 2025, 09:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5226598- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075496- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0469ceFind a Tender
Publisher note: This tender was not progressed to award due to a legal challenge.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
20 Jun 2024 → 20 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline20 Jun 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Jun 2024, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until18 Sept 2024, 23:59 BST
- Notice published336 days ago20 Nov 2025, 09:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2025- Status changed to cancelled20 Nov 2025, 09:59 GMT
- Buyer details updated20 Nov 2025, 09:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute 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 amended.Review body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria