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Published 28 Aug 2024, 14:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DE 5500211 Appointment Of An Integrated Supply Team For St Kevin's College, Lisnaskea, Sep2-48

Official notice

Authority: Board of Governors of St Kevin's College, Lisnaskea (Education)

WorksRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£4,600,000exc. VAT6.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Oct 2024awarded 9 Jun 2025
Awarded to LOWRY CONSTRUCTION LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Construct A New Traditional/Permanent Construction Classroom Block, Part Single/Part Two Storey On A Plot Identified By The College (Currently Grass) To The North-East Of The Main School Building To Provide 7No Specialist Subject Classrooms, Ancillary And Support Spaces And Associated Siteworks.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to education and research

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£4,600,000
Second stage: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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 award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 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
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
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
28 Aug 2024, 14:51 BST
Last source update
15 May 2026, 13:29 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-044914
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction work for buildings relating to education and research
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0G)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049605 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored. As. part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier Performance. contained in Annex K of the Construction Procurement Toolkit see www.financeni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/… ↗. Protocol%20for%20Managing%20Supplier%20Poor%20Performance%20-%20ACC.pdf . .. If an Economic Operator has received more. than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at its discretion, can. consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern. Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern. Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/listpublicb… ↗. which-ni-publicprocurementpolicy-. applies .

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and... provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach... of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the... point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award... decision.. . The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge... the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law... must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds... for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good... reason for doing so).

Publisher note: The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by.... publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in.... no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as... a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction... of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition.... The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so,... the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice.... No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the... right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify... any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public... interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides information or confirmations which later... prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation... to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during the process. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be... registered on the Contracting Authorities e-procurement portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/... epps/home.do All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation... document held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal.

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5500211 ↗

Submission deadline
2 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Oct 2024 → 15 May 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
  2. Notice published160 days ago
    15 May 2026, 13:29 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 May 2026, 13:29 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,892,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 121 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LOWRY CONSTRUCTION LTDSMEContract£4,892,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
12bids · 12 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Board of Governors of St Kevin's College, Lisnaskea

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 38 Nutfield Road, Lisnaskea, UK, BT920LAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Construction and Procurement Delivery, Procurement Operations BranchReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LOWRY CONSTRUCTION LTDAwarded supplier 30 Carncorn Road, CASTLEDERG, UK, BT81 7RHContact 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