Official UK procurement notice
Department for the Economy - Tourism Northern Ireland - Coach Services Contract
Authority: Department for the Economy Tourism NI (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTNI has a requirement for the provision of private coach hire services to facilitate a number of Familiarisation Trips throughout each year
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 6 bids received · 2 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 (4)
- Servicing and managing the contract: 30%
- Contingency arrangements - Disaster Recovery Plan: 8%
- Total contract price: 60%
- Environmental considerations: 2%
Published award criteria (4)
- Servicing and managing the contract: 30
- Contingency arrangements - Disaster Recovery Plan: 8
- Environmental considerations: 2
- Total contract price: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Department for the Economy - Tourism Northern Ireland - Coach Services…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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- 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jan 2021, 17:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2021, 17:48 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001776- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e46Find a Tender
- 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 is communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract
- Signed
- 28 Jan 2021
- Value
- £220,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK has no such bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- J K COACHES LTDFramework contractor
- QUINN COACHES LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.