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Published 15 Apr 2021, 09:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DfI Roads and Rivers T-1106 Term Contract for Street Lighting Maintenance and Improvement Works 2021

Official notice

Authority: Department for Infrastructure (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

Framework agreement4 lotsWorksOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£32,000,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 28 Sept 2021awarded 4 Oct 2022
Lots 4see the lot list below

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Term Contract for Street Lighting and Maintenance Works 2021 may include, but not be limited to, the following Principal Work Activities which are provided by way of example: A. Supply and construction of street lighting installations on an adopted public road B. Maintenance of all elements (columns, lanterns, cabling, control pillars) making up a street lighting network on an adopted public road. C. Periodic electrical inspection and testing on a street lighting network on an adopted public road D. Managing the delivery of street lighting works in accordance with the National Highway Sector Scheme for Scheme 8 E. Live working on a Distribution Network Operator’s (DNO) network. F. Delivery of Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) as part of associated civils works on live trafficked public roads in the following Local Government Districts: SLN2 - Mid and East Antrim / Antrim and Newtownabbey; SLE2 - Lisburn and Castlereagh; SLS2 - North Down and Ards / Newry, Mourne and Down; SLW2 - Derry and Strabane / Fermanagh and Omagh.

CPV: Construction work · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork · Electrical installation work · Engineering works and construction works · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
4 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 7 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1SLW2 Derry and Strabane/Fermanagh and OmaghAwarded Scotland, Northern Ireland
Lot #2SLN2 Mid and East Antrim/Antrim and NewtownabbeyAwarded Scotland, Northern Ireland
Lot #3SLE2 Lisburn and CastlereaghAwarded Northern Ireland
Lot #4SLS2 North Down and Ards/Newry, Mourne and DownAwarded Northern Ireland

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
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed Framework Agreement is divided into Lots, these Economic and Financial Standing

    selection criteria apply separately in relation to each individual lot.

    OTHER ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS:

    A search of the tenderer against Equifax's Protect must not return a 'Warning' or 'Caution' returnable code or any neutral code, unless the tenderer confirms that it can provide any other document which Scotland Excel considers appropriate to prove to Scotland Excel (acting within its permitted discretion under the applicable public procurement rules) that the tenderer does/would not present an unmanageable risk should it be appointed on to the proposed Framework Agreement. Equifax's protect is a fraud indicator/credit risk search and analysis of five areas of threat in relation to a particular company: credit history; disqualification; validation and investigation bureau; connected data; and bureau information.

    Minimum: INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: It is a requirement of the contracts to be procured under the proposed framework agreement that tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: ALL L…
  • Technical & professional ability
    1. Subcontracting
    2. Quality Management Procedures
    3. Environmental Management Systems or Standards
    4. Health and Safety Procedures

    For full details please see the Procurement Documents. In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed Framework Agreement is divided into Lots, these Technical and professional ability selection criteria apply separately in relation to each individual lot.

    Minimum: SUBCONTRACTING: Tenderers will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contracts to be called-off under the proposed framework agreement. If you intend to subcontract any share of the contract to third parties on whose capa…
What this means for your bid
  • “DfI Roads and Rivers T-1106 Term Contract for Street Lighting…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Works
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Apr 2021, 09:24 BST
Last source update
31 Oct 2022, 11:21 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Sept 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030639
Classification (CPV)
Construction workConstruction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatworkElectrical installation workEngineering works and construction worksWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a62f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed Framework, and contracts to be called-off there under (to the extent known or

settled at this stage), please see the Procurement Documents (details of how to access these being set out in section “I.3) Communication”

of this Contract Notice).

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts

(Scotland)Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446)(as amended)may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: This Tender process is subject to the Law and Guidance applicable in Scotland relative to the award of public contracts including (without limitation) as set out in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, most recently amended to reflect the European Union exit by the UK. This tender exercise has commenced after the UK withdrawal from the European Union and it has been conducted and concluded in accordance with the Law, Guidance and procedures in force after the UK withdrawal on 31st December 2020. Any prior version of the relevant Law and Guidance, or terminology related thereto, which appears in these Procurement Documents should therefore be interpreted and applied as currently in force. Scotland Excel, as a central purchasing body, is procuring this framework for the use and benefit of its members namely 32 local authorities in Scotland, Tayside Contracts, associate members, together with any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. Scotland Excel local authority members and associate members entitled to use this framework, are listed at http://www.scotlandexcel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Our_members.aspx. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tenderers are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to the proposed framework agreement set out in section IV.1.3 of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less tenderer than the envisaged maximum number to the proposed Framework Agreement. (SC Ref:707257)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Appointment period ends
28 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jul 2021 → 31 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    30 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    28 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    31 Oct 2022, 11:21 GMT

Notice history

10 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2021
  1. Published value updated to £32,000,000
    27 Aug 2021, 10:24 BST
    was £24,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    27 Aug 2021, 10:24 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    27 Aug 2021, 10:24 BST
  4. Deadline published: 28 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
    27 Aug 2021, 10:24 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    28 Feb 2022, 16:05 GMT
  6. Procurement method changed
    7 Mar 2022, 09:38 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    7 Mar 2022, 09:38 GMT
  8. Procurement method changed
    22 Sept 2022, 11:29 BST
  9. Buyer details updated
    22 Sept 2022, 11:29 BST
  10. Buyer details updated
    31 Oct 2022, 11:21 GMT
Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2022-02: 1 release · 28 Feb 2022
  • 2021-08: 1 release · 27 Aug 2021
  • 2021-04: 1 release · 15 Apr 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 7admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 44 from SMEs · busiest of 4 lots
Contracts signed 9latest 4 Oct 2022

9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £25,600,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • SLW2 Derry and Strabane/Fermanagh and Omagh

    Signed
    4 Oct 2022
    Value
    £2,949,107
    Status
    active
  • SLN2 Mid and East Antrim/Antrim and Newtownabbey

    Signed
    4 Oct 2022
    Value
    £2,994,626
    Status
    active
  • SLE2 Lisburn and Castlereagh

    Signed
    4 Oct 2022
    Value
    £2,409,143
    Status
    active
  • SLS2 North Down and Ards/Newry, Mourne and Down

    Signed
    4 Oct 2022
    Value
    £2,866,372
    Status
    active
  • Contract 006123-2022-SLC/PS/COMENT/21/171-1

    Signed
    1 Mar 2022
    Value
    £2,437,500
    Status
    active
  • Fresh Milk

    Signed
    11 Feb 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Organic Milk

    Signed
    11 Feb 2022
    Value
    £6,400,000
    Status
    active
  • Fresh Milk

    Signed
    11 Feb 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Organic Milk

    Signed
    11 Feb 2022
    Value
    £6,400,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · SLW2 Derry and Strabane/Fermanagh and Omagh4bids · 4 electronic · 5 from abroad4——
2 · SLN2 Mid and East Antrim/Antrim and Newtownabbey4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——
3 · SLE2 Lisburn and Castlereagh4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad1——
4 · SLS2 North Down and Ards/Newry, Mourne and Down3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Department for Infrastructure

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Clarence Court Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8GBContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview body Edinburgh
  • Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body Hamilton
  • Paisley Sheriff CourtReview body Paisley
  • The High CourtReview body Belfast

Framework contractors & participating bidders

7 commercial parties on the notice
  • D J Campbell & SonFramework contractor Achnashelloch Farm, Lochgilphead, Scotland, PA31 8REContact phone
  • FP McCannFramework contractor Knockloughrim Quarry, 3 Drumard Road, MAGHERAFELT, UK, BT45 8QAContact email
  • Grahams the Family DairyFramework contractor Airthrey Kerse, Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, UK, FK9 4RWContact phone
  • M P BRADLEY LTDFramework contractor 966-968 Shore Road, NEWTOWNABBEY, UK, BT36 7DJContact email
  • Muller UK and Ireland LLP T/A Müller Milk & IngredientsFramework contractor Tern Valley Business Park, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, West Midlands, TF9 3SQ.Contact phone
  • Swansons Fruit Company LtdFramework contractor Orchard House, 3 Henderson Drive, Inverness, Scotland, IV1 1TRContact phone
  • WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES LTDFramework contractor 5 Blackwater Road, Newtownabbey, UK, BT36 4TZContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.