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Published 17 May 2022, 17:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DVA 4246833 New Driver and Vehicle Agency Test Centre, Mallusk

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Agency NI·Consortium: 2 public authorities

WorksRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£9,700,000exc. VAT39.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Jul 2022awarded 26 Feb 2024
Awarded to HENRY BROTHERS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of a new Driver and Vehicle Agency Test Centre and infrastructure at Mallusk. The Test Centre will be designed to current standards and include vehicle test lanes, a 2-storey administration area and site works including internal roads, car parking and test tracks. A minimum of 10 percent of the overall score at award stage will be based on suppliers’ social value delivery proposals and score. Further information for suppliers on scoring social value is available at the below link: buysocialni.org/contractors/ ↗

CPV: Building construction work · Buildings associated with transport · Construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to various means of transport · Construction work for commercial buildings · Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport · Construction work for warehouses · Construction work for warehouses and industrial buildings · Warehouse stores construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 55%Price: 45%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • QUALITY 45 SOCIAL VALUE 10: 55%
  • price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
  • QUALITY 45 SOCIAL VALUE 10: 55
  • Price: 45
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    In order for a Contractor/Consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must. hold licenses, accreditation or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out in the PQQ documents.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
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
17 May 2022, 17:01 BST
Last source update
5 Dec 2024, 07:26 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039147
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workBuildings associated with transportConstruction workConstruction work for buildings relating to various means of transportConstruction work for commercial buildingsConstruction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transportConstruction work for warehousesConstruction work for warehouses and industrial buildingsWarehouse stores construction work
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033926 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 Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures. www.financeni.gov.uk ↗..... publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures.. . 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/ ↗. listpublicbodies-whichni-public-procurement-policy-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: CPD is a central purchasing body which is managing the procurement procedure on behalf of Driver & Vehicle Agency which is the Contracting Authority. The contract will be entered into by Driver & Vehicle Agency. . . . PQQs will be issued and should be returned via CPD’s electronic tendering system (eTendersNI). Details regarding the operation of eTendersNI are contained within the Call for Tender (CfT).. . . The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:. . i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and. iii. 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 Economic Operators or Candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the Economic Operator or Candidate participating in this procurement process.. . No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. .

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=4246833 ↗

Submission deadline
21 Jul 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Jul 2022 → 5 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Jul 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    21 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    5 Dec 2024, 07:26 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2022
  1. Deadline moved to 30 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
    13 Jun 2022, 11:07 BST
    +7 days · was 23 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Deadline moved to 21 Jul 2022, 15:00 BST
    27 Jun 2022, 10:43 BST
    +21 days · was 30 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    5 Dec 2024, 07:26 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    5 Dec 2024, 07:26 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2)23 Jun 202230 Jun 2022+7 d
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or. requests to participate · IV.2.2)30 Jun 202221 Jul 2022+21 d

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate extended to 30th June 2022

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate extended to 21st July 2022

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-05: 1 release · 17 May 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £13,545,9531 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
HENRY BROTHERS LIMITEDSMEContract£13,545,953 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Driver and Vehicle Agency NI

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 148 – 158 Corporation Street, BELFAST, UK, BT1 3DHContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Driver and Vehicle AgencyContracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services BELFAST, UKContact 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
  • HENRY BROTHERS LIMITEDAwarded supplier 108-114 Moneymore Road, MAGHERAFELT, UK, BT45 6HJContact email

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