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Published 17 Jul 2023, 11:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EES Geode Receiver Field Kits

Official notice

Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,200,000≈ £800k / year
Submissions closed 30 Aug 2023awarded 21 Mar 2024
Awarded to Rugged Mobile Systems Ltd, IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD2 awards
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 5 Oct 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Natural England have a requirement to procure priority equipment for England Ecosystem Survey ahead of field survey training beginning in April.<br/>High accuracy GNSS receivers will be used in this project to record the location of survey plots and points, and to help find them again for Quality Assurance and regular re-survey purposes

CPV: Equipment sets

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 6 moPublished value£1,200,000
Contract period: 5 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2025 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 12 Month extension optionVariant 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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Envelope: 30%
  • price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Envelope: 30
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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 Jul 2023, 11:57 BST
Last source update
28 Mar 2024, 11:22 GMT
Award evaluation window
17 Jul 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-010232
Classification (CPV)
Equipment sets
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e282 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
30 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
17 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Jul 2023 → 28 Mar 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    17 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    30 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    5 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    28 Mar 2024, 11:22 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Oct 2023, 13:48 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    28 Mar 2024, 11:22 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,238,1002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 21 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Rugged Mobile Systems LtdSME£240,548 †—Awarded
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD£997,552 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Defra Network eTendering Portal

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeEnvironmental protection 17 Nobel House, London, UK, SW1P 3JRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • IpsosAwarded supplier948470 3 Thomas More St, London, UK, E1W 1YWContact phone
  • Rugged Mobile SystemsAwarded supplier6157446 The Carriage House, Wrexham, UK, LL14 5NSContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.