Official UK procurement notice
FAE- 22 -019 Heavy Duty Technology Equipment including CNC Machines, Circular Saws and Laser Cutting Machines
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Heavy Duty Technology Equipment including CNC Machines, Circular Saws and Laser Cutting Machines to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This Framework Agreement will contain 2 lots as follows: Lot 1 – Heavy Duty Technology Equipment (6 Sections) and Lot 2 – CNC Machines and Laser Cutting Machines ( 9 Sections). This framework agreement is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point during the life of the framework agreement these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus ↗ Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and, Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-edu… ↗ Further Education Colleges in NI, www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ ↗ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, www.isc.co.uk/schools/northernirel… ↗ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI: www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ ↗, EA Teachers’ and Educational Centres, Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA), Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC), Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE)
CPV: Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines · Industrial machinery · Lathes, boring and milling machine tools · Machine tools for drilling, boring or milling metal · Machine tools for finishing metals · Machine tools operated by laser and machining centres · Metal-working machine tools
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.4 per place) · 2 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of themEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1,637,500: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Heavy Duty Technology EquipmentAwarded UK, Northern Irelandceiling above
Lot #2CNC Machines and Laser Cutting MachinesAwarded Northern Irelandceiling above
What 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).
- Economic & financial standing
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- Technical & professional ability
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- “FAE- 22 -019 Heavy Duty Technology Equipment including CNC Machines,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, 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
- Goods
- 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
- 9 Oct 2023, 18:00 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Apr 2024, 11:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Feb 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013866- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040a83Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTendersNI.
- Review procedure
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015.The EA operated a standstill period (i.e. a. minimum. of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: This framework is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point during the life of the Framework these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. . . All processes include the following: . . Tenderers should ensure they read and understand the documentation found in the CFT documents area of eTendersNI. . . As a Public Sector Procurement organisation, EA must adhere to the Procurement Policy Notes, https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/procurement-policy-notes-ppns. . . This tender includes requirements relating to Human Rights, Modern Slavery, Supply Chain Resilience and Social Value and all tenders must meet the requirements detailed in the tender documentation to be compliant. . . EA reserves the right to: . . Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice. . . To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition. . . To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
22 Nov 2023 → 19 May 2024 · 5 dates- Next notice expected22 Nov 2023
- Bids opened19 Feb 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published30 Apr 2024, 11:50 BST
- Bids must remain valid until19 May 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2024- Published value published: £3,275,00019 Jan 2024, 12:44 GMT
- Status changed to active19 Jan 2024, 12:44 GMT
- Procurement method changed19 Jan 2024, 12:44 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT19 Jan 2024, 12:44 GMT
- Buyer details updated19 Jan 2024, 12:44 GMT
- Deadline moved to 20 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT19 Feb 2024, 14:29 GMT+1 days · was 19 Feb 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete30 Apr 2024, 11:50 BST
- Buyer details updated30 Apr 2024, 11:50 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2) | 19 Feb 2024 | 20 Feb 2024 | +1 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-10: 1 release · 9 Oct 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 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, £1,637,500, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 – Heavy Duty Technology Equipment
- Signed
- 3 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 2 – CNC Machines and Laser Cutting Machines
- Signed
- 3 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Heavy Duty Technology Equipment | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · CNC Machines and Laser Cutting Machines | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Education AuthorityContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation
- Education Authority NIContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- CAMPBELL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS LTDFramework contractor
- TECHSOFT U K LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.