Official UK procurement notice
Farms - Maintenance and Servicing of Robotic Milking System
Authority: Aberystwyth University (Education)
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£240,000≈ £85k / year · £288,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Sept 2026
Contract term 2 yrs 10 moends 31 Jul 2029 · starts 1 Oct 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University farm is seeking to enter into a servicing and maintainance agreement for its robotic milking machines at Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth, to improve operation and efficiency.
- No preliminary market engagement: Not applicable
CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£240,000
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products50000000 Repair and maintenance services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
Please see qualification envelope
- Technical & professional ability
Please see technical envelope
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).
How bids were scored
- Commercial : 50 Marks
- Technical : 50 Marks
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
Please see qualification envelope
- Technical & professional ability
Please see technical envelope
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Aug 2026, 11:20 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 11:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Sept 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076123- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e110Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 Days
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Sell2Wales · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free Wales registration; eTenderWales runs on Jaggaer
- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
11 Aug 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published72 days ago11 Aug 2026, 11:20 BST
- Clarification questions by48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline41 days ago11 Sept 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by33 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 11:20 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender