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Published 14 Mar 2025, 10:17 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Fixed Crane Maintenance Service

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£240,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Apr 2025awarded 14 Jul 2025
Awarded to Konecranes Demag UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Maintenance Service for Fixed Cranes

CPV: Cranes · Hoists · Overhead travelling cranes · Parts of cranes · Preventive maintenance services · Repair and maintenance of plant · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of cranes · Repair and maintenance services of machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for a Maintenance Service for its…AwardedPublished value£240,000

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for a Maintenance Service for its Fixed Cranes across its site at Culham Campus, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

The service is required for a three year period with one years option.

Delivery: South East
Extensions: The option to extend for a further year.Variant 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: 175Price: 20Social value: 5
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Social Value - Inequality in the Workforce: 5
  • Quality - made up of 4 questions: 70
  • Quality - Relevant and Similar Projects: 25
  • Quality - Suitably Qualified Exerienced Personnel: 25
  • Quality - Contractor's Methodology: 25
  • Quality - Programme: 25
  • Cost: 20
  • Social Value - Supporting Educational Attainment: 5
Published award criteria (8)
  • Social Value - Supporting Educational Attainment: 5%
  • Social Value - Inequality in the Workforce: 5%
  • Quality - made up of 4 questions: 70%
  • Quality - Relevant and Similar Projects: 25%
  • Quality - Suitably Qualified Exerienced Personnel: 25%
  • Quality - Contractor's Methodology: 25%
  • Quality - Programme: 25%
  • Cost: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Services
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
14 Mar 2025, 10:17 GMT
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 12:32 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Apr 2025 – …
Authority reference
T/RAF186/24
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045193
Classification (CPV)
CranesHoistsOverhead travelling cranesParts of cranesPreventive maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance of plantRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of cranesRepair and maintenance services of machinery
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e3cd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic payment
Performance terms

Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.

This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the authority before a contract is entered into applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request. Additional debriefing and that information have to be provided within a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be sought from the contact named in this notice.

If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
8 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    1 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 12:32 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Mar 2025
  1. Deadline moved to 8 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
    14 Mar 2025, 10:17 GMT
    +7 days · was 1 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    1 Aug 2025, 12:32 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    1 Aug 2025, 12:32 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders · IV.2.21 Apr 20258 Apr 2025+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening tenders · IV.2.71 Apr 20258 Apr 2025+7 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £90,7951 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 63 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Konecranes Demag UK Ltd£90,795 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Campus, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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