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Published 28 Apr 2022, 09:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

FMM-20-060 Repair of Floor Maintenance Machinery for the Education Authority

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,020,000exc. VAT · 1 value update33.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Jan 2023awarded 13 Apr 2023
Awarded to CAREY CLEANING MACHINES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

EA invites tenders for FMM-20-060 Repair of Floor Maintenance Machinery for the Education Authority

CPV: Floor-cleaning machines · Floor-maintenance machines · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of machinery · Spare parts

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1EA invites tenders for FMM-20-060 Repair of Floor Maintenance Machinery for the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,020,000

EA invites tenders for FMM-20-060 Repair of Floor Maintenance Machinery for the Education Authority. Additional information: Education Authority for Northern Ireland has awarded the following competition - Contract for the Repair of Floor Maintenance Machines throughout Northern Ireland. This Contract has been established on behalf of EA, 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.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus ↗.

  • Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI. www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ ↗.
  • Independent School in NI; and. www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ire… ↗.
  • Libraries NI. www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ ↗. The value shown in 11.1.7 is for two of three lots/localities - £340,000 per lot/locality excluding VAT. This value has been calculated on the basis of a two year Contract with the option to extend for one period of two years and a further optional extension of one year and includes additional contingency if required. There is no guarantee of the volume required during the Contract Period or to the exact value of orders placed through it i.e. EA makes no commitment on the frequency or value of orders over the Contract Period. This will be a demand lead Contract for repair.Under this Contract Lot 1 South West and Lot 2 North have been awarded. Lot 3 East has not been awarded under the tender competition. Emergency repairs for Lot 3 can be carried out by the awarded Contractor compliantly as allowed for in the specification whilst the Authority identifies a new sourcing strategy for this Lot.
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Locations throughout NI
Extensions: Extension Options: The contract has the option to extend for an initial extension period of two (2) years and an additional option to extend for a further one (1) year as outlined in document 4. FMM-20-060 Services (Contract) Commercial Conditions · Extension Options: The contract has the option to extend for an initial extension period of two (2) years and an additional option to extend for a further one (1) year as outlined in document 4. FMM-20-060 Services (Contract) Commercial ConditionsVariant 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: 20%Price: 70%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • AC1 Methodology for the Delivery of Services: 20%
  • AC3 Total Contract Price: 70%
  • AC2 Delivery of Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • AC1 Methodology for the Delivery of Services: 20
  • AC2 Delivery of Social Value: 10
  • AC3 Total Contract 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 · publisher note attached
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
Yes
First published
28 Apr 2022, 09:28 BST
Last source update
11 May 2023, 18:22 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
FMM-20-060
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013515
Classification (CPV)
Floor-cleaning machinesFloor-maintenance machinesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of machinerySpare parts
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033130 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
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 Contract will be delivered across three Lots, based on EA’s three geographical locality splits across Northern Ireland:. Lot 1 - South West locality. Lot 2 - North locality. Lot 3 - North locality - this Lot was not awarded; however, emergency repairs shall be carried out by the awarded Contractor compliantly as allowable in the Specification until the Authority identify a suitable sourcing strategy for this Lot.

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 ↗

Submission deadline
19 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jun 2022 → 11 May 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    30 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    19 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    13 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST
  5. Notice published
    11 May 2023, 18:22 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Nov 2022
  1. Published value updated to £1,020,000
    28 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
    was £500,000
  2. Status changed to active
    28 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    28 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 13 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
    28 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
  5. Deadline moved to 19 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
    13 Jan 2023, 17:09 GMT
    +6 days · was 13 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
  6. Status changed to complete
    11 May 2023, 18:22 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.2)13 Jan 202319 Jan 2023+6 d

The tender submission deadline has been extended until 15:00 on Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £680,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Apr 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CAREY CLEANING MACHINES LTDSMEContract£680,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Education Authority NI

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Libraries NIContracting authority Lisburn, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • 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 2015Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria