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Published 30 Mar 2021, 09:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

For the provision of Highway Materials 2021 - 2024

Official notice

Authority: Cumbria County Council (Local council)

Framework agreement4 lotsGoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£7,500,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 18 May 2021awarded 30 Jul 2021
Lots 4see the lot list below

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Materials to be delivered under this contract are to facilitate highway maintenance

works to repair potholes and worn out carriageway carried out by County’s in-house

operations teams. This framework will consist of a three-year multi-supplier, countywide

framework for the supply of highway maintenance materials. This will include all suppliers

who meet the specification and will include price schedules for delivery to depot/ site or

collection from the batching plant/ quarry with four lots as follows:

  • Lot 1 - Bituminous materials
  • Lot 2 - Ready Mix Concrete
  • Lot 3 - Dry Aggregates
  • Lot 4 – Miscellaneous Road Repair Products

CPV: Bitumen · Ready-mixed concrete · Road-construction materials · Road-maintenance materials · Road-repair materials

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
11 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 16 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £450,000: 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 #1Bituminous materialsAwardedPublished value£4,800,000

Bituminous materials - All materials must meet the appropriate requirements of the

Specification set out in Schedule 2 and the rates submitted in the Pricing Schedule must be

inclusive of delivery and travel time to the local depot or to site (unless otherwise indicated

in the pricing schedule).

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Ready Mix ConcreteAwardedceiling above

Ready Mix Concrete - All materials must meet the appropriate requirements of the Specification set out in Schedule 2 and the rates submitted in the Pricing Schedule must be inclusive of delivery and

travel time to the local depot or to site (unless otherwise indicated in the pricing schedule).

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Dry AggregatesAwardedPublished value£240,000

Dry Aggregates - All materials must meet the appropriate requirements of the Specification set out in

Schedule 2 and the rates submitted in the Pricing Schedule must be inclusive of delivery and

travel time to the local depot or to site (unless otherwise indicated in the pricing schedule).

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Miscellaneous Road Repair ProductsAwardedceiling above

Miscellaneous Road Repair Products - All materials must meet the appropriate requirements of the Specification set out in Schedule 2 and the rates submitted in the Pricing Schedule must be inclusive of delivery and travel time to the local depot or to site (unless otherwise indicated in the pricing schedule).

Delivery: North West
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 · same split on all 4 lots
Price: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 0
  • Price: 100
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “For the provision of Highway Materials 2021 - 2024” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
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
30 Mar 2021, 09:55 BST
Last source update
11 Aug 2021, 10:17 BST
Award evaluation window
18 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN534820
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019421
Classification (CPV)
BitumenReady-mixed concreteRoad-construction materialsRoad-maintenance materialsRoad-repair materials
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a0cf Find a Tender

Publisher note: Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract reference (DN534820) in the box labelled ‘contains’ then click search. Click on the blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 May 2021 → 11 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    11 Aug 2021, 10:17 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Aug 2021, 10:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 16admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 117 from SMEs · busiest of 4 lots
Contracts signed 4latest 30 Jul 2021

4 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, £450,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Lot 1 - Bituminous materials

    Signed
    30 Jul 2021
    Value
    £4,800,000
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Ready Mix Concrete

    Signed
    30 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Lot 3 - Dry Aggregates

    Signed
    30 Jul 2021
    Value
    £240,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 019421-2021-Lot 4 - Miscellaneous Road Repair Products-4

    Signed
    30 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Bituminous materials6bids · 6 electronic2——
2 · Ready Mix Concrete4bids · 4 electronic2——
3 · Dry Aggregates11bids · 11 electronic7——
4 · Miscellaneous Road Repair Products7bids · 7 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cumbria County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, North West, CA1 1RDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court Of EnglandReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

17 commercial parties on the notice
Show 7 more suppliers

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