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Published 6 Nov 2024, 11:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Fully Managed Service for Mobile Breast Screening Trailers [5253384]

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation·Consortium: 6 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£7,240,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2025awarded 28 Apr 2025
Awarded to W.H. Bence (Coachworks) Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Fully Managed Service for Mobile Breast Screening Trailers

CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Motor vehicle conversion services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment · Vehicle-fleet management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,240,000
Extensions: The contract will be awarded for a duration of 60 months with the option of extending for any period(s) of up to and including 60 month extensions. The Contract is subject to renewal dependent on Client requirements.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
Price: 90%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 90
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 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
6 Nov 2024, 11:10 GMT
Last source update
6 May 2025, 15:17 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019146
Classification (CPV)
Fleet management, repair and maintenance servicesMiscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesMotor vehicle conversion servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipmentVehicle-fleet management services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b43d Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the Contract is entered into. The Public. Contracts Regulations 2015 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.

Publisher note: In section I.2 it is stated that this is a joint procurement and contract award is by a central purchasing body. This contract is not a joint contract, it is a central purchasing body contract operated by Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Belfast, Northern, Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. The contracting authority has identified the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) on the basis of the Price 90% and Social Value 10%, once full compliance was demonstrated with all of the elements of the specification, including Quality-Pass/Fail and any other requirements as listed in the tender documentation. Details of the Quality, Social Value and the evaluation process incorporating price and compliance are provided as part of the Tender Evaluation Methodology and Marking Scheme (TEMMS) (SS20b). The value shown in II.1.5 of Contract Notice 2025/S 000-005053 will be used in the assessment of issues relating to materiality should they arise during the period of the Contract. PIN 2024/S 000-035890 also refers.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

20 Mar 2025 → 6 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
  3. Next notice expected
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    6 May 2025, 15:17 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until382 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Feb 2025
  1. Published value published: £7,240,000
    14 Feb 2025, 09:12 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    14 Feb 2025, 09:12 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    14 Feb 2025, 09:12 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 20 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
    14 Feb 2025, 09:12 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    6 May 2025, 15:17 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    6 May 2025, 15:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,311,8001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
W.H. Bence (Coachworks) LimitedSMEContract£1,311,800 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

6 public bodies on the notice

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth The Cottage, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Ballymena, UK, BT43 6DAContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Business Services OrganisationReview body 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.