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Published 10 May 2021, 15:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Ground Investigation Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,600,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 10 Jun 2021awarded 7 Jul 2021
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Authority is looking to procure a framework agreement (Agreement) for the provision of Ground Investigation Services and Associated Works. The work content will relate to Ground

Investigation (i.e. boreholes/soil sampling and testing/ factual and interpretative reporting) as outlined in the Scope-Specification. The Agreement will be used to carry out site investigations for new highway schemes, existing

highway maintenance schemes, new Council buildings including new school developments and the potential treatment of mineshafts and shallow mine workings.

The investigation works will comprise of hand excavated trial pits, cable percussion boreholes, rotary open hole and core drilling, dynamic probing, environmental probing, road pavement and structural coring. Sampling will be required, together with the production of borehole logs and factual reports, where required. Further information can be found within the Scope-Specification.

  • Recurrence: Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The Framework Agreement is available for up to 4 years, following which there is potential for the services to be continually required therefore there is potential (but not guarantee) for the Framework Agreement to be reprocured. Any re-procurement is at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.

CPV: Ground investigation services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 5 suppliers · 13 bids received (2.6 per place) · 5 appointed (full)

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Work Packages Under £30,000CancelledRenewal

Lancashire County Council is seeking to Procure a framework agreement. Details of which are including within the tender documents.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The Agreement will be for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. · The Framework Agreement is available for up to a 4 year period, following which there may or may not be an opportunity for a re-procurement. The Framework Agreement included within Tender Documents outlines any relevant break clauses or periods within the awarded term where a re-procurement could occur. Any re-procurement will be at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.Variant bids: not allowed
71351500 Ground investigation services
Lot #2Work Packages over £30,000CancelledRenewal

Lancashire County Council is seeking to procure a framework agreement. The details can be found within the tender documents.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: The Agreement will be for an initial period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. · The Framework Agreement is available for up to a 4 year period, following which there may or may not be an opportunity for a re-procurement. The Framework Agreement included within Tender Documents outlines any relevant break clauses or periods within the awarded term where a re-procurement could occur. Any re-procurement will be at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.Variant bids: not allowed
71351500 Ground investigation services

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 2 lots
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 50
  • Price: 50
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.
  • “Ground Investigation Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 suppliers, 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
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
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

Yes · Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The Framework Agreement is available for up to 4 years, following which there is potential for the services to be continually required therefore there is potential (but not guarantee) for the Framework Agreement to be reprocured. Any re-procurement is at the discretion of the contracting authority and will be completed compliantly.

First published
10 May 2021, 15:53 BST
Last source update
23 Aug 2021, 10:29 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Jun 2021 – …
Authority reference
CC/CORP/LCC/21/1077
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-020585
Classification (CPV)
Ground investigation services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02af17 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Appointment period ends
10 Jun 2021, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
10 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/ ↗

Timeline

10 Jun 2021 → 23 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    10 Jun 2021, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Jun 2021, 11:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Aug 2021, 10:29 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Aug 2021, 10:29 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1313 from SMEs
Contracts signed 5latest 7 Jul 2021

5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,600,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Supply of Ground Investigation Services.

    Signed
    7 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Supply of Ground Investigation Services.

    Signed
    7 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Supply of Ground Investigation Services.

    Signed
    7 Jul 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Supply of Ground Investigation Services.

    Signed
    7 Jul 2021
    Value
    £800,000
    Status
    active

  • Supply of Ground Investigation Services.

    Signed
    7 Jul 2021
    Value
    £800,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13bids · 13 electronic13——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityEnvironmental protection Fishergate, Preston, North West, PR18XJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of Justice - The High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties 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