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Published 2 Oct 2024, 12:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

GSS24645 - Agriculture and food processing AI training and support

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£250,000≈ £188k / year3.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Nov 2024awarded 11 Dec 2024
Awarded to Ricardo AEA Ltd
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 2 Dec 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

*** Contract that has been awarded ***

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has had a requirement for Agriculture and food processing AI training and support.

This has been awarded via Open Procedure (Above Threshold)

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1*** Contract that has been awarded ***Awarded 1 yr 4 moPublished value£250,000

*** Contract that has been awarded ***

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has had a requirement for Agriculture and food processing AI training and support.

This has been awarded via Open Procedure (Above Threshold)

Contract period: 2 Dec 2024 – 31 Mar 2026 (1 yr 4 mo)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support80500000 Training 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
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • Price: 20%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 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
2 Oct 2024, 12:41 BST
Last source update
18 Dec 2024, 17:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
21 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
GSS24645
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040859
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a502 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ ↗

Submission deadline
7 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
21 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT

Timeline

7 Nov 2024 → 18 Dec 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    21 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    2 Dec 2024
  4. Notice published
    18 Dec 2024, 17:54 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Dec 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Dec 2024, 17:54 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    18 Dec 2024, 17:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £241,7051 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 9
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ricardo AEA Ltd£241,705 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 040859-2024-1 · Ricardo AEA Ltd

    Signed
    11 Dec 2024
    Value
    £241,705
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research and Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducationResearch Polaris House, SWINDON, South West, SN21FFContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Shared Business Services LtdReview body SwindonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ricardo-AEA LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08229264 Shoreham Technical Centre, Old Shoreham Rd, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, UK, BN43 5FG

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