Official UK procurement notice
ID 3624546 DAERA - AFBI - Northern Ireland Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS)
Authority: The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute AFBI
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAFBI now seeks to establish Contracts for 2 separate service provisions for soil sampling and soil analysis. Acknowledging that the 2 services are of a different nature to each other, the Contracts will be separated into 2 lots; Lot 1 will be for the provision of Soil Sampling and Lot 2 will be for the provision of Soil Nutrient Analysis. Tenderers can bid for either or both Lots.
CPV: Analysis services · Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Laboratory services · Soil · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£25,280,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Soil SamplingAwardedRenewalPublished value£17,600,000
Lot #2Soil AnalysisAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,680,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Soil Sampling | 60% | 40% | |
| 2 · Soil Analysis | 60% | 40% |
- Economic & financial standing
As per tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As per tender documents
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Nov 2021, 12:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2022, 16:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3624546- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008054- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f943Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12.. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD. for further action.If this occurs and your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be. considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination,. CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written. Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be. excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Jan 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 11 Jan 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
11 Jan 2022 → 11 Apr 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline11 Jan 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Jan 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published24 Mar 2022, 16:34 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until11 Apr 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Mar 2022, 16:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Soil Sampling1 award | |||
| RPS Ireland LimitedSME | £19,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Soil Analysis1 award | |||
| Cawood Scientific LtdSME | £15,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
LOT 1 Soil Sampling · RPS Ireland LimitedSME
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2022
- Value
- £19,000,000
- Status
- active
LOT 2 Soil Analysis · Cawood Scientific LtdSME
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2022
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Soil Sampling | 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Soil Analysis | 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Cawood Scientific LtdAwarded supplier
- RPS Ireland LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.