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Published 18 Nov 2022, 12:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4165689 - DfI - Roads and Rivers Stores and Procurement - PROVISION OF HYDROMETRIC SUPPLIES SERVICES AND TRAINING

Official notice

Authority: DFI Roads and Rivers

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£450,000exc. VAT58% above published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Dec 2022awarded 14 Feb 2023
Awarded to N.V.M. NATIONAL VIBRATION MONITORING LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Hydrometric Section within Department for Infrastructure (DFI) operates the Northern Ireland Surface Water Hydrometric Network, mainly for flood defence, water quality and water resource purposes. As well as assisting the Agency's flood estimation, flood assessment and regulatory and advisory functions, the network supports key functions of some other government agencies. Data was made available to many external organisations such as the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in relation to water quality and pollution issues, NI Water for water resources, universities for environmental research and other educational establishments for various projects.. Please refer to document ID 4165689 - Specification for more information on this requirement.

  • Recurrence: This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions.

CPV: Hydrometeorology services · Hydrometers · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Internet services · Web page editing software development services · Web server software development services · World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£450,000
Extensions: After the initial contract period of 3 years, there will be options to extend the contract for further 2 years consisting of two periods of 1 year each. 3yr initial, + 1yr optional + 1yr optional · This contract will be potentially be due to be re-procured after initial contract period or following any extension period.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
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30%
  • Cost: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Cost: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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 · This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions.

First published
18 Nov 2022, 12:20 GMT
Last source update
2 Mar 2023, 09:22 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
ID 4165689
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006088
Classification (CPV)
Hydrometeorology servicesHydrometersIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportInternet servicesWeb page editing software development servicesWeb server software development servicesWorld wide web (www) site design servicesWorld wide web (www) site operation host services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038671 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.. 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 their.. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave.. professional.. misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a.. Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all. procurement competitions being undertaken.. by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period. of. twelve.. months from the date of issue of the Notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
19 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Dec 2022 → 19 Mar 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Dec 2022, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 Mar 2023, 09:22 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    19 Mar 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Mar 2023, 09:22 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £710,9201 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
N.V.M. NATIONAL VIBRATION MONITORING LIMITEDSMEContract£710,920 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DFI Roads and Rivers

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8GBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR2015 as amendedReview body United Kingdom

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.