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Published 22 Feb 2024, 14:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4602687 - DfE - Catering, Vending, Cleaning and Ancillary Services for Southern Regional College

Official notice

Authority: Southern Regional College (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£4,500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Mar 2024awarded 14 May 2024
Awarded to THE MOUNT CHARLES GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Southern Regional College, hereafter referred to as ‘The Client’ is a College of Further and Higher Education in Northern Ireland, with 8 main campuses serving the Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon and Newry and Mourne district council areas. The Client requires a single Contractor to provide a full range of facilities management services including catering, vending, cleaning and ancillary services. Please see the Specification document within the CfT documents for full details of the services required.

  • Recurrence: 3-5 years

CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Building and facilities management services · Building-cleaning services · Catering services · Cleaning and sanitation services · Facilities management services · Grounds maintenance services · Housekeeping services · Janitorial services · Office cleaning services · School catering services · School cleaning services · +1 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,500,000
Extensions: The contract includes optional extensions of up to 36 months · This is a recurring requirement and may be retendered. The contract includes optional extensions of up to 36 monthsVariant 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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents: 40%
  • As per the tender documents: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As per the tender documents: 40
  • As per the tender documents: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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 · 3-5 years
First published
22 Feb 2024, 14:50 GMT
Last source update
3 Jun 2024, 12:16 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Mar 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017143
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation, building and window cleaning servicesBuilding and facilities management servicesBuilding-cleaning servicesCatering servicesCleaning and sanitation servicesFacilities management servicesGrounds maintenance servicesHousekeeping servicesJanitorial servicesOffice cleaning services
+3 moreSchool catering servicesSchool cleaning services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043c32 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will 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 Construction and Procurement Delivery Supplies and. Services Division for further action. If this occurs and the contractor's performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at the contractor's 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
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
27 Mar 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Mar 2024, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Mar 2024 → 25 Jun 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Mar 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    27 Mar 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    3 Jun 2024, 12:16 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    25 Jun 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Jun 2024, 12:16 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 14 May 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THE MOUNT CHARLES GROUP LTDContract£8,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Regional College

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation Newry, UKContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Not applicable in the UKReview body Not applicable in the UK

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria