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Published 15 Jun 2023, 16:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4747209 - DfC - Bridge Cleaning - Lagan Weir Cycle and Pedestrian Bridge

Official notice

Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT31.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2023awarded 9 Aug 2023
Awarded to CUAN MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department for Communities has statutory responsibility to manage and maintain the impounded River Lagan. This responsibility includes the operation of the Lagan Weir and maintenance of various areas of public realm adjacent to the river and the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. DfC requires a Contractor to clean and maintain all aspects of the Lagan Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. The cleaning and maintenance specification for the bridge is divided into six specific areas: (i) deck cleaning, (ii) window cleaning, (iii) underside of the bridge cleaning, (iv) sandstone pillar cleaning, (v) graffiti removal and (vi) general maintenance.

CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Cleaning services · Graffiti removal services · Street-cleaning and sweeping services · Street-cleaning services · Window-cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£300,000
Extensions: The Client will have the option to extend the contract by two further periods of one year each.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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 40%
  • Quantitative Criteria: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative Criteria: 40
  • Quantitative Criteria: 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
First published
15 Jun 2023, 16:30 BST
Last source update
16 Aug 2023, 14:20 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
ID 4747209
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024047
Classification (CPV)
Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related servicesCleaning servicesGraffiti removal servicesStreet-cleaning and sweeping servicesStreet-cleaning servicesWindow-cleaning services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d6c0 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: Contract monitoring: 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 (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may 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
19 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST

Timeline

19 Jul 2023 → 17 Oct 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Aug 2023, 14:20 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    17 Oct 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Aug 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Aug 2023, 14:20 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    16 Aug 2023, 14:20 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £395,5201 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CUAN MARINE SERVICES LIMITEDSMEContract£395,520 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Communities

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Causeway Exchange 1-7 Bedford Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 7EGContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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 Belfast

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.