Official UK procurement notice
ID 5623675 - DAERA - CAFRE - ESTABLISHMENT SOIL CARBON STOCKS BASELINE AT THE CAFRE FARMS
Authority: Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs CAFRE·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe CAFRE Soil Carbon Coring Project has been developed by technologists at CAFRE to obtain a field level baseline of soil carbon stocks, soil nutrient and carbon properties at the five CAFRE estate farms in Northern Ireland. The project will provide CAFRE with a dataset that can be used for the delivery of innovation projects and industry demonstration on the management of soil carbon stocks and soil sequestration rates across a wide array of soil types, land uses and management practices. The project objectives are to - provide a detailed accurate measurement, analysis and establishment of a dataset of soil carbon stocks on active agricultural soils and on non-active agricultural/farmland soils at an individual field and subsequent whole farm level at each CAFRE farm centres - sample, analyse and report on broad soil nutrient and carbon properties at 0 – 7.5 cm depth on grassland areas and 0 – 15 cm on arable areas at an individual field and subsequent whole farm level at each CAFRE farm centre.. CAFRE wishes to establish a contract for a Supplier to provide a stratification and sampling plan, in-field sampling, lab analysis and reporting of soil carbon stocks. In addition, the supplier will provide the provision of sampling for broad soil nutrient analysis, and soil carbon properties from across the CAFRE estate farms, which are to be analysed by NRM Cawood Laboratories. For further information please see the Specification document.
CPV: Analysis services · Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Laboratory services · Soil · Technical analysis or consultancy services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology and Approach to deliver stratification of in field sampling and methodology to determine minimum detectable difference MDD and sampling intensity: 17.5%
- AC3 Contract and Service Management: 10.5%
- AC5 Proposed Methodology and Approach - Data Analysis and Results: 7%
- AC7 Total Contract Price: 30%
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5%
- AC2 Proposed methodology and Approach to Deliver In-Field Sampling and lab analysis of soil carbon core samples, broad nutrient analysis and soil carbon properties analysis: 17.5%
- AC5 Alignment of Measurement, Reporting and Verification MRV Methodologies for direct measurement of soil carbon to FAO GSOC and GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Protocols: 7%
Published award criteria (7)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology and Approach to deliver stratification of in field sampling and methodology to determine minimum detectable difference MDD and sampling intensity: 17.5
- AC2 Proposed methodology and Approach to Deliver In-Field Sampling and lab analysis of soil carbon core samples, broad nutrient analysis and soil carbon properties analysis: 17.5
- AC3 Contract and Service Management: 10.5
- AC4 Social Value: 10.5
- AC5 Proposed Methodology and Approach - Data Analysis and Results: 7
- AC5 Alignment of Measurement, Reporting and Verification MRV Methodologies for direct measurement of soil carbon to FAO GSOC and GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Protocols: 7
- AC7 Total Contract Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · 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
- 28 Oct 2024, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5623675- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000224- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b1deFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 Contractor’s performance on the Contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for If the 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, 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 can 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 three years from the date of issue.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 27 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Nov 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
27 Nov 2024 → 25 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline27 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Nov 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published6 Jan 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until25 Feb 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jan 2025- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2025, 15:49 GMT
- Buyer details updated6 Jan 2025, 15:49 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRICARBON UK LIMITEDSMEContract | £193,085 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · AGRICARBON UK LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2025
- Value
- £193,085
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural AffairsContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEnvironmental protection
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
1 commercial party on the notice- AGRICARBON UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.