Official UK procurement notice
ID 5701478 - DAERA - NIEA - Procurement of three Triple Quadrupole GCMS systems
Authority: Northern Ireland Environment Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Environment Agency have a requirement for for the Supply, Delivery and Installation, of three Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometers, (GCMS TQ) including Warranty and Training of staff in their use, to perform analysis of WFD Annex 8/10 substances in environmental matrices down to extremely low Limit of Quantification (LOQ)s, with one year’s initial warranty period and optional 4 years’ additional warranty covering servicing, maintenance and a technical support package, which must be delivered to the NIEA Lisburn site on or before 31st March 2025. The contract will be for a duration of 1 year (to cover warranty from date of commissioning), with 4 further optional extension periods of up to 12 months each. Please refer to Specification document for additional detail.
CPV: Analysis apparatus · Chromatographs · Detection and analysis apparatus · Instruments for checking physical characteristics · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Mass spectrometer · Spectrometers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- AC1 Sample Test - Quantitative Analysis Accuracy: 23.8%
- AC2a Sample Test - Quantitative Analysis – Average Concentration: 23.1%
- AC2b Sample Test – Quantitative Analysis – Standard Deviation: 23.1%
- AC3 Total Contract Price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- AC1 Sample Test - Quantitative Analysis Accuracy: 23.8
- AC2a Sample Test - Quantitative Analysis – Average Concentration: 23.1
- AC2b Sample Test – Quantitative Analysis – Standard Deviation: 23.1
- AC3 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
- Goods
- 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
- 13 Dec 2024, 15:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Feb 2025, 12:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5701478- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007068- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c810Find a Tender
- 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
- 21 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
21 Jan 2025 → 21 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline21 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published24 Feb 2025, 12:20 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until21 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Feb 2025, 12:20 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agilent Technologies LDA UK LtdContract | £447,855 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2025
- Value
- £447,855
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
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
1 commercial party on the notice- AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.