Official UK procurement notice
Low Cost Neighbourhood Connectivity
Authority: Blackwood Homes and Care
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlackwood are conducting a tender exercise to select the most economically advantageous and quality-based tender to conceive, design, install, configure, support and manage a low-cost neighbourhood connectivity solution. We reserve the right to award this contract in lots i.e. by geographical location or technology type.
CPV: Internet network · Local area network · Local area network services · Network cabling · Network components · Network equipment · Network infrastructure · Network system · Networking, Internet and intranet software package · Networks · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no 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 (3)
- Quality: 40%
- Experience/Innovative Approach: 20%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 40
- Experience/Innovative Approach: 20
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Closed
- 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
- 3 Sept 2021, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2021, 15:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Oct 2021 – …
- Authority reference
BNIL 1.04- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021911- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dd06Find a Tender
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=666022. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:666022) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=666022
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Oct 2021, 09:00 BST
Timeline
3 Sept 2021 → 8 Nov 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published3 Sept 2021, 15:44 BST
- Submission deadline5 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Oct 2021, 09:00 BST
- Contract starts8 Nov 2021
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria