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Published 11 Feb 2025, 18:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MOBILE PLANT AND MACHINERY

Official notice

Authority: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£2,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Mar 2025awarded 4 Aug 2025
Awarded to R D MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council would like to invite tenders for the servicing,

repair, and maintenance of mobile plant and machinery for the period of 4 August 2025 – 31

July 2028 (with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 24 months, subject to review

and performance).

The Council owns and operates a large and diverse range of plant and equipment including, but not limited to, trailers, strimmers, pedestrian mowers, hedge trimmers, knapsack blowers, grass cutting machinery, tractors and tractor elements. The required services will include equipment from the Parks and Cemeteries department as well as equipment used at golf courses and leisure centres throughout the Borough area.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further 24 months, subject to performance and review.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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Service Delivery Proposals: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Service Delivery Proposals: 50
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
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
11 Feb 2025, 18:14 GMT
Last source update
4 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
FI/PRO/TEN/574
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045610
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0D)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ddeb Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Mar 2025 → 4 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    14 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    4 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    4 Aug 2025, 12:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
R D MECHANICAL SERVICES LTDSME£2,000,000 †—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

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 50 Stiles Way, Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT41 2UBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of Justice - High CourtReview 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.