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Published 19 Feb 2025, 16:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PEACEPLUS Environment and Biodiversity Programme

Official notice

Authority: Mid Ulster District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£264,000exc. VAT3.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2025awarded 24 Jun 2025
Awarded to ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUST

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Mid Ulster District Council is seeking tenders for a contractor to develop and deliver a PEACEPLUS funded Environment and Biodiversity programme for Mid Ulster District Council. The purpose of this specification is to set out the scope, minimum standards, service requirements, performance, and all other obligations that the Council requires of the Contractor when delivering this programme contract. This is a dedicated cross community Environment and Biodiversity programme. This programme will bring communities together on the shared theme of the protection of our environment. The programme will support people/ groups to:

  • Community led transformation through local environmental reimaging improvements and practical interventions.
  • Build capacity of people/ groups interested in horticulture, environment, climate change and contributing to local environmental improvements.
  • Have greater understanding of diversity.
  • Transfer knowledge between groups.
  • Improve relationships.
  • Increase volunteering.
  • A total of 225 people will be engaged over a 3 year period, with a minimum of 20 community and voluntary groups involved. The programme will be delivered through a model of engaging people supporting them to contribute to a more cohesive and prosperous society.

CPV: Agricultural and horticultural products · Civic betterment and community facility support services · Community action programme · Crops, products of market gardening and horticulture · Environmental protection · Environmental services · Horticultural services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Methodology: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Methodology: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Feb 2025, 16:19 GMT
Last source update
23 Sept 2025, 15:40 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
2025/S 000-005962
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058975
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural and horticultural productsCivic betterment and community facility support servicesCommunity action programmeCrops, products of market gardening and horticultureEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental servicesHorticultural servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communitySocial work and related services
Delivery area
UKNorthern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e454 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
24 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Mar 2025 → 23 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    22 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published396 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 15:40 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Sept 2025, 15:40 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £255,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUSTSMEContract£255,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Mid Ulster District Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Dungannon Office Circular Road, Dungannon, UK, BT71 6DTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Chief ExecutiveMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Burn Road, Cookstown

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ULSTER WILDLIFE TRUSTAwarded supplier McClelland House, 10 Heron Road, Belfast, UK, BT3 9LEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.