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Published 6 Jul 2023, 10:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Planting and Maintenance of Wing Wood

Official notice

Authority: Forestry England

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£215,000exc. VAT24.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Aug 2023awarded 7 Sept 2023
Awarded to Pryor & Rickett Silviculture

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Forestry England have award a contract for the planting and subsequent maintenance of a new woodland creation site at Wing Wood, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire. This contract is awarded for a period of up to 5 years, with the contract terminating on completion of the requirements.

CPV: Forestry services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£215,000
Delivery: East of England · Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
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: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Methodology: 15%
  • Contract Management and Quality Assurance: 15%
  • Pricing: 60%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Methodology: 15
  • Contract Management and Quality Assurance: 15
  • Social Value: 10
  • Pricing: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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 · 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Jul 2023, 10:04 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2023, 14:05 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
FEE/1133
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-030458
Classification (CPV)
Forestry services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03df3c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=808620378" target="_blank">https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=808620378</a> GO Reference: GO-20231016-PRO-24199108

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
7 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Aug 2023 → 16 Oct 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Oct 2023, 14:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Oct 2023, 14:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £267,4721 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Pryor & Rickett SilvicultureSME£267,472 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forestry England for and on behalf of The Forestry Commission

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsForestry 620 Bristol Business Park, Bristol, UK, BS16 1EJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria