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Published 3 May 2024, 16:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2534/24 - Provision of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Maintenance Services

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£902,645published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jun 2024awarded 24 Sept 2024
Awarded to BL Refrigeration and Airconditioning Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for the provision of air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance services to Queen’s. The contract covers air conditioning units, chillers and cold and freezer rooms, mechanical ventilation heat recovery units (MVHRs) and an Airedale ACIS BMS system. The Economic Operator will complete a planned preventative maintenance (PPM) visit every quarter (4 visits per annum) to each asset. The first service PPM visit is to commence in August each year. It should be noted that the Airedale ACIS BMS system only requires a single "Gold" planned maintenance visit carried out by an Airedale engineer in October of each year. Reactive call outs must be attended to within 4 hours during and outside normal working hours

  • Recurrence: 5 years

CPV: Preventive maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of cooler groups

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: Contract duration shall be 3 years, with options to extend its duration by up to a further 24 monthsVariant 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: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30%
  • Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Yes · 5 years
First published
3 May 2024, 16:40 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2024, 16:22 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Jun 2024 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2534/24
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033197
Classification (CPV)
Preventive maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of cooler groups
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045761 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
3 Jun 2024, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
3 Jun 2024, 16:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Jun 2024 → 15 Oct 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Jun 2024, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    3 Jun 2024, 16:01 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Oct 2024, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    15 Oct 2024, 16:22 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Oct 2024, 16:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £902,6451 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BL Refrigeration and Airconditioning LtdSMEProvision of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Maintenance Services£902,645 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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