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Published 19 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Generalist Advice Services

Official notice

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

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£3,600,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Jan 2025awarded 5 Mar 2025
Awarded to Community Advice Antrim and Newtownabbey

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council invites tenders from competent and

experienced organisations/consortia to provide accessible, quality Generalist Advice

Services for the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.

CPV: Legal advisory and information services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further 36 months, subject to performance, review, and funding availability.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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Service Delivery Proposals: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Service Delivery Proposals: 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Dec 2024, 16:00 GMT
Last source update
7 Mar 2025, 17:24 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
FI/PRO/TEN/575
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008436
Classification (CPV)
Legal advisory and information services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0D)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c9c6 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
28 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Jan 2025, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Jan 2025 → 7 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    28 Jan 2025, 12:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 17:24 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Mar 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Mar 2025, 17:24 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    7 Mar 2025, 17:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Community Advice Antrim and NewtownabbeySME£3,600,000 †—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.