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Published 20 Sept 2024, 14:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Grounds Maintenance on the Dounreay Estate

Official notice

Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,300,000≈ £130k / year
Submissions closed 22 Oct 2024awarded 17 Mar 2025
Awarded to Messrs Donald Macdonald Ltd
Contract term 10 yrsends 15 Dec 2034 · starts 16 Dec 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract is for the Provision of Grounds Maintenance on the Dounreay Estate. This includes routine grass cutting and weed control.

CPV: Grounds maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1A Contract has been awarded by Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Dounreay) as a…Awarded 10 yrsPublished value£1,300,000

A Contract has been awarded by Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Dounreay) as a result of an Open Procedure, for the provision of Grounds Maintenance on the Dounreay Estate.

Contract period: 16 Dec 2024 – 15 Dec 2034 (10 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Dounreay Site,<br/>By Thurso,<br/>Caithness,<br/>KW14 7TZ
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: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50%
  • price: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 50
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
20 Sept 2024, 14:59 BST
Last source update
28 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 Sept 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011683
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM61)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049ca9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
22 Oct 2024
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Sept 2024 → 28 Mar 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Bids opened
    20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Oct 2024
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    29 Nov 2024, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    16 Dec 2024
  5. Notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.5.1£1,300,000.00£1,700,000.00
—TextII.2.6.1£1,300,000.00£1,700,000.00

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Messrs Donald Macdonald LtdSME——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids1—£387,628 – £387,628

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Dounreay)

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawNuclear Decommissioning 02264251 D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness, Thurso, Scotland, KW14 7TZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts Of JusticeMediation bodyReview body LondonContact email

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