Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Mycological Surveys 2025/2026
Authority: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing an open competitive tendering exercise, the Council has awarded a contract to appoint an experienced and competent Mycologist to undertake comprehensive fungal surveys of a number of sites throughout the borough for the remaining duration of the financial year to March 2026.
CPV: Survey analysis services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£50,000
- Condition of participation
Please refer to ITT
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Condition of participation
Please refer to ITT
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2025, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
- Authority reference
ECM_150237- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034410- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This Procurement exercise is being run by the Authority's e-tendering portal Bravo Solutions etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
All documentation has been uploaded to enable direct access following registration.
NB: You must download all documentation directly from the portal, tender documents will not be communicated by any other means.
E-Tender access information:
— Go to etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.
— The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
— On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.— The Password will be sent by e-mail to the e-mail address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
— In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
— Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
— Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration.
Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.— The Help desk is available Monday-Friday: 8:00-18:00. Telephone: +44 8003684852 e-mail: [email protected]
Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12:00 noon Thursday 10 July 2025.
How to find the ITT:
— Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT's Open to all Suppliers'.
— The E-tender references for this contract are: Project_58060 and ITT_118040.
— Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button'. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers' area to the ‘My ITT's' on the home page.
— You will then see the full details of the ITT in the Qualification, Technical and Commercial envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments' area.
— Tenderers are required to provide responses to:
—the Selection Questionnaire within the Qualification Envelope
—the Method Statements within the Technical Envelope
—upload the requested Pricing information within the Commercial Envelope.
— Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages' area to contact the buyer directly - Do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Timeline
23 Jun 2025 → 26 Aug 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published23 Jun 2025, 13:57 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline10 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts21 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published26 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025- Tender notice published23 Jun 2025, 13:57 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published26 Aug 2025, 15:00 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete26 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Spoil Fungi | £88,775 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Mycological Surveys 2025/2026 · Coal Spoil Fungi
- Signed
- 4 Aug 2025
- Value
- £88,775
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Coal Spoil FungiAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender