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Published 18 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

S1186 (2025) Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments and LiDAR

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Framework ceiling (notional)£9,660,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 21 Nov 2024awarded 21 Jul 2025
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NIE Networks wishes to award a Framework Agreement for the provision Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments (Lot 1) and LiDAR surveys (Lot 2).

  • Recurrence: 60 months

CPV: Survey services · Surveying services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (2.0 per place) · 2 appointed (full)

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition AssessmentsCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,380,000

Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments -

The Appointed Contractor shall provide a complete service, whereby each individual

structure or bar is surveyed and photographed on site and assessed in terms of its condition. Data shall then be presented in summary for the tower as a whole. It is envisaged that the method of survey will be via helicopter or an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Drone. The tenderer should detail their proposed method. NIE Networks has no preference to which method is selected however, the tenderer should note Section 1.7 Inaccessible Bars within this specification and satisfy themselves that bars which cannot be fully surveyed will be taken into account during the evaluation process of the tender responses

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Framework Agreement period is 5 (five) years with the option, exercisable exclusively by NIE Networks, to extend the Framework Agreements for up to a further 3 (three) years · The Framework Agreement period is 5 (five) years with the option, exercisable exclusively by NIE Networks, to extend the Framework Agreements for up to a further 3 (three) years.Variant bids: not allowed
71355000 Surveying services79311000 Survey services
Lot #2LiDAR SurveysCancelledRenewalPublished value£8,280,000

LiDAR Surveys

The Appointed Contractor shall provide a complete service, whereby the LiDAR survey will be carried out, the data processed and a PLS-CADD (.bak) file produced. It is envisaged that the method of survey will be by fixed wing aircraft or drone. The tender response should detail their proposed method It is a requirement of this tender that bidders have at least three years’ experience of carrying out similar LiDAR survey and processing work for other EU/UK electricity network operators.

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Framework Agreement period is 5 (five) years with the option, exercisable exclusively by NIE Networks, to extend the Framework Agreements for up to a further 3 (three) years. · The Framework Agreement period is 5 (five) years with the option, exercisable exclusively by NIE Networks, to extend the Framework Agreements for up to a further 3 (three) years.Variant bids: not allowed
79311000 Survey services

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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30%
  • Price: 70%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As specified within the PQQ and/or tender documents available from the address specified at I.3) above with the reference project S1186 (2025) Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments and LiDAR

Shortlisting
As specified within the PQQ and/or tender documents available from the address specified at I.3) above with the reference project S1186 (2025) Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments and LiDAR
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.
  • “S1186 (2025) Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 60 months
First published
18 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST
Last source update
30 Jul 2025, 08:43 BST
Authority reference
S1186 (2025)
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044066
Classification (CPV)
Survey servicesSurveying services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04adb5 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
Appointment period ends
21 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

21 Nov 2024 → 30 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    21 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    8 Jan 2025
  3. Notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 08:43 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Jul 2025, 08:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 21 Jul 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments

    Signed
    21 Jul 2025
    Value
    £1,200,000
    Status
    active

  • LiDAR Surveys

    Signed
    21 Jul 2025
    Value
    £5,100,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Tower Steelwork & Substation Gantry Condition Assessments2bids · 2 electronic———
2 · LiDAR Surveys2bids · 2 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyElectricity 120 Malone Road,, Belfast,, Northern Ireland, BT9 5HTContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court in Northern IrelandMediation body Belfast
  • High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandMediation body Belfast
  • Northern Ireland Electricity Networks LimitedReview contact point Belfast

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties 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