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Published 12 May 2022, 08:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Service and Maintenance of Cremators and Abatement System

Official notice

Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,245,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Service and Maintenance of the Cremators and Abatement System at Kingsdown Crematorium in line with with current legislation, including guidance note 5/2 Statutory Guidance for Crematoria

The initial contract term will be for 6 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years + 2 years 10 months for a potential total contract term of 13 years 10 months as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £520,000 and £540,000 across the initial 6 year contract term, £950,000 and £990,000 across the potential 11 year contract term and between £1,200,000 and £1,260,000 across the potential total 13 year 10 month contract term.

CPV: Cemetery services and cremation services · Cremation services · Funeral services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Service and Maintenance of Cremators and Abatement SystemCancelledPublished value£1,245,000

Service and Maintenance of Cremators and Abatement System

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Service and Maintenance of the Cremators and Abatement System at Kingsdown Crematorium in line with with current legislation, including guidance note 5/2 Statutory Guidance for Crematoria

The initial contract term will be for 6 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years + 2 years 10 months for a potential total contract term of 13 years 10 months as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £520,000 and £540,000 across the initial 6 year contract term, £950,000 and £990,000 across the potential 11 year contract term and between £1,200,000 and £1,260,000 across the potential total 13 year 10 month contract term.

Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.

Delivery: South West
Extensions: The initial contract term will be for 6 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years + 2 years 10 months for a potential total contract term of 13 years 10 months as stated in the ITT documents.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: 35%Price: 60%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Quality Asssurance: 15%
  • Health & Safety: 15%
  • Project Implementation: 5%
  • price: 60%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Quality Asssurance: 15%
  • Health & Safety: 15%
  • Project Implementation: 5%
  • Social Value: 5%
  • Price: 60%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Cancelled
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
12 May 2022, 08:27 BST
Last source update
11 Oct 2022, 15:52 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN612054
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028588
Classification (CPV)
Cemetery services and cremation servicesCremation servicesFuneral services
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0336cd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

In the procurement documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
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Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
10 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jun 2022 → 11 Oct 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    11 Oct 2022, 15:52 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to unsuccessful
    11 Oct 2022, 15:52 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Swindon Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, South West, SN1 2JHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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