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Published 25 Jan 2024, 09:48 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Servicing and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment

Official notice

Authority: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£22,114,143≈ £5.5m / year
Submissions closed 22 Mar 2024awarded 7 Nov 2024
Awarded to Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd2 awards
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Oct 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) require a service and maintenance contract to provide a proactive and reactive repair and maintenance service of specific laboratory equipment, as provided for in the original contract.

  • Recurrence: Likely to be two years before the extension term expires which is 30/09/2030

CPV: Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Preventive maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 4 yrsPublished value£22,114,143
Contract period: 1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sept 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK · UK
Extensions: May be extended for additional periods up to a maximum period of four (4) years bringing the total contract period to eight (8) years.<br/><br/>Note that the estimated contract value in Sections II.1.5 and II.2.6 is the estimated value for both the initial contract period and the extension period and includes the estimated spend of the other organisations listed in the procurement documents.<br/><br/> The Authority is not obligated to extend the contract after the initial 48 months. · May be extended for additional periods up to a maximum period of four (4) years bringing the total contract period to eight (8) yearsVariant 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: 40%Price: 50%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 40
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 50
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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 · publisher note attached
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
Yes · Likely to be two years before the extension term expires which is 30/09/2030
First published
25 Jan 2024, 09:48 GMT
Last source update
29 Nov 2024, 10:50 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Mar 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038561
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesPreventive maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043465 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Addition as allowed for in the original contract (FTS reference 2024/S 000-022206)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defra Group eSourcing
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
22 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
22 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Mar 2024 → 29 Nov 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    22 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    29 Nov 2024, 10:50 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Jul 2024, 10:37 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    18 Jul 2024, 10:37 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £23,038,8962 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 2latest 7 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd£23,038,896 †—Awarded
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd£0 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review BodyMediation bodyReview body N/AContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Agilent Technologies LDA UK LtdAwarded supplier08815891 5500 Lakeside Cheadle Royal Business Park Cheadle Cheshre, Cheadle, UK, SK8 3GRContact phone

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