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Published 15 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T1655 - Tender for the Provision of a Document Storage and Retrieval Service

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,100,000exc. VAT36.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Nov 2024awarded 10 Jan 2025
Awarded to Iron Mountain (UK) PLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Housing Executive requires safe and secure offsite storage facilities for various types of Records in various formats e.g. reports, letters, case assessments, memos, messages, statistical forms, media storage. Records may be presented in boxes, files or in rolls. Records must be stored in a box at the Contractors facility. All storage of records is to be supported with a collection and delivery service, as well as possible destruction of identified records and the potential purchase of consumables. Please see the Tender Documentation for full details on this requirement.

  • Recurrence: The Housing Executive has the option to extend this contract up to a maximum 12 year contract period, entirely at the discretion of the Housing Executive.This requirement maybe subject to re-tender depending on the Housing Executive's requirements.

CPV: Storage and retrieval services · Storage and warehousing services · Storage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,100,000
Extensions: The Housing Executive shall have the option to extend this Contract, entirely at their discretion, by any period, or periods, up to and including 96 months from the end of the Initial Contract Period. Therefore this contract could be for a potential 12 year period.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: 19.5%Price: 70%Social value: 10.5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 19.5%
  • Cost: 70%
  • Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 19.5
  • Social Value: 10.5
  • Cost: 70
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.

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 · The Housing Executive has the option to extend this contract up to a maximum 12 year contract period, entirely at the discretion of the Housing Executive.This requirement maybe subject to re-tender depending on the Housing Executive's requirements.

First published
15 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Last source update
14 Jan 2025, 14:06 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Nov 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001190
Classification (CPV)
Storage and retrieval servicesStorage and warehousing servicesStorage services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ac43 Find a Tender

Publisher note: How to Express Interest in this Invitation to Tender: Register your company on the e-tendersni website (this is only required once). and click on ‘View current opportunities’ to locate this invitation to tender. The Housing Executive reserves the right to abandon the Competition at any time. Please refer to the Tender Documentation for further details. There is no guarantee that any agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting agreement is withdrawn and / or the procurement process stopped for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
15 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Nov 2024, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Nov 2024 → 15 Mar 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Nov 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    14 Jan 2025, 14:06 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    15 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Jan 2025, 14:06 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Iron Mountain (UK) PLCContract£1,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRegional or local authorityHousing and community amenities 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8BPContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • IRON MOUNTAIN UK LTDAwarded supplier Unit 1 Meadowlands, Antrim, UK, BT41 2QNContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria