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Published 4 Jun 2025, 17:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T25-028BUS Decant and Installation of Armada Collection

Official notice

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£20,000≈ £20k / year · £20,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Jul 2025awarded 9 Sept 2025
Awarded to Apprisi Ltd t/a Pack and Send Belfast East
Contract term 1 yrends 3 Aug 2026 · starts 4 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council seeks a highly skilled specialised plant hire and transport contractor to carry out the lifting, and removal of the large artefacts from the Tower Museum followed by transportation of these artefacts to the NMNI museum store Belfast. There will be a second element to the work which involves taking the artefacts from the NMNI store and overseeing the installation of the artefacts in the DNA Museum in Ebrington. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Courier services · Road transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrPublished value£20,000
Contract period: 4 Aug 2025 – 3 Aug 2026 (1 yr)Value: £20,000 exc. VAT · £20,000 inc. VAT

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

Lot awarding rule: Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

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
4 Jun 2025, 17:18 BST
Last source update
25 Mar 2026, 16:15 GMT
Authority reference
T25-028BUS Decant and Installation of Armada Collection
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030047
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Courier servicesRoad transport services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05431f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Jun 2025 → 25 Mar 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 17:18 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    20 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    4 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published213 days ago
    25 Mar 2026, 16:15 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 17:18 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    25 Mar 2026, 16:15 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    25 Mar 2026, 16:15 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    25 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £33,6101 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Apprisi Ltd t/a Pack and Send Belfast EastSME26 Mar 2026 – 25 Mar 2027£33,610 inc. VAT9 Sept 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender