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Published 6 Oct 2023, 12:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Provision of Engineering Inspections

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 7 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Final published estimate£5,600,000initial estimate £7,000,000 · exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 Jan 2024awarded 5 Jun 2024
Awarded to W.H. SCOTT SON ENGINEERS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract is for the Provision of Engineering Inspections to meet the requirements of the Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts in Northern Ireland. The Contractor will be required to manage the provision of statutory inspections in health care facilities and in service users / patients’ homes across Northern Ireland for approximately 16,600 devices to enable the Clients to fulfil their statutory obligations. The Contractor must ensure that the statutory inspections are programmed to be carried out as required in relation to lifting equipment and equipment under pressure to achieve compliance with Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (NI) 1999 and Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (NI) 2004; and where applicable, the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (NI) 1999 (PUWER), the Electricity At Work Act (NI) 1991 (EAWR), the Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (NI) 2003 (COSHH), and the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; and, or, any amendments thereto for the duration of the Contract.

  • Recurrence: The Contracting Authority has provided for the extension of the initial contract for a period (or periods) up to Three Years. The Contract will be renewed on completion of the Contract or on completion of any extensions to the Contract by way of Public Tender. The earliest retender will be in 2028 and the latest will be 2031.

CPV: Engineering insurance services · Engineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance services · Technical inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,600,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contracting Authority has provided for the extension of the initial contract for a period (or periods) up to Three Years. The Contract will be renewed on completion of the Contract or on completion of any extensions to the Contract by way of Public Tender.Variant bids: not allowed
66519000 Engineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance services66519200 Engineering insurance 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
Price: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Overall Annual Cost: 90%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Overall Annual Cost: 90
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to Tender Documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 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 Contracting Authority has provided for the extension of the initial contract for a period (or periods) up to Three Years. The Contract will be renewed on completion of the Contract or on completion of any extensions to the Contract by way of Public Tender. The earliest retender will be in 2028 and the latest will be 2031.

First published
6 Oct 2023, 12:33 BST
Last source update
6 Jun 2024, 08:59 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Jan 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017532
Classification (CPV)
Engineering insurance servicesEngineering, auxiliary, average, loss, actuarial and salvage insurance servicesTechnical inspection services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040895 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to Tender Documents

Publisher note: Note this is not a Call for Tender. Interested organisations are invited to complete and return the Market Questionnaire by way of eTenders Message.

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Submission deadline
29 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

29 Jan 2024 → 27 Jul 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Jan 2024, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Jun 2024, 08:59 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    27 Jul 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Dec 2023
  1. Published value updated to £5,600,000
    22 Dec 2023, 16:40 GMT
    was £7,000,000
  2. Deadline moved to 29 Jan 2024, 15:00 GMT
    22 Dec 2023, 16:40 GMT
    +90 days · was 31 Oct 2023, 15:00 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    6 Jun 2024, 08:59 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    6 Jun 2024, 08:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jun 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
W.H. SCOTT SON ENGINEERS LIMITEDSMEContract£10,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

7 public bodies on the notice

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Greenmount House,Woodside Road Industrial Estate,Woodside Road, Ballymena, UK, BT42 4BPContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Procurement and Logistics ServiceReview body Ballymena

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria