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Published 2 Apr 2025, 09:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Upgrade and Maintenance of Parking Meters in Dundee City

Official notice

Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£374,500published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 May 2025awarded 27 Jun 2025
Awarded to IPS Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

TENDER FOR THE UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING METERS IN DUNDEE CITY

CPV: Installation services of parking meter equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Tender for the Upgrade and Maintenance of Parking MetersAwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Dundee City
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 2 year period · optional extension of 1 + 1 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: 60%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Implementation and Upgrade: 5%
  • Technical Design: 12%
  • Servicing and Maintenance: 8%
  • Project Delivery: 10%
  • Community Benefits: 3%
  • Fair Work Practices: 2%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (14)
  • Sustainability – Climate Change: Pass / Fail
  • Contract Understanding: Pass / Fail
  • Site Specific Risk Assessment: Pass / Fail
  • Fair Tax: Pass / Fail
  • PCI DSS Certification: Pass / Fail
  • Payment Service Provider: Pass / Fail
  • Back Office Training: Pass / Fail
  • Implementation and Upgrade: 5
  • Technical Design: 12
  • Servicing and Maintenance: 8
  • Project Delivery: 10
  • Community Benefits: 3
  • Fair Work Practices: 2
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Any work that requires to be carried out to the ‘mains’ electrical wiring will require the contractor to be a certified member of SELECT (or equivalent). SELECT is the trade association for the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. Every SELECT Member undergoes a rigorous technical assessment on a regular basis. This helps to ensure that the work a Member company carries out is safe and installed to recognised industry standards throughout the period of this Agreement. Bidders to confirm the relevant membership.

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 · 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Apr 2025, 09:17 BST
Last source update
9 Jul 2025, 10:35 BST
Award evaluation window
2 May 2025 – …
Authority reference
DCC/CD/173/24
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038480
Classification (CPV)
Installation services of parking meter equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fbb2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Option to extend for a further 2 year period (SC Ref:803897)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 May 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    2 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    9 Jul 2025, 10:35 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Jul 2025, 10:35 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £374,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
IPS Group LtdSME£374,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 038480-2025-DCC/IT/173/24-1 · IPS Group LtdSME

    Signed
    27 Jun 2025
    Value
    £374,500
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dundee City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 1QEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dundee Sherriff CourtReview body Dundee

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • IPS Group UK,Awarded supplier Unit 5, 5 Railway Court, Unit 5, Doncaster, DN4 5FB, Doncaster, UK, DN4 5FBContact 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