Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice

Published 26 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4763 NERC - Aircraft Operations Safety Case Development for British Antarctic Survey and FAAM Airborne Laboratory

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)South West (UKK14)

Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 5 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrsends 17 Jun 2027 · starts 16 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Aircraft Operations Safety Case Development services for British Antarctic Survey and FAAM Airborne Laboratory

CPV: Health and safety consultancy services · Health and safety services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsPublished value£500,000

Contract period: 16 Jun 2025 – 17 Jun 2027 (2 yrs)Value: £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: East of England, South West · Cambridgeshire CC,Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire,Swindon

Variant bids: not allowed

71317210 Health and safety consultancy 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

Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%

Published sub-criteria (3)

Technical/quality: 50%
Price: 40%
Social Value: 10%

Published award criteria (3)

Social Value: 10
Technical/quality: 50
Price: 40

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
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: 26 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
Last source update: 23 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window: 16 May 2025 – 17 May 2025
Authority reference: UKRI-4763
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034485
Latest notice: Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV): Health and safety consultancy servicesHealth and safety services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH12)South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04f92e Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=960063106 GO Reference: GO-2025623-PRO-31107892

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta

Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Health-and-safety-services./Q74N4PJ8G3 ↗

Submission deadline: 16 May 2025, 14:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 2 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 16 May 2025, 14:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindo… ↗

Timeline

26 Mar 2025 → 23 Jun 2025 · 8 dates

Planning notice published
26 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
Tender notice expected
5 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Clarification questions by
2 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission deadline
16 May 2025, 14:00 BST
Bids opened
16 May 2025, 14:00 BST
Award decision expected byaward period from 16 May 2025
17 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Contract starts
16 Jun 2025
Latest notice published
23 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2025

Planned procurement notice published
26 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT
UK3
Status changed to active
16 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
Deadline moved to 16 May 2025, 14:00 BST
16 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
+1 days · was 16 May 2025
Buyer details updated
16 Apr 2025, 14:05 BST
Status changed to complete
23 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £379,5501 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 108 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 7 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Occam Group LTD	£379,550 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

UKRI-4763 NERC - Aircraft Operations Safety Case Development for British Antarctic Survey and FAAM Airborne Laboratory · Occam Group LTD
Signed
7 Mar 2025
Value
£379,550
Period
… – 17 Jun 2027
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad	8	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityResearchPublic authority - sub-central government PDQJ-7126-JDHG · GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Occam Group LTDAwarded supplierPYWD-8647-GJJV One New Street, Wells, Somerset, South West, BA5 2LAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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

Notices published for this procedure

Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender26 Mar 2025, 19:05 GMT