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Published 8 Jul 2021, 15:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Water Quality Management Services (inc. Legionella) 2021

Official notice

Authority: University of Nottingham (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£900,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Aug 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Nottingham is undertaking this procurement to employ a contractor for the provision of water hygiene services to cover the University’s landlord responsibility for water hygiene safety across its campuses and buildings. The estimated value is £900,000 over the maximum five (5) years contract duration. The Contract will be established for an initial period of three (3) years(s) with an option to extend for further periods of one (1) year up to a total of five (5) year(s) in total. It is expected that one (1) suitably qualified contractor will be awarded the contract. It is intended for the mobilisation/start to commence during October 2021 or as otherwise agreed. The contract will operate under the NEC4 Term Service Contract (TSC).

CPV: Building and facilities management services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1As described above and in the tender documentsCancelled
Delivery: East Midlands · Across the University's campuses and buildings.
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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • 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
Cancelled
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
8 Jul 2021, 15:43 BST
Last source update
26 Jan 2022, 17:44 GMT
Award evaluation window
23 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
1529/ITT/CE
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002353
Classification (CPV)
Building and facilities management servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c5b2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Described in the tender documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In accordance with Regulation 86 and 87 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the contracting authority has incorporated a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period starting from the day when contract award was notified to the bidders. Unsuccessful bidders will be provided with a debrief in the award decision at the start of the standstill period including details of their bid in relation to the winning bid comprising the reasons for the decision, the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender, the score of the economic operator and the name of the economic operator to be awarded the contract. Tenderers have a right to appeal provided for within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.

Publisher note: Located in the tender documentation.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST

Timeline

23 Aug 2021 → 26 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Jan 2022, 17:44 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to unsuccessful
    26 Jan 2022, 17:44 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The University of Nottingham

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Kings Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG2 2NRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

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