Official UK procurement notice
Weedspray Planning and Management
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service is for the planning and management of the annual weedspray season, which requires a qualified supplier to plan and manage the use of Network Rail's vehicles used for weedspray activities on the infrastructure (i.e., multi-purpose vehicles), and of the hand spray teams to spray the immediate track with herbicides to counteract any weed growth according to defined growing seasons.
CPV: Railway transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Network Rail has a requirement for the planning and management of the annual weedspray…AwardedRenewal
Network Rail has a requirement for the planning and management of the annual weedspray season on a national basis.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Envelope: 60%
- Commercial Envelope - Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Qualification Envelope: Information Only
- Technical Envelope: 60%
- Commercial Envelope - Price: 40%
- 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- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
- 17 May 2023, 09:27 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028859- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c957Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jun 2023
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Jun 2023 → 29 Sept 2023 · 2 dates- Submission deadline16 Jun 2023
- Notice published29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2023- Status changed to complete29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSD Research and Development LtdSME | £3,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Weedspray Planning and Management · JSD Research and Development LtdSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2023
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- JSD Research and Development LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.