Official UK procurement notice
Withdrawal - Library Services in Suffolk
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is to confirm that Suffolk County Council has taken the decision to withdraw the Library Services in Suffolk tender and not award a contract for which there has been a call for competition. The procurement process did not result in a successful outcome due to difficulties in aligning submissions with the service requirements and budgets. Therefore, it has been determined that it is not in the public interest to continue to award.The Council will continue to examine the Service with a view to revising the scope.
CPV: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of library services in Suffolk from 45 static locations and community…CancelledRenewalPublished value£82,112,676
Provision of library services in Suffolk from 45 static locations and community outreach to meet Suffolk County Council’s statutory requirements under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. This includes responsibility for provision of strategy, buildings, staff, mobile library fleet, resources and information technology. The contract period will be for 6 years (1st June 2025 – 31st May 2031) with the option to extend for up to a further 6 years.The total contract value (including the extension period) is £82,112,676 excluding VAT.The submission deadline is 7th August 2024 at 12noon.
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 (1)
- Financial Management and Added Value: 20
Published award criteria (1)
- Financial Management and Added Value: 20%
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documentation.
- Price carries 20 of 20 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 11 Jun 2024, 14:30 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Dec 2024, 15:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CD1298-2- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041254- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046f09Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly.)
Publisher note: If the Contracting Authority identifies that the scope of this procurement falls within a business sector which may be attractive to infiltration by organised crime groups, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks/requirements at the award stages of the procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 Aug 2024 → 1 Jun 2025 · 5 dates- Submission deadline7 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published20 Dec 2024, 15:37 GMT
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until1 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled20 Dec 2024, 15:37 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.