Official UK procurement notice
Yeovil College - ITT for Turret Mills and Lathes
Authority: Yeovil College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionYeovil College - Invitation To Tender for 14 Turret Mills and 12 Lathes
CPV: Lathes · Lathes, boring and milling machine tools
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£550,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
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 (5)
- Delivery: 5%
- Innovation & Added Value: 10%
- After Sales Support: 15%
- Proposals against the specific tender requirements: 40%
- Contract Price: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
- Delivery
- Innovation & Added Value
- Contract Price
- After Sales Support
- Proposals against the specific tender requirements
- Economic & financial standing
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Technical & professional ability
In the first instance, candidates should register with multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract. Contract details can be found under the 'Opportunities’ section of the multiquote.com homepage. A Selection Questionnaire (SQ)must be completed and returned (via multiquote.com) as part of the request to participate process. Candidates will need to provide as part of the request to participate process evidence of business quality standards, accreditations, and relevant experience. Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in proving false or inaccurate information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the process.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Dec 2025, 08:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 11:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
CA16844- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080411- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f04eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
8 Dec 2025 → 21 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published318 days ago8 Dec 2025, 08:51 GMT
- Clarification questions by272 days ago23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline265 days ago30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent234 days ago3 Mar 2026
- Contract starts214 days ago23 Mar 2026
- Award decision expected by213 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published184 days ago21 Apr 2026, 11:45 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2025- Tender notice published8 Dec 2025, 08:51 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Mar 2026, 17:03 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Mar 2026, 17:03 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 Apr 2026, 11:45 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| XYZ Machine Tools2 Apr 2026 – 22 Mar 2027 | £654,581 | 3 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Yeovil College - ITT for Turret Mills and Lathes · XYZ Machine Tools
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2026
- Value
- £545,484
- Period
- 23 Mar 2026 – 22 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: noAgreedMetricsRationale
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- XYZ Machine Tools LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender