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Published 11 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

1052 Countryside Stewardship Scheme Enabling Works

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 19 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Essex County Council (ECC) have successfully entered all eight country parks into the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). This is a five-year scheme, with the aim of making further improvements to the ecological value of the parks through enhanced management. The scheme funds ongoing annual management, but also ‘one off’ capital payments which supports infrastructure improvements.

ECC is seeking an expert contractor/s that can deliver these capital works to the very highest standards, ensuring ECC is compliant and therefore able to receive grant funding as budgeted and achieve the improved ecological enhancements. The works include forestry trackways, fencing and water supply.

The tender is split into 2 Lots:

Lot 1 - Fencing, Water Supply and Livestock Handling Infrastructure

Lot 2 - Forestry Trackway Infrastructure

CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Site preparation work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1ECC is seeking an expert contractor/s that can deliver these capital works to the very…

ECC is seeking an expert contractor/s that can deliver these capital works to the very highest standards and within the timescales specified, ensuring ECC is compliant and therefore able to receive grant funding as budgeted.

The tender is split into 2 Lots:

Lot 1 - Fencing, Water Supply and Livestock Handling Infrastructure - all works to be completed according to the timeline set out in the tender documents and by December 2025.

Lot 2 - Forestry Trackway Infrastructure - all works to be completed by January 2025

Bidders proposing to submit tenders are invited to visit the sites and must request an appointment via the messaging facility in procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗. Site visits will take place between 9.30 and 16:00 from 16th to 30th July 2024. When booking an appointment please advise the preferred date and time and the Authority will respond to confirm your booking.

Tender submissions must be submitted to the Authority electronically by publishing through this ITT - 1052 Countryside Stewardship Enabling Works project reference DN730785 at procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗, not later than 12:00 noon on 19th August 2024.

Delivery: East of England
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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30%
  • price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Closed
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
11 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST
Last source update
11 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN730785
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021319
Classification (CPV)
Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Site preparation work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047cc3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jul 2024 → 19 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    10 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    11 Jul 2024, 17:50 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.