Official UK procurement notice
AFBI – THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SOLID MEDIA FOR CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS
Authority: Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract is for the supply and delivery of Lowenstein Jensen and Stonebrinks media slopes for the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis. It is estimated that AFBI will require the supply of a minimum of 10,000 Lowenstein Jensen and 10,000 Stonebrinks media slopes in the first year and subsequently in each year thereafter.
CPV: Isotopic reagents · Laboratory glassware · Laboratory reagents · Microbiological cultures
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£226,000
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
- Goods
- 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
- 24 Aug 2023, 13:14 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2023, 13:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4916909- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024950- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f6aaFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).. and. where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of.. contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on on the award decision
Publisher note: Contractors not delivering on contract requirements. is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If.. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified.. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract. performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be.regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the. their place on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being. excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the. Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice..
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
24 Aug 2023 → 26 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published24 Aug 2023, 13:14 BST
- Submission deadline27 Sept 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Sept 2023, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until26 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- : The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Any challenges are dealt with by the High Court Commercial Division to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationsReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.