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Published 5 Aug 2021, 15:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C1093 - Leakage Detection Support

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 4 lots to bid
Published estimate£9,500,000total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 10 Sept 2021awarded 17 Jan 2022
Awarded to RPS Environmental Management Limited +3 more4 awards

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This contract is for the provision of leakage detection support for existing Leakage Detection Teams across Northern Ireland

CPV: Drinking-water distribution · Operation of water supplies · Public utilities · Repair and maintenance services · Water distribution and related services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£38,000,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot

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 · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria: 30%
  • Cost Criteria: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria: 30
  • Cost Criteria: 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 · 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Aug 2021, 15:34 BST
Last source update
17 Feb 2022, 14:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Sept 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004543
Classification (CPV)
Drinking-water distributionOperation of water suppliesPublic utilitiesRepair and maintenance servicesWater distribution and related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d15b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Sept 2021, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Sept 2021 → 9 Mar 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Sept 2021, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    17 Feb 2022, 14:54 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    9 Mar 2022, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Feb 2022, 14:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4
Awarded value £11,750,0004 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 165 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 17 Jan 2022

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Area 1 (North 1 and North 2)4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad0——
2 · Area 2 (East 1 and East 2)4bids · 4 electronic · 2 from abroad1——
3 · Area 3 (South 1 and South 2)4bids · 4 electronic · 2 from abroad2——
4 · Area 4 (West 1 and West 2)4bids · 4 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NI WaterReview body Belfast
  • Northern Ireland WaterReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

4 commercial parties on the notice
  • AMELIO UTILITIES LTDAwarded supplier Unit 41 Workwest Business Park, Belfast, UK, BT11 8BUContact email, phone
  • E. MCMULLAN LTDAwarded supplier 61B Townhill Rd, BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland, BT44 8AGContact email, phone
  • LARSEN WATER MANAGEMENT LTDAwarded supplier Kells Business Park, Kells Co. Meath, UK, Cavan RoadContact email, phone
  • RPS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LTDAwarded supplier 20 Western Avenue, Milton Park, ABINGDON, UK, OX14 4SHContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.