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Published 19 Apr 2023, 14:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CE-53-23 - Hire of a Forestry Team

Official notice

Authority: South Ayrshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£150,948published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 May 2023awarded 4 Jul 2023
Awarded to West Coast Tree Surgeons Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CE-53-23 - Hire of a Forestry Team

  • Recurrence: 2024

CPV: Tree-maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The successful Service Provider will provide one full Forestry Team,AwardedRenewal

The successful Service Provider will provide one full Forestry Team,

consisting of three (3) members. Two (2) of the members must be fully

qualified climbers (Minimum NPTC cs30, cs31, cs38 and cs39 or similar),

one (1) must be a fully qualified groundsman (Minimum NPTC cs30 and

cs31) and three (3) members must be fully trained to operate self-propelled

Mobile Boom machines (Minimum IPAF 1b & 3b)

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: This is a recurrent ProcurementVariant 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 award criteria (2)
  • QUALITY: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to Procurement documents

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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 2024
First published
19 Apr 2023, 14:43 BST
Last source update
24 Jul 2023, 16:22 BST
Award evaluation window
24 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021352
Classification (CPV)
Tree-maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM94)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c213 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to Procurement documents

Publisher note: (SC Ref:739681)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 May 2023 → 24 Jul 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    24 Jul 2023, 16:22 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2023, 16:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £150,9481 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
West Coast Tree Surgeons LimitedSME£150,948 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr, Scotland, KA7 1DRContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Ayr Sheriff CourtReview body Ayr

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria