Official UK procurement notice
CONTRACT FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES
Authority: Southampton Solent University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University has a requirement to appoint a Supplier for provision of Grounds Maintenance Services across four main sections - City Campus Academic, City Residences, Warsash Campus and Satellite Sites.
CPV: Grounds maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Supply of a Grounds Maintenance Services across four main sections - City Campus…RenewalPublished value£180,000
Supply of a Grounds Maintenance Services across four main sections - City Campus Academic, City Residences, Warsash Campus and Satellite Sites.
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).
- Suitability
n accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. To support the financial assessment the University will obtain a financial appraisal report from Creditsafe. This report provides the University with an overall Risk Score which will be used to assess the applicants financial standing. A suitable Performance Bond or Parent Company Guarantee may at the University's discretion be accepted and allowed to override a credit score classed as below expectation (49-26). A Creditsafe rating classed as Poor (25 or below) will be assessed as a fail and the bid will not be evaluated further. Further details are provided in the ITT. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Organisations are advised that the following minimum insurance levels are required:
- Employers Liability 5 000 000 GBP,
- Public Liability 5 000 000 GBP,
- Product Liability 2 000 000 GBP.
For organisations with insurance levels in currencies other than GBP, equivalent currency standards at the time of submission will apply.
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
- 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
- 5 Oct 2023, 15:49 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2023, 15:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
23.E&F.56- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029420- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04084bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: In accordance with Regulation 50, Paragraph (2) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 the University intend to publish the contract value at contract award stage, and reserved the right to do so. By submitting a tender response tenderers are consenting to publication of this information unless otherwise agreed in advance with the University. Requests for clarifications can only be requested until 24th October 2023 via the In-Tend portal correspondence facility. Solent University is not bound to accept the lowest offer or any tender in full or in part. This tender will be conducted electronically and tender documents can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) provided earlier in this notice. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/solent. If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register before accessing the tender documents. Once you have logged in as a supplier, click on current tenders and locate the tender documents by clicking on the reference number 23.E&F.56. Further instructions for the submission of tender are below. (Please note, to preserve the integrity of the tendering procedure, all queries must made be via In-Tend). To submit your return, please follow the instructions below: 1) Log In; 2) My Tenders; 3) View Tender Details; 4) View Documents; 5) Browse and Upload each part of your response; 6) Once all your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the - My Documents for Return - use - Submit My Return. Expressions of Interest must be by way of completion and return of the Invitation to Tender document via the Intend portal by the 9th November 2023 by 12 noon. In accordance with Regulation 50, Paragraph (2) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the University intend to publish the contract value at contract award stage, and reserved the right to do so. By submitting a tender response tenderers are consenting to publication of this information unless otherwise agreed in advance with the University Procurement Services Team.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
5 Oct 2023 → 1 Feb 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published5 Oct 2023, 15:49 BST
- Submission deadline9 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Feb 2024
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- CEDRReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria