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Published 17 Feb 2023, 14:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PRP136 Provision of In Service Appliance Testing

Official notice

Authority: Derbyshire County Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 2 lots per supplier
Published estimate£280,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 16 Mar 2023
Lots 2max 2 won per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Provision of In Service Appliance Testing

CPV: Repair and maintenance services · Technical inspection and testing services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£560,000 together) · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1NorthRenewalPublished value£280,000

DCC wish to implement a contract of suitably qualified and experienced supplier/suppliers to provide for In Service Inspection and Testing of electrical equipment to include portable and fixed appliances requirements

Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: 2 x 12 months renewals optional.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2SouthRenewalPublished value£280,000

DCC wish to implement a contract of suitably qualified and experienced supplier/suppliers to provide for In Service Inspection and Testing of electrical equipment to include portable and fixed appliances requirements

Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: DCC wish to implement a contract of suitably qualified and experienced supplier/suppliers to provide for In Service Inspection and Testing of electrical equipment to include portable and fixed appliances requirementsVariant 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 40%Price: 50%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 40
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
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
Yes
First published
17 Feb 2023, 14:20 GMT
Last source update
17 Jul 2023, 16:14 BST
Award evaluation window
17 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN655088
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020528
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance servicesTechnical inspection and testing services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a682 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Derbyshire County Council will operate a minimum 10 (or 15 calendar day if non-electronic or fax methods used) standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to the relevant economic operators. Debriefing by the Council shall be in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 (as amended) (the Regulations). Such information should be requested from the addressee in Section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the Regulations provide for the aggrieved parties who are of the opinion that they have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought as soon as possible.

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
16 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
720 days from the deadline
Bids opened
17 Mar 2023, 11:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Mar 2023 → 17 Jul 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    17 Mar 2023, 11:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    17 Jul 2023, 16:14 BST

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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Regrettably, the procurement process has been abandoned as per paragraph 11.1 of the Instructions to Bidders document issued as part of the tender documentation, and this will be reissued shortly on ProContract as a new project. The reason for abandoning this procurement is the Council identified fundamental flaws in the specification of this service that ultimately impacted the pricing of the Ser…

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derbyshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Matlock, East Midlands, DE4 3AGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.