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Published 29 Jul 2021, 14:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase of Trees · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Wakefield Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Aug 2021awarded 30 Sept 2021
Awarded to Johnsons Nurseries Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide mixed young trees (whips) to support

the creation of woodland within the Wakefield district.

The contract is for an initial period of one year with the option to extend for three further one

year periods (subject to funding availability) up to a maximum of four years..

CPV: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend for three further 12 month periods (subject to funding availability) up to a maximum of 48 months.Variant 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
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 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
Goods
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
29 Jul 2021, 14:37 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2021, 15:48 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN551303
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025741
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE45)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cd66 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point when

information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal

regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are

at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and

Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The tender documents are available from the YORtender website www.yortender.co.uk with reference DN551303. For support with registration on the YORtender website or if you are having difficulties accessing the documents through YORtender, please contact the YORtender helpdesk on 0330 005 0352 or ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com. The successful supplier may be required to participate in the achievement of community wellbeing and positive outcomes for its customers as well as promotion and achievement of social and economic growth and environmental and sustainability policy objectives where this is required by the Contracting Authority in the contract documentation.

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
30 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Aug 2021 → 14 Oct 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    14 Oct 2021, 15:48 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2021
  1. Buyer details updated
    29 Jul 2021, 14:37 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    14 Oct 2021, 15:48 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineDate · IV.2.231 Aug 202131 Aug 2021+0 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Johnsons Nurseries LimitedSME——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The Council is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide mixed young trees (whips) to…1bids · 1 electronic1—£43,645 – £1,000,000
Whole notice———£43,645 – £1,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Wakefield Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Wakefield One (PO Box 700), Burton Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humber, WF1 2EBContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • The Council of the City of WakefieldContracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Wakefield, Yorkshire & HumberContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Johnson's of Whixley LtdAwarded supplier616324 The Nurseries, Whixley, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO26 8AQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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