Official UK procurement notice
Soft Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (“the Authority’s”) is looking to procure soft services at two operational sites:
Fusion Technology Facility, Unit 2a Lanchester Way, Advanced Manufacturing Park Catcliffe, Rotherham, S60 5FX and Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB.
The Contract requirement at Culham is for 24/7 Security Guarding, Incident Response, Reception Services, Post, Receipts and Despatch under the banner of “Soft Services
The contract requirement at Rotherham is for 24 hour manned guarding
The contract term will be 3 years plus an option to extend for a further two years
Please note a visit to the Culham site is recommended on the date in 1. ITT Document. This will be the 18 October 2022.
CPV: Patrol services · Post and courier services · Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,000,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Refer to ITT: 65%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Refer to ITT: 65
- Price: 35
- Suitability
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information. - Technical & professional ability
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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 · 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
- First published
- 12 Oct 2022, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 2 May 2023, 10:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
T/GW/164/22- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-012461- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0374ffFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- Review procedure
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the authority before a contract is entered into applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request. Additional debriefing and that information have to be provided within a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be sought from the contact named in this notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 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).
Any such action must be brought promptly.
(generally within 3 months).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
18 Nov 2022 → 2 May 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline18 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until18 Feb 2023, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published2 May 2023, 10:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 May 2023, 10:54 BST
Published amendments (3)
Return date extended to 22nd November mid-day.
The return date has been extended to mid-day of the 29th.
Extended to 5/12/22 a mid-day.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2022-11: 1 release · 14 Nov 2022
- 2022-10: 1 release · 12 Oct 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson James Ltd. | £8,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Soft Services · Wilson James Ltd.
- Signed
- 10 Mar 2023
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wilson James LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.