ID 3624546 DAERA - AFBI - Northern Ireland Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS)

A Contract Award Notice
by THE AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE AFBI

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
£15M-£19M
Sector
INDUSTRIAL
Published
24 Mar 2022
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Northern Ireland:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 2 suppliers

Description

AFBI now seeks to establish Contracts for 2 separate service provisions for soil sampling and soil analysis. Acknowledging that the 2 services are of a different nature to each other, the Contracts will be separated into 2 lots; Lot 1 will be for the provision of Soil Sampling and Lot 2 will be for the provision of Soil Nutrient Analysis. Tenderers can bid for either or both Lots. AFBI now seeks to establish Contracts for 2 separate service provisions for soil sampling and soil analysis. Acknowledging that the 2 services are of a different nature to each other, the Contracts will be separated into 2 lots; Lot 1 will be for the provision of Soil Sampling and Lot 2 will be for the provision of Soil Nutrient Analysis. Tenderers can bid for either or both Lots. Additional information: The value in II.1.7 is a maximum estimated contract value for both Lots. These are demand driven contracts with no guarantee of uptake and spend

Lot Division

1 Soil Sampling
Award Criteria
AC1 Methodology – Overall approach 12
AC2 Methodology – Technical aspects 12
AC3 Contract Manager Experience 9
AC4 Key Delivery Personnel Experience 9
AC5 Methodology – Off-Season Sampling 6
AC6 Contingency Arrangements 6
AC7 Data Protection 6
AC8 Total Contract Price Model 1 24
AC9 Total Contract Price Model 2 8
AC10 Total Contract Price Model 3 8
2 Soil Analysis
Award Criteria
AC1 Methodology – Overall approach 12
AC2 Methodology – Technical Aspects 12
AC3 Contingency Arrangements 12
AC4 Contract Manager Experience 9
AC5 Key Delivery Personnel Experience 9
AC6 Data Protection 6
AC7 Total Contract Price Model 1 24
AC8 Total Contract Price Model 2 8
AC9 Total Contract Price Model 3 8

Award Detail

1 RPS Ireland (Belfast)
  • LOT 1 Soil Sampling
  • Reference: 008054-2022-1-1
  • Value: £19,000,000
2 Cawood Scientific (Bracknell)
  • LOT 2 Soil Analysis
  • Reference: 008054-2022-2-2
  • Value: £15,000,000

Renewal Options

The Contract period commenced on award March 2022 and will run until 31 March 2026. The contract will have an initial period up to 31 March 2024 and will contain the options to extend for two further periods of up to 12 months each.

CPV Codes

  • 71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • 71610000 - Composition and purity testing and analysis services
  • 71620000 - Analysis services
  • 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
  • 71900000 - Laboratory services
  • 14212400 - Soil

Indicators

  • Options are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12.. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If. a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD. for further action.If this occurs and your performance does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be. considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination,. CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written. Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be. excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.

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