Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Contact
Mr Jon Collyns
Jon.Collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7775703930
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=74dc6c12-299b-ed11-811e-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=ea3edb62-3a92-eb11-810c-005056b64545&v=2
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldworks Services for Cambridgeshire County Council
Reference number
DN638384
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71351914 - Archaeological services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
As a developer, the council and its agents have obligations towards mitigating the impact caused by its projects on the historic environment. This includes the need for archaeological investigations. This framework ensures the most productive and cost-effective suppliers of commercial fieldwork services are available to the council
It is anticipated the value of this framework will range between £2.5m and £3.5m, depending on the requirements of the County Council and the Greater Cambridge Partnership throughout the term of the framework.
This requirement is not split into Lots, as the Authorities require 3 individual providers to service this requirement, for ease of management and to drive efficiencies.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £3,500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45100000 - Site preparation work
- 71351914 - Archaeological services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority proposes to enter into a framework agreement with 3 providers for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred bidders, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total.
All work under this framework shall be awarded via one of 2 routes:
by approaching the provider who finishes in 1st place in the initial framework evaluation, and then if they are unable to service the requirement approaching the 2nd placed bidder and so on, or
Running a further competition where all providers shall be invited to submit a project specific proposal for a discrete piece of work.
In the event such further competitions take place, the responses shall be evaluated 60% on the quality element and 40% on price.
The anticipated framework commencement date is mid-October 2023.
It is difficult to predict the exact value of this contract as it shall be extensively used by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/) and is open to all public bodies within Cambridgeshire, and Authorities’ requirements are likely to vary over the contract term, but it is estimated that the total value will not be less than £2,500,000 or greater than £3,500,000.
The above figures are calculated by allocating the estimated (but not guaranteed) spends of Cambridgeshire County Council (or customers using the services of the Council) equating to approximately £625,000 pa, with an allowance of an additional £1,000,000 in total (also not guaranteed) from other bodies accessing this framework
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The Authority proposes to enter into a framework agreement with 3 providers for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred bidders, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The Authority proposes to enter into a framework agreement with 3 providers for an initial period of 36 months with the preferred bidders, with an option to extend for 12 months, making 48 months in total.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
14 August 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
14 August 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
Clare.Ellis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7880016097
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
he Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point
information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The duration of this
standstill will be disclosed at this point.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting
Authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be required
from (Refer to address in Part 1.1). If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not
been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) 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. Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the
setting aside of the
award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If
the contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a contract
where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine, the Court may instead provide for
alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.
Please ensure that you read the tender documents carefully in order to be aware of the
requirements and relevant deadlines.
The Council reserves the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject
matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, pause, or postpone this procurement at
any time. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not
limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of
the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise.
The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner.
Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.
In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.