Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
Stoneleigh Park
Kenilworth
CV8 2TL
UK
Telephone: +44 2476692051
E-mail: procurement@ahdb.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ahdb.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Agriculture & Horticulture
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Laboratory Quality Testing for AHDB's Recommended List Project
Reference number: 2020-454
II.1.2) Main CPV code
77000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The information provided by the RLs enables levy payers to select variety’s that are optimal for their cropping system and meet the requirements of their local market. Key to this is the assessment of varietal quality characterists.
Grain samples are taken at harvest from trial plots by the RL trials operators and sent to the relevant quality testing laboratory to carry out various laboratory quality tests and assessments on them. It is this part of the process for which the tenderers are applying: to manage receipt of samples, carry out quality test procedures as described in this ITT and produce results for AHDB.
The laboratory quality tests have been divided into four lots for this tender according to crop and types of tests. Tenderers are invited to apply for single or multiple lots as per the list below :
Lot 1 Wheat Milling & Baking
Lot 2 Quality testing Cereals (Excluding Oats) & Oil content of Oilseed Rape and Linseed
Lot 3 Quality testing Oats
Lot 4 Barley MicroMalting
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
693 456.78
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1234
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
03000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Grain samples are taken at harvest from trial plots by the RL trials operators and sent to the relevant quality testing laboratory to carry out various laboratory quality tests and assessments on them. It is this part of the process for which contracts will be awarded for: to manage receipt of samples, carry out quality test procedures and produce results for AHDB.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 187-335604
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 2020-454
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/12/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited
Chipping Campden
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 77 592.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 234
Contract No: 2020-454
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/11/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NIAB
Cambridge
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 519 442.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
By authorised Procurement Manager
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
Kenilworth
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
Kenilworth
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/01/2022