Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
UK
E-mail: ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
DAERA - The Carbon Footprinting Project
Reference number: ID 5226598
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DAERA require a Supplier to provide the administration, delivery, support and maintenance of a Carbon Footprinting Project farm carbon calculator which will provide farm businesses with their farm carbon footprint. Training will be provided to assist farmers to use the information received to take appropriate action to reduce net GHG emissions on their farm. The Carbon Calculator procured for this project will be used on all Northern Ireland farms, and requires 28,400 farm carbon footprints to be completed over the next four financial years (2024/25 – 2027/28).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77000000
72000000
72300000
73000000
73100000
73200000
73300000
48000000
48218000
48100000
48430000
48781000
77100000
77110000
16000000
34000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
UKN0
Main site or place of performance:
Northern Ireland
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DAERA require a Supplier to provide the administration, delivery, support and maintenance of a Carbon Footprinting Project farm carbon calculator which will provide farm businesses with their farm carbon footprint. Training will be provided to assist farmers to use the information received to take appropriate action to reduce net GHG emissions on their farm. The Carbon Calculator procured for this project will be used on all Northern Ireland farms, and requires 28,400 farm carbon footprints to be completed over the next four financial years (2024/25 – 2027/28).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: AC1 Proposed Methodology and Implementation Plan
/ Weighting: 21
Quality criterion: AC2 Proposed Team Experience
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: AC3 Contract Management/business continuity
/ Weighting: 14
Quality criterion: AC4 Governance Structures
/ Weighting: 10.5
Quality criterion: AC5 Social Value
/ Weighting: 10.5
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Optional extension periods of 12 months plus 12 months.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-016219
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This tender was not progressed to award due to a legal challenge.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/11/2025