Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
UK
Contact person: Mr Jon Collyns
Telephone: +44 7775703930
E-mail: Jon.Collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldwork Services for Cambridgeshire County Council
Reference number: DN638384
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71351914
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
2 500 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
3 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71351914
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
II.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
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.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.
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2023/S 000-018046
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/10/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
34A Storeys Way
Cambridge
CB3 0DZ
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Mortimer Wheeler House 46 Eagle Wharf Road
London
N1 7ED
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oxford Archaeology
janus house osney mead
Oxford
OX2 0ES
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:
Lowest offer:
2 500 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
3 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Cambridgeshire County Council
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald
Huntingdon
PE28 4YE
UK
E-mail: Clare.Ellis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/10/2023