This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

18 Oct 2023 at 16:49

Tender

26 Jun 2023 at 08:52

Summary of the contracting process

The Cambridgeshire County Council has recently awarded a contract for Archaeological Fieldwork Services to three providers: Cambridge Archaeological Unit, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), and Oxford Archaeology. The contract involves an initial period of 36 months with the option to extend for a total of 48 months. The procurement stage for this tender was marked as "cancelled". The contract period began on 17th October 2023, with a value ranging between £2.5m and £3.5m.

This tender by the Cambridgeshire County Council presents business growth opportunities for suppliers in the archaeological services industry. The requirement is not split into Lots and involves a framework agreement with three providers. The anticipated framework commencement date is mid-October 2023, and the contract value is estimated to range between £2.5m and £3.5m. Businesses providing commercial fieldwork services well-suited to compete include large-scale entities like Cambridge Archaeological Unit and smaller enterprises such as MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) and Oxford Archaeology.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldwork Services for Cambridgeshire County Council

Notice 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 PS2.5m and PS3.5m, 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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

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 PS2,500,000 or greater than PS3,500,000. 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 PS625,000 pa, with an allowance of an additional PS1,000,000 in total (also not guaranteed) from other bodies accessing this framework

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.

Renewal: 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.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dc51
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030819-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

71351914 - Archaeological services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£3,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
14 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Oct 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cambridgeshire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE28 4YE
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLH East (England)

Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
The Stukeleys
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Cambridge Archaeological Unit

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)

Oxford Archaeology

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