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title: "22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldwork Services for Cambridgeshire County Council"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03dc51"
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# 22096 2023 Archaeological Fieldwork Services for Cambridgeshire County Council

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03dc51

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030819-2023 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Aug 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | HUNTINGDON |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE28 4YE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Huntingdonshire |
| Electoral ward | The Stukeleys |
| Westminster constituency | Huntingdon |
| Delivery location | TLH East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT; MOLA (MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY; OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71351914 - Archaeological services

## Release History

- 18 Oct 2023 at 15:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030819-2023
- 26 Jun 2023 at 07:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018046-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=74dc6c12-299b-ed11-811e-005056b64545
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=ea3edb62-3a92-eb11-810c-005056b64545&v=2
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Register
- https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
- https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/

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