DAERA – CAFRE – Lease of 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material Handlers

CAFRE, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural EnterprisecontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-066f85Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableclosed for bids

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Estimated value

£365k

goods

Awarded value

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Suppliers

Lots

0 awarded

Published

19 Mar 2026

Deadline 22 Apr 2026

Description

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) – College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has a requirement for leasing 5 Agricultural Tractors and 3 Material Handlers. The equipment will be used for the dual purpose of student and industry training and general farm work and must be delivered to Greenmount Campus Machinery and Buildings Centre, Greenmount Campus Dairy Development Centre, Greenmount Campus Beef and Sheep Development Centre (Abbey Farm). Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract(s).

Scope

Reference: ID 6449613
Total value: £364,800 excluding VAT
£456,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool: Standalone contract
Contract dates: 01 Dec 2026 to 30 Nov 2029
Main category: goods
CPV classifications: 16700000
16810000
Contract locations: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Particular suitability: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

Name	Description	Type	Weighting
AC 1 - Compliance with the Mandatory Technical Specification per Lot – Pass / Fail	Tenderers must confirm they will meet all the conditions as set out in the Specification of Requirements and Lots Specification Document. Tenderers must provide technical brochures to demonstrate the machine tendered meets all the requirements for each Lot tendered. A written response is required for this criterion along with upload of technical brochure(s).	quality	0.01%
AC 2 - Contract Methodology - 10%	Suppliers must provide a methodology as to how they will meet the Buyers timetable for delivery as well as breakdown and repair. Suppliers must detail how the delivery of the requirement will be monitored, managed and reported on. This should include details on: a) How updates will be communicated to the Buyer. b) Frequency of updates. c) How delays will be managed; and d) Detail of escalation procedures. e) how they will adhere to required timescales for breakdown and repair. A written response is required for this criterion.	quality	9.99%
Price - 90%	Suppliers are required to complete and upload the Pricing Schedule as directed within in the Financial Envelope. Prices must be in GBP and be exclusive of VAT. Prices must only be provided using the Pricing Schedule as directed and should not be included within any other Tender documentation. Where the price for an aspect of the service is nil (no cost to the Buyer), then suppliers must state that within the pricing schedule. Costs that are not included within the pricing schedule will be considered waived. Therefore, all areas of the pricing schedule must be completed in full. Suppliers must not qualify their pricing or include conditional pricing within their pricing schedule. This may result in your tender being disregarded. All products are to be priced inclusive of all delivery and duty charges (Delivered Duty Paid), but exclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT). If you are supplying goods to Northern Ireland from the European Union then the purchase invoice must include the commodity code and weight of the goods purchased. Suppliers must not submit conditional pricing e.g., if their price is dependent on winning more than one lot, this will be treated as an unsuitable bid and eliminated from the competition.	price	90.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

As per Tender documentation.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline: 14 Apr 2026, 2:00 pm
Submission deadline: 22 Apr 2026, 2:00 pm
Submission address: Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic submission: Yes
Procedure: Open procedure

Lots · 8 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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Lot	Title	Est. value	Status
Lot 1A	Lot 1A Tractor: 4 cylinders	£55k	active
Lot 1B	Lot 1B Tractor: 6 cylinders	£55k	active
Lot 1C	Lot 1C Tractor: 4 cylinders	£40k	active
Lot 1D	Lot 1D Tractor: 4 cylinders	£40k	active
Lot 1E	Lot 1E Tractor: 4 cylinders	£24k	active