Highway Drainage Cleansing

This tender for highway drainage cleansing services is critically incomplete, lacking essential documents and evaluation criteria, which severely hinders fair competition and bidder participation. Furthermore, the classification as 'below threshold' for a €4.8M contract raises significant legal compliance concerns.

Legal compliance is a major concern. The estimated value of €4.8M significantly exceeds national 'below threshold' limits for public procurement in the UK, suggesting a potential misclassification of the procedure. Additionally, the absence of detailed mandatory exclusion grounds is a legal oversight.

The general description of the service scope and inventory is clear. However, the eligibility and technical capability requirements are high-level and lack the specific detail necessary for bidders to fully understand expectations without supporting tender documents.

The tender is critically incomplete. The complete absence of tender documents, detailed technical specifications, and evaluation criteria makes it impossible for bidders to prepare a comprehensive and compliant offer. This is the most significant deficiency.

The lack of detailed specifications and, crucially, evaluation criteria creates an opaque procurement process that compromises fairness. Without clear assessment rules, the procuring authority retains excessive discretion, potentially leading to arbitrary decisions. The 'below threshold' classification for a high-value contract also undermines fair competition by potentially limiting wider market access.

From a practical standpoint, this tender is unworkable. Bidders cannot realistically prepare and submit a competitive and compliant bid without access to any tender documents, detailed requirements, or information on how their proposals will be evaluated.

The provided data is internally consistent, with no direct contradictions between the estimated value and financial requirements, although the currency difference is noted. The primary inconsistency lies in the procedure classification versus the contract value.

There is no indication of any green procurement, social, or innovation criteria. This represents a missed opportunity to leverage public procurement for broader public value and sustainable outcomes over the 72-month contract duration.