Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NW Firecontrol Ltd
06314891
North West Fire Control, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue
Warrington
WA5 3UZ
UK
Contact person: Laura Edwards
Telephone: +44 1606363853
E-mail: laura.edwards@cheshire.pnn.police.uk
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nwfirecontrol.com/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cheshire.police.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of a Mobilising System Solution and Associated Support and Maintenance on behalf of NW Firecontrol Ltd
Reference number: CPA/SPU/1029F
II.1.2) Main CPV code
42960000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of a mobilising system solution and associated support and maintenance for NW Firecontrol Ltd.
This contract is being procured by the joint Cheshire Constabulary and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority Strategic Procurement Unit on behalf of NW Firecontrol Ltd.
The contract will operate directly between the supplier and NW Firecontrol Ltd.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 360 425.10
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
42960000
42961000
42961400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Winsford, CW7 2UA.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of a mobilising system solution support and maintenance for the command and control centre for four North West based fire authorises which is operated by their wholly owned company NW Firecontrol Ltd.
The contract will operate directly between the supplier and NW Firecontrol Ltd.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Provision of a mobilising system solution support and maintenance for the command and control centre for four North West based fire authorises which is operated by their wholly owned company NW Firecontrol Ltd.
The contract will operate directly between the supplier and NW Firecontrol Ltd.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
NW Firecontrol Ltd have awarded a 36-month support and maintenance contract, with the option to extend for two periods of 12 months, to Telent Technology Services Ltd under section 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as it is believed that the services can be supplied only by Telent Technology Services Ltd on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons and in order to protect intellectual property rights.
No reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. The design, know-how, database rights and applications associated to the current Mobilising system solution used by NW Firecontrol Ltd belongs to Telent Technology Services Ltd and constitutes part of their intellectual property rights. The structure of the delivery of the solution with the subcontractors (Integraph (UK) Ltd and Frequentis AG) is a bespoke relationship between these operators when delivering and maintaining a mobilising system solution to fire authorities in the North of the United Kingdom.
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:
2019/S 150-370970
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: NWFC Mobilsing System Solution Support and Maintenance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/04/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
telent Technology Services Ltd
703317
Point 3, Haywood Road
Warwick
CV34 5AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1926693000
E-mail: talktotelent@telent.com
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
URL: www.telent.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 360 425.10
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Value excluding VAT: 2 028 975.22 GBP
Proportion: 60 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
3rd Line Support and Maintenance Services.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/04/2020