CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) in Essex, Southend and Thurrock.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Essex Police District.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The contract is for Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) in Essex, Southend and Thurrock.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

EPKK17014

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The tender and supporting documents must be priced in pounds sterling and all payments made under the terms of contract. The Contract shall be made in England and according to English Law. The contract is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. Interested Parties wishing to be considered for appointment as a provider of these supplies should submit an ITT in compliance with the instructions and within the prescribed deadline. All discussions, correspondence and all meetings will be conducted in English. Applicants should note that the use of a framework is not compulsory by any police authority or other law enforcement agency. The Commissioner and all other UK Police Forces and Law enforcement agencies and their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of reorganisation or organisational changes. Law enforcement agencies include the Home Office, a Police and Crime Commissioner (Formally the Police Authority) established under section 3 of the Police Act 19996; a Police authority established under section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; the Northern Ireland Policing Board; the Home Office); and all non-geographic police forces and other law enforcement agencies shown at http://police.uk/forces.htm. The contracting authority reserves the right not to make any award and reserves the right to accept all or part of any tender. The Freedom of information Act (FOIA) applies to the contracting authority. If any supplier considers that any information supplier by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to FOI requests be examined in light of exemptions provided for in the Act.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 1 month).

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice