Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI
  c/o CPD 303 Airport Road West
  BELFAST
  BT3 9ED
  UK
  
            Contact person: Justice Sector Procurement Team
  
            E-mail: justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UK
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
  
              Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
 
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
PSNI - Underwater Search Capabliity
            Reference number: ID 3751090
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  98363000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) requires a Contractor for the provision of underwater search services which are available twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year, on a call out basis. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements document for further information on the contract requirements.
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				1 705 000.00 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
    98363000
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKN
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) requires a Contractor for the provision of underwater search services which are available twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year, on a call out basis. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements document for further information on the contract requirements.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Quality criterion: Quality
                    / Weighting: 45
    
                    Cost criterion: Price
                    / Weighting: 55
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              Yes
            
    Description of options:
    Option to extend the contract following expiry of the initial contract period for 4 further periods of 1 year each.
    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
    he successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. Contractors not delivering.on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach.satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach.satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs.and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave.professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated..The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions.being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a.period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate..
   
 
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
  IV.1.1) Type of procedure
  
                        Open procedure
                        
  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:
  2021/S 000-024539
 
Section V: Award of contract
          Contract No: 1
          Title: Contract
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/02/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 4
                Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
                Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
                Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
              The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
              
        No
      
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
  "WITHHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS"
  Belfast
  UK
  
            E-mail: justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UK
  Internet address(es)
  
              URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
  The contractor is an SME:
        Yes
      
 
                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: 
					: 1 705 000.00 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
    Belfast
    UK
   
  VI.4.3) Review procedure
  Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
  The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
  VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
  
    he UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
    Belfast
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/02/2022