VOLUNTARY EX ANTE TRANSPARENCY NOTICE
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Section I: Contracting Authority/Entity
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I.1)
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Name, Address and Contact Point(s)
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Thames Valley Police |
Oxford Road |
Kidlington |
OX5 2NX |
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Norman Bunce |
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I.2)
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Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities
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Yes Bedfordshire Police
Essex Police
Hampshire Constabulary
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Surrey Police
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Section II: Object of the Contract
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II.1)
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Description
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Contract for Interpreting Services.
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II.1.2(a))
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Type of works contract
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II.1.2(b))
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Type of supplies contract
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II.1.2(c))
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Type of service contract27 |
II.1.2)
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Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance
Police stations and other criminal justice premises in South East, East of England regions of England. UK |
II.1.3)
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This notice involves a framework agreementNo |
II.1.4)
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Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Provision of interpreting and translation services.
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II.1.5)
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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79540000 |
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II.1.6)
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Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA) Yes |
II.2)
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Total final value of the contract(s)
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II.2.1)
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Total final value of the contract(s)
2 220 000
GBP
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Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1)
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Type of procedure
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IV.1.1)
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Type of procedure |
IV.2)
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Award criteria
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IV.2.1)
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Award criteria |
IV.2.2)
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An electronic auction has been used Yes |
IV.3)
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Administrative information
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IV.3.1)
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File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
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IV.3.2)
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Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Other previous publications
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Section V: Award of contract
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Contract for Interpreting Services |
V.1)
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Date of contract award decision: |
V.2)
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Numbers of offers received: |
V.3)
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Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded
Language Line Solutions |
25th Floor, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf |
London |
E14 5NR |
UK |
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V.4)
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Information on value of contract
2 220 000 GBP
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V.5)
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted No
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Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted
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Section VI: Complementary Information
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VI.1)
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Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds? No
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VI.2)
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Additional Information
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VI.3)
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Procedures for appeal
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VI.3.1)
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Body responsible for appeal procedures
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Body responsible for mediation procedures
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VI.3.2)
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Lodging of appeals
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VI.3.3)
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Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
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VI.4)
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Dispatch date of this Notice 18-03-2015 |
Annex D1 – General procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
Directive 2004/18/EC
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Open procedure |
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Restricted procedure |
b) The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or
development under the conditions stated in the Directive (for supplies only).
c) The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
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Technical |
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Artistic |
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Connected with the protection of exclusive rights |
d) Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority and in
accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
e) Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
f) New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance
with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
g)Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest.
h) For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.
i) For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:
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from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities |
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from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure. |
j) All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or
unacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria.
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a
contract notice in the OJEU:
k) The contract has as its object services listed in Annex B of Directive 2004/18/EC or in Annex XVII B of Directive 2004/17/EC
l) The contract falls outside the scope of application of the relevant directive.
In addition to the box(es) ticked above please explain in a clear and
comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of
a contract notice in the OJEU is lawful, stating in any case the relevant facts,
and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the articles in
the relevant Directive (500 words maximum):
Thames Valley Police intend to join with other police forces and use a framework agreement to be awarded by Crown Commercial Services. This agreement has been delayed and won't become available in time for a mini-competition and contract award to be completed before the current contract ends on 31.8.2015. In order to prepare for and accommodate this and the possibility of further delays, we require a reasonable extension via a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) to extend the existing contract until 31.8.2016. We anticipate the procurement process under the framework will commence in early 2016.
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