Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
DAERA
Dundonald House
Belfast
BT4 3SB
UK
E-mail: ssdadmin.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.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
DAERA VSAHG — Detector Dog Service —Products of Animal Origin
Reference number: ID 1665047
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80512000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has statutory responsibility for the regulation of significant areas of the agri-food industry within Northern Ireland and in particular for the implementation of a large number of related European Union Directives and Regulations. DAERA have a requirement of a detector dog and handler, on a part-time basis to assist veterinary service, a specific business area within DAERA, in the targeting of products of animal and plant origin at Northern Ireland (NI) airports and ports and parcel handling locations listed in Annex A. Other locations, identified by DAERA, may be added to the list as agreed with the service provider.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80512000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has statutory responsibility for the regulation of significant areas of the agri-food industry within Northern Ireland and in particular for the implementation of a large number of related European Union Directives and Regulations. DAERA have a requirement of a detector dog and handler, on a part-time basis to assist veterinary service, a specific business area within DAERA, in the targeting of products of animal and plant origin at Northern Ireland (NI) airports and ports and parcel handling locations listed in Annex A. Other locations, identified by DAERA, may be added to the list as agreed with the service provider.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Quantitative
/ Weighting: 30
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
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:
2019/S 015-031482
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
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
N/A
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/02/2020