Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Secretary of State for the Home Department for and on behalf of the Crown
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
Contact person: Passport Procurement Team
E-mail: PassportProcurement@hmpo.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
Address of the buyer profile: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris/sso_login.jsp#/login/loginPage
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Passport Production and Associated Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
22451000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract for the design, production and personalisation of the UK Passport and its Variants and other secure documents.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
262 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
22451000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Due to the upcoming expiry of its current passport design, print, assembly and personalisation contract, the Contracting Authority undertook a procurement in respect of a new contract for passport production and associated services, to include but not be limited to; Design, print, assembly and personalisation of the UK Passport and its Variants; Design, print, assembly and/or personalisation of other secure travel documents, including Emergency Travel Documents on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The Contracting Authority issues over 6 000 000 passports annually (with passport Variants accounting for circa 1.2 % of volumes) and is the only provider of passports to British citizens living anywhere globally. The UK passport is a secure travel document which contains many world leading security features; the integrity of which allows British Citizens to travel without a visa to a large number of countries.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 058-107947
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Main
Title: Passport Production and Associated Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/04/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
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: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gemalto UK Limited
Concorde Way, Segensworth North
Fareham
PO15 5RX
UK
NUTS: UK
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:
: 262 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/05/2018