Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Police Service of Northern Ireland
c/o CPD 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: justice.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
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
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
ID 4780127 - PSNI - Vehicle Conversion Services - Conversion of 15x Cell Vans and 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks
Reference number: iD 4780127
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50117100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
ID 4780127 - PSNI - Vehicle Conversion Services - Conversion of Cell Vans and Evidence Gathering Trucks Lot 1 – Conversion of 15x Cell Vans Lot 2 – Conversion of 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks TSB is seeking to establish a multi lot contract for the provision of Cell Vans and Cell Vans with Evidence Gathering Equipment through conversion of Volkswagen Transporter long wheelbase vehicles. The competition will comprise of 2 lots as summarised in Section 5.1 below. TSB need to provide PSNI Officers with appropriately converted fleet vehicles to meet their range of operational policing requirements including the safe carriage of detained persons and evidence gathering equipment. Equipment carried within vans must be capable of being stored and carried in such a way that ensures it is kept separate from the driver and passengers in a contained area to prevent injury to all parties, including rescuers, should the vehicle become involved in a collision. For full details of vehicle fitment and contract requirements, please refer to document entitled “ID 4780127 - Specification”.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
447 134.76
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Lot 1 – Conversion of 15x Cell Vans
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34100000
34200000
50110000
34114200
34114210
35000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ID 4780127 - PSNI - Vehicle Conversion Services - Conversion of Cell Vans and Evidence Gathering Trucks Lot 1 – Conversion of 15x Cell Vans Lot 2 – Conversion of 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks TSB is seeking to establish a multi lot contract for the provision of Cell Vans and Cell Vans with Evidence Gathering Equipment through conversion of Volkswagen Transporter long wheelbase vehicles. The competition will comprise of 2 lots as summarised in Section 5.1 below. TSB need to provide PSNI Officers with appropriately converted fleet vehicles to meet their range of operational policing requirements including the safe carriage of detained persons and evidence gathering equipment. Equipment carried within vans must be capable of being stored and carried in such a way that ensures it is kept separate from the driver and passengers in a contained area to prevent injury to all parties, including rescuers, should the vehicle become involved in a collision. For full details of vehicle fitment and contract requirements, please refer to document entitled “ID 4780127 - Specification”.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 50
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Lot 2 – Conversion of 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34100000
34200000
50110000
34114200
34114210
35000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ID 4780127 - PSNI - Vehicle Conversion Services - Conversion of Cell Vans and Evidence Gathering Trucks Lot 1 – Conversion of 15x Cell Vans Lot 2 – Conversion of 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks TSB is seeking to establish a multi lot contract for the provision of Cell Vans and Cell Vans with Evidence Gathering Equipment through conversion of Volkswagen Transporter long wheelbase vehicles. The competition will comprise of 2 lots as summarised in Section 5.1 below. TSB need to provide PSNI Officers with appropriately converted fleet vehicles to meet their range of operational policing requirements including the safe carriage of detained persons and evidence gathering equipment. Equipment carried within vans must be capable of being stored and carried in such a way that ensures it is kept separate from the driver and passengers in a contained area to prevent injury to all parties, including rescuers, should the vehicle become involved in a collision. For full details of vehicle fitment and contract requirements, please refer to document entitled “ID 4780127 - Specification”.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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
II.2.14) Additional information
he successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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:
2023/S 000-025443
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Lot 1 – Conversion of 15x Cell Vans
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/11/2023
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"
"Withheld for Security Reasons"
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:
: 292 226.16
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Lot 2 – Conversion of 5x Evidence Gathering Trucks
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/11/2023
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"
"Withheld for Security Reasons"
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:
: 154 908.60
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:
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was. communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/11/2023