Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-10-13
Buyer: Belfast International Airport Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 79710000: Security services
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Belfast International Airport (BIA) is seeking a provider of security services who will work closely with BIA to deliver a safe, compliant and customer orientated service. Specific areas of focus for the service include:
BIA wishes to select applicants for the negotiation stage that can provide a service which maintains a high level of safety and security performance; is operationally efficient, with particular regard to security process times; maintains a high level of passenger satisfaction; engages collaboratively and transparently with stakeholders and is innovative and progressive.
Belfast International Airport (BIA) is seeking a provider of security services who will work closely with BIA to deliver a safe, compliant and customer orientated service.
Following conclusion of the initial 3 year period, BIA may, at its discretion and subject to performance, extend the contract up to 5 years.
This process is being conducted competitively in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. The procedure to be followed for this procurement is the Negotiated Procedure with a prior call for competition (Regulation 47).
Applicants who wish to participate in this procurement are required to email securitytenders@carson-mcdowell.com to request provision of the procurement documents and to provide details of their contact point, together with an email address and telephone number.
Applicants who fail to provide their details to BIA in this manner will not receive any clarifications or updated information provided by BIA during the procurement process.
All discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract until a formal contract is entered into. The formal contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of both parties.
Applicants satisfying the selection criteria at the pre-qualification stage of this process will be afforded the opportunity of a site visit.
Further details will be provided by BIA in due course. Subject to a sufficient number of satisfactory responses being received, a maximum of the top 5 ranked applicants will be invited to negotiate following the selection stage of this process, provided that BIA, acting at its discretion, reserves the right to invite less than 5 applicants to negotiate.
The costs of responding to this notice and participation in the process (including any and all negotiations) will be borne by each applicant.
BIA will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to all applicants. The standstill period provides time for unsuccessful applicants to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (Northern Ireland).


Winner: Wilson James Limited