Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-11
Buyer: The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32330000 | 32333000 | 32333100 | 32353000 | 33120000: Physiological monitoring systems
Estimated value: 250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority is seeking to procure digital interview recording equipment and supporting services for the relevant police stations. The solution should not be bespoke and should be capable of supplementing with easily available hardware and devices.
This procurement exercise is seeking to appoint a provider of a Digital Interview Recording solution (the ‘DIR Solution’). The DIR Solution shall include the hardware and the supporting services for the relevant police stations. The solution should not be bespoke and should be capable of supplementing with easily available hardware and devices. The DIR Solution is procured by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk on behalf of itself and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (together, the ‘Participating Authorities’). The DIR Solution shall be available to both participating authorities. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk is the lead contracting authority and will be the signatory to any contract awarded at the conclusion of this procurement process. The approximate total value of the DIR Solution for the maximum period of 5 years across for both Participating Authorities is 250 000 GBP. The purpose of the DIR Solution is to deliver an interview solution that allows for future expansion and makes use of interoperability with current systems where processes benefit. The specific scope of this project is detailed in the specification (contained in Volume 2 of the tender pack).
The authority is procuring the services on behalf of itself and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (‘Norfolk’) together the ‘Participating Authorities’. The authority is the lead contracting authority and will be the signatory to any contract which is awarded at the conclusion of this procurement process.
1) To express an interest and to receive information about this procurement economic operators must register on the e-tendering system: EU Supply portal - https://uk.ensupply.com
3) Economic operators are requested to submit any queries in relation to this project via the portal;
4) All applicants are solely responsible for their costs and expenses in relation to this procurement;
5) The contracting authority reserves the right to suspend or abort the procurement at any time prior to award.
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum standstill period of ten (10) calendar days at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contracts to be awarded under this procurement are entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of the contracts has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Eligibility requirements: Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 250000