Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-05
Buyer: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Country: UK
Region: Northern Ireland
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34300000
Estimated value: 4500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Police Service of Northern Ireland's purpose is to make Northern Ireland safer for everyone through keeping people safe. This goal is achieved through community driven policing. Transport Services Branch is a division within the Department of Finance and Support Services. TSB's mission is to provide a comprehensive fleet management service that is effective and efficient and meets the operational needs of the PSNI. TSB control fleet maintenance at four ISO accredited Workshops across Northern Ireland. PSNI TSB is seeking to establish a contract for the supply of spare parts and imprest stock for its fleet of Land Rover vehicles.
It is anticipated that this Contract will commence on the date of award for a duration of 3 years. The Client may at any time before the completion of the Contract Period invite the Contractor to agree to extend the Contract for up to two further periods of twelve Months each commencing from the termination date of the original Contract Period.
Contract Monitoring: 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate.. . Also: The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I) Not to award any. contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (II) To make whatever changes it may see fit. to the content and structure of the tendering Competition; (III) To award(a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the supplies covered. by this notice; and (IV) To award contract(s) in stages. And in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by. candidates.
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 the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 4500000