Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-07
Buyer: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 50100000
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: PSNI Transport Services Branch — Inspection, Service, Mechanical and Electrical repair of PSNI Fleet Vehicles
PSNI Transport Services Branch (TSB) provide a comprehensive fleet management service that is effective and efficient and meets the operational needs of the PSNI. The PSNI currently has a fleet of 2 731 vehicles, and TSB control fleet maintenance at four ISO accredited workshops across Northern Ireland. TSB require to establish call-off contractual arrangements in order to support its in-house maintenance operations. This contract will be used when TSB do not have sufficient internal resource capacity for the inspection, service, mechanical and electrical repairs of armoured vehicles and soft skin vehicles. Please note that as this is a support service for the TSB current operation it is not guaranteed that work will be required on all vehicle manufacturer types throughout the duration of the contract. Therefore as this is a demand led service PSNI cannot make any guarantee as to the levels of business under this contract.
PSNI Transport Services Branch (TSB) provide a comprehensive fleet management service that is effective and efficient and meets the operational needs of the PSNI. The PSNI currently has a fleet of 2,731 vehicles, and TSB control fleet maintenance at four ISO accredited workshops across Northern Ireland. TSB require to establish call-off contractual arrangements in order to support its in-house maintenance operations. This contract will be used when TSB do not have sufficient internal resource capacity for the inspection, service, mechanical and electrical repairs of armoured vehicles and soft skin vehicles. Please note that as this is a support service for the TSB current operation it is not guaranteed that work will be required on all vehicle manufacturer types throughout the duration of the contract. Therefore as this is a demand led service PSNI cannot make any guarantee as to the levels of business under this contract.
Since this is a demand-led requirement, neither CPD nor PSNI can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract.
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 notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and notice 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. 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;
(iv) to award contract(s) in stages. And under no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by Candidates.
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: 1000000