Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-03-13
Buyer: DoJ Northern Ireland Prison Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35120000: Surveillance and security systems | 50610000 | 50700000
Estimated value: 2450713.82 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority is seeking to procure a single economic operator (Contractor) to lead a team of specialist subcontractors for the provision of servicing and maintenance of specialist security systems services across the Northern Ireland Prison Service estate utilising an NEC3 term service short contract. The contract is for the provision of planned preventative, reactive maintenance and the essential replacement of equipment for access control, locking systems, staff alarm systems, CCTV systems, fire alarm, electro hydaulic gates and turnstiles, cell call, intercom, perimeter detection, key management and pegging systems across NI Prison Service sites. In addition to the sites indicated above, other occasional services may also be required (subject to the approval of the Northern Ireland Prison Service) to be undertaken for other Agencies or Arms length bodies of the Department of Justice (NI) within the boundaries of Northern Ireland.
CPD, in its capacity as a central purchasing body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. The  contracting authority expressly reserves the right:
(ii) not to award any contract/framework agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage, and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives. No business whatsoever. is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and. provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point. information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award. decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be. started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting. the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).


Winner: Withheld
Award value: 2450713.82
Number of bids: 3