Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-06
Buyer: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35710000: Command and control systems | 35711000 | 35712000 | 42961000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority provides policing services to prevent crime, detect offenders and protect the most vulnerable in our society, operating in all communities throughout Northern Ireland and also maintains close links with both An Garda Siochana and wider UK policing. The Authority is responsible for policing a population of approximately 1.7 million citizens over an area of 5,400 square miles. It has about 6,800 operational officers and 2,275 police staff and is structured into eleven operational Districts. The Authority is seeking to procure a new Command and Control solution for use in each of its 3 Contact Management Centres. The Authority currently operates three regional Contact Management Centres. CMC's. , Belfast. BCMC. , North. NCMC. and South. SCMC. . Each CMC receives emergency and non-emergency calls. see bullet points below for high level figures from 2016. and dispatch police resources on a 24x7x365 basis.
The initial term is 7 years from the effective date followed by 3 optional extension periods. The first optional extension period is for 5 years with the second optional extension period being 3 years and the third and final optional extension period being 2 years.
The figure indicated in II.1.5 represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from (17 000 000 GBP to 25 000 000 GBP). This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope/and or scale which may result. from future operational requirements. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for. economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority 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 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 twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. This contract. will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.
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.


Award value: 25000000