Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-25
Buyer: Department of Finance
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60000000 | 66110000 | 79710000: Security services | 79940000
Estimated value: 780000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Construction and procurement delivery (CPD), on behalf of the participating bodies listed in Annex A (located within the CFT documents area) are seeking to establish a contract for the provision of cash in transit services within Northern Ireland. The contractor must provide a secure collection and delivery service for cash and cheques (to include postal orders) from a number of locations across Northern Ireland and at varying frequencies.
The contract will be for an initial period of four years (4) years, from the commencement date, with two (2) optional extension periods, the first being for two (2) years and the second for one (1) year. i.e. 4 years + [2 years + 1 years].
This contract is being put in place on behalf of the following participating bodies: Department of Infrastructure, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Department for Communities, Mid and East Antrim Council, Department of Finance, Department for the Economy, Department of Justice, Libraries NI, Belfast Metropolitan College, Southern Regional College, South Eastern Regional College, Northern Regional College, South West College, North Western Regional College, NI Water, Education Authority, National Museums Northern Ireland. In addition the following bodies may wish to avail of this contract during its lifetime — Stranmillis University Belfast, Northern Ireland Local Government Pension Scheme, Northern Ireland Court and Tribunal Service, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise. The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — Procedures and Principles). 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 unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also 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.
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 contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Eligibility requirements: As per tender documentation.

Award value: 780000