Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-12
Buyer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority — Greater Manchester Police
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32234000 | 32235000 | 32323500 | 34114200: Ambulances | 35200000: Police equipment
Estimated value: 1080000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) as the contracting authority are seeking for a suitable service provider to support and maintain the networking and connectivity infrastructure required for the operation of CCTV and ANPR systems. The Authority shall purchase an application hosting service from the successful supplier. The Supplier is responsible for supplying and installing the service in such a way that it can be accessed by GMP via the internet. The Supplier will also be responsible for purchasing and maintaining any equipment required to achieve this as specified within the tender specification.
The new contract duration will be for a maximum of 5 years, 3 of which will be on a fixed term basis. The remaining 2 years will be based on a 1+1 option and is subject to the service provider being able to deliver and maintain the services and performance for GMP. Contract value is estimated between 300 000 GBP to 360 000 GBP per annum.
This Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’) has been issued by Greater Manchester Combined Authority as the Contracting Authority for Greater Manchester Police. This is a competitive procurement using the Open Procedure, in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Bidders are advised not to communicate with any other persons at GMP Police concerning this tender about this exercise. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in disqualification from this procurement process.
Tenderers should note that whilst the ‘Customer’ is GMCA, the goods/services are essentially being delivered to GMP who will be the main users of the goods/services. Therefore the Chief Constable of GMP will be given equal rights to the GMCA to enforce the provisions of the Contract, under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
Bidders are invited to study the requirements outlined in the tender documents and provide their best bid to meet the needs identified.
Service providers wishing to bid for the services must first register on the Blue Light portal https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=BLUELIGHT followed by downloading the tender ITT and specification documents. This is a EU Open tender process, completed tenders must be returned through the same e-tendering system.
This tender process will be carried out using Bluelight, a third party e-tendering system. In order to express an interest and potentially tender for this opportunity you must first register your company details on the following website: https://www.bluelight.gov.uk There is no fee to register and no subscription charge. Tender documentation will only be made available via Bluelight. You are not required to contact the Procurement Department at Greater Manchester Police directly to express interest in this tender opportunity. For details of other contracting authorities on whose behalf this contract will be awarded, please see the tender document on Bluelight Supplier contact with Greater Manchester Police, about any matter relating to this procurement,must be made via the messaging facility within Bluelight. No other methods of communication will receive a response. No requests should be directed to any other officer or employee of the Commissioner, or its advisor or any other statutory body, without the Commissioner‘s prior written agreement. This applies during the whole period of the open tender process.
(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/services 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.
In accordance with Regulation 87 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) contracting authorities are obliged to introduce a ‘standstill’ period of 10 days between selecting a winning bidder and entering into a binding agreement.

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 1080000