Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-02
Buyer: Scottish Police Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35710000: Command and control systems | 35711000 | 35712000 | 42961000 | 50334400
Estimated value: 4600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Police Authority on behalf of Police Scotland are looking to contract with a single provider to implement, support and maintain a single National ICCS platform to standardise technology and process.
C3 Division is a 24/7 ‘mission critical’ operational area, which relies heavily on ICT systems to deliver efficient and effective performance in the management of contact with the public and deployment of Police Scotland resources.
A single national ICCS platform for Police Scotland is required to deliver functionality in a manner that offers the ability to quickly and easily deploy operator positions across generic locations, offering considerably improved flexibility in the management of both staff and technical resources.
The system will provide critical operational communication functions, integrating the voice and data protocols between the force's radio communications, telephony communications and Command and Control application for the management of frontline response policing.
If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
To establish the financial standing of a potential Tenderer, the SPA will firstly take into account a risk report provided independently by Credit Safe. Tenderers are asked to provide their Company Number so that the SPA can run this report. Within such reports, the risk of business failure is expressed as a score of 30 or below (high risk of business failure). In the event that a Company is determined to have a risk failure rating of 30 and below i.e. that the Company is considered to have a high risk of business failure, the submission will not be considered further.
If you are successful in the award of this Contract, and where, during the life of the Contract, including any extension period, your risk failure rating falls below 30 then the SPA reserve the right to remove you from this Contract. It is the Supplier’s responsibility to ensure that the information held by Credit Safe is accurate and up to date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the SPA will request a report from Credit Safe following the closing date for the receipt of the Tenders to ensure that the most up to date information is used. Where you are not registered on Credit Safe e.g. charitable organisations or new start companies / Sole Traders with less than 3 years trading history, discretionary powers are available to the Chief Financial Officer to consider abbreviated accounts along with banker’s references etc.
Tenderers should be aware that any outstanding County Court Judgements will have a detrimental effect on the rating held by Credit Safe and it is your responsibility to ensure that the  information held by Credit Safe is accurate and up to date — failure to do so will result in rejection of your submission. Important note: This requirement is not applicable to Sole Traders / Charities. Sole Traders / Charities may be required to provide a bankers reference if successful.
Bidders are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of 8 000 000 GBP for the last 2 financial years. Where a Tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, the SPA may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition. Where this information is not available due to a new company being established a business plan should be provided demonstrating how the organisation will meet the annual turnover requirement.
Bidders are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below. Where a Tenderer does not hold or commit to obtaining the types and levels of insurance indicated, the SPA will exclude the Tenderer from the competition.
— d) Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance — in accordance with any legal obligation for the time being in force.
All service providers must be suitably qualified in relation to the services carried out as detailed within this tender.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=543268.

Eligibility requirements: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established. Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

Award value: 4600000