Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-04
Buyer: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Country: UK
Region: Outer Belfast
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35113400 | 35200000: Police equipment
Estimated value: 750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Police Service of Northern Ireland. PSNI. has a responsibility to protect life and prevent the destruction of property. Members can be called on to restore public order and may become the target of rioters armed with various weapons and missiles including petrol bombs. PSNI has a duty of care to provide items of personal protective equipment appropriate to the needs of the officer — that would include Limb Protection items.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has a responsibility to protect life and prevent the destruction of property. Members can be called on to restore public order and may become the target of rioters armed with various weapons and missiles including petrol bombs. PSNI has a duty of care to provide items of personal protective equipment appropriate to the needs of the officer — that would include Limb Protection items.
Estimated Value: The figure indicated represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value, reflecting the potential scale of the contract and taking 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, since this is a demand-led requirement, neither CPD nor PSNI 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 12 months from the date of issue of the certificate. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (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 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.
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. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 750000