Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-03-10
Buyer: Staffordshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 31625300 | 35121700 | 79711000: Alarm monitoring services
Estimated value: 712000 GBP
Award criteria: Technical capacity and quality, Price

Technical requirements: Technical capacity and quality
Price
PC582 — Framework for the provision of service, maintenance and monitoring of intruder alarm systems.
Staffordshire County Council is looking to select a suitable supplier to undertake a Framework agreement to cover the ongoing maintenance and monitoring requirements for Intruder Alarm systems within all establishments under the administration of Staffordshire County Council. These properties include Education, Social Services, Library, Police and Fire Authority properties.
The framework shall be for the provision of all labour, material, transport, etc. for the maintenance and monitoring of Intruder Alarm systems including Alarm Panels, Batteries, Detectors, Contacts, Bells, Sirens and Communicators, etc. in Staffordshire County Council establishments as detailed in the tender schedule. Alarm monitoring shall include Intruder, Fire, Police Authority and general environmental alarm monitoring.
Essentially the purpose is to ensure that all intruder alarm systems under the administration of Staffordshire County Council are maintained and monitored and operate as intended. All works to be carried out in accordance with the current British / European Standards, including BSEN 50131 and BS 8243: 2010 Codes of Practice and the requirements of Staffordshire County Councils tender specification.
This is an electronic tender. All requests for information to be sent through the electronic tendering portal and message facility on the Proactis electronic tendering system. How to register follow the link to Proactis E-Tendering: https://www.proactisplaza.com
If you require urgent assistance regarding the initial usage of the eTendering package please contact the Contracting Authority point-of-contact in Section I.1) of this notice. On failure to reach this contact, please immediately email the nature of the difficulty to sp@staffordshire.gov.uk
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers. The award decision notice will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender, and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the contracting authority will not conclude the contract/framework agreement. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract/framework agreement has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If a framework agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.


Winner: As I.1)
Number of bids: 3