Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-25
Buyer: Department of Communities
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 33741300
Estimated value: 350000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-10-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Sport Northern Ireland (SNI) requires the contractor(s) to supply and delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect sporting clubs and organisations officers, coaches and participants in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The contractor may agree to extend the contract for any period up to and including one period of 12 months commencing form the initial contract period expiry date.
An accelerated open procedure will be utilised as the need for these products is urgent and critical for health and safety. This procedure is set out under Regulation 27(5) — where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in paragraph (2), it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice is sent.
The accelerated open procedure can be applied without disadvantaging any suppliers and it will be widely advertised through the EU Journal ensuring transparency and equality of opportunity to bid.
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.


Award value: 350000