Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-08
Buyer: CPD — Supplies and Services Division
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 03000000 | 33112000: Echo and ultrasound equipment | 38113000 | 38300000 | 38900000
Submission deadline: 2020-10-05
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse des Pflanzenbaus und der Tierhaltung sowie Fischerei-, Forst- und zugehörige Erzeugnisse
DAERA — AFBI is looking to establish a contract for the provision of Multiparameter Marine Instruments (Sondes). The Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch (FAEB) within AFBI is responsible for the procurement, running and maintenance of sensors, together with the collection of high quality data for LWWP. The sensors required under this contract will be deployed within the Belfast Lough catchment and may be cycled between moorings, if necessary, to allow for maintenance and calibrations to be carried out without lengthy gaps in data collection. AFBI FAEB will also require telemetry systems and data hosting packages. The contract will be separated into two Lots:
DAERA — AFBI is looking to establish a contract for the provision of multiparameter marine instruments (Sondes). The fisheries and aquatic ecosystems branch (FAEB) within AFBI is responsible for the procurement, running and maintenance of sensors, together with the collection of high quality data for LWWP. The sensors required under this contract will be deployed within the Belfast Lough catchment and may be cycled between moorings, if necessary, to allow for maintenance and calibrations to be carried out without lengthy gaps in data collection. AFBI FAEB will also require telemetry systems and data hosting packages. The contract will be separated into two lots:
Tenderers should note that the contracting authority for this procurement is Agri-food and Biosciences Institute NI.
DAERA — AFBI is looking to establish a contract for the provision of Multiparameter Marine Instruments (Sondes). The fisheries and aquatic ecosystems branch (FAEB) within AFBI is responsible for the procurement, running and maintenance of sensors, together with the collection of high quality data for LWWP. The sensors required under this contract will be deployed within the Belfast Lough catchment and may be cycled between moorings, if necessary, to allow for maintenance and calibrations to be carried out without lengthy gaps in data collection. AFBI FAEB will also require telemetry systems and data hosting packages. The contract will be separated into two lots:
Tenderers should note that the contracting authority for this procurement is Agri-food and Biosciences Institute NI.
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 three 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.