Award

PSNI Supply & Delivery of Furniture

  • Police Service of Northern Ireland

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-011052

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02b29d

Published 19 May 2021, 11:24am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Police Service of Northern Ireland

C/o CPD 303 Airport Road West

BELFAST

BT3 9ED

Email

justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Public order and safety


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

PSNI Supply & Delivery of Furniture

Reference number

CFT 31426

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 39130000 - Office furniture

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Following an open competition (advertised in the Official Journal of the EU in 9-12-2015), the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) entered into a contract on 14 June 2016 with an Economic Operator (withheld for security reasons) for the Supply and Delivery of Furniture, The current contract will expire on 13 June 2021, however it has become unavoidably necessary to continue to maintain the existing services beyond this point for a period of 6 months whilst a new procurement exercise is completed. The PSNI intends to modify the contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) due to the economic and technical reasons and the substantial duplication of cost and significant inconvenience associated with changing to a new contractor to support the current services whilst the PSNI undertakes a new procurement. This voluntary transparency notice has been published to alert economic operators of the PSNI intentions to modify the PSNI with effect from the 14 June 2021 for a period of 6 months. PSNI intends to launch a procurement competition and award a replacement contract for the PSNI Supply and Delivery of Furniture within the extended period.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,410,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

PSNI carries out a diverse range of roles and functions. To allow police officers and staff to effectively perform these roles, they require the provision of furniture suitable to the range of functions carried out. The functions within each location may include offices, stores, dining rooms, changing rooms, custody suites, conference rooms etc. The range of furniture includes desks and tables, chairs, cabinets, lockers, storage racks etc. Whilst most of the items can be specified in advance, the contract will include the requirement for sourcing of individual products. Furniture is required to enable PSNI to comply with their statutory obligations in respect of the Health, Safety and Welfare of Police Officers and Police Staff in the course of their duties. If furniture was not available, officers and staff could not carry out their duties safely or effectively.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Price - Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This voluntary transparency notice has been published to alert economic operators of the Department. of Finance's intention to modify the under regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contract. Regulations. The modification will take effect from 14 June 2021. A modification notice will be published after this date.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The PSNI intends to modify the contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) due to the economic and technical reasons and the substantial duplication of cost and significant inconvenience associated with changing to a new contractor to support the current services whilst the PSNI undertakes a new procurement. This voluntary transparency notice has been published to alert economic operators of the PSNI intentions to modify the PSNI with effect from the 14 June 2021 for a period of 6 months. PSNI intends to launch a procurement competition and award a replacement contract for the PSNI Supply and Delivery of Furniture within the extended period.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

14 June 2015

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

"Withheld For Security Reasons"

Belfast

Email

justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address

www.cpdni.gov.uk

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,600,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,410,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The value of the modification for the maximum of 6 months is £150,000. The original value of the contract awarded in 2015 was £1,410,000

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/ mediation procedures

Belfast

Country

United Kingdom