Tender

Personal Safety Device Framework

  • Suffolk County Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-017863

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02cd35

Published 27 July 2021, 5:12pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Suffolk County Council

Endeavour House, Russell Road

IPSWICH

IP1 2BX

Email

gillian.glanville@suffolk.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1473260232

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH14 - Suffolk

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.suffolksourcing.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.suffolksourcing.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.suffolksourcing.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Personal Safety Device Framework

Reference number

CD1167-2

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71317200 - Health and safety services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a single vendor framework for Personal Safety Devices.This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.The deadline date for submissions of the tender is noon on 27th August 2021. Please note late returns will NOT be permittedThe deadline for clarification questions is 5pm 13th August 2021 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £6,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71317200 - Health and safety services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

Framework management will be undertaken in Suffolk

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Suffolk County Council wishes to procure a single vendor framework for Personal Safety Devices.The Framework will be available for use by Suffolk County Council and other contracting authorities within the UK, including but not limited to Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education, Devolved Administrations, Ambulance Services, Probation Service; Voluntary and Community Sector. The Framework will also be available to any trading organisations wholly owned by Suffolk County Council (or wholly owned by any other Local Authority) or arm’s length bodies established by Suffolk County Council (or by any other Local Authority), provided that those trading organisations or arm’s length bodies are themselves a contracting authority.The contract is for the provision of a monitored Lone Worker and Personal Safety solution with devices that allow actuations with appropriate intervention as required and assist staff in carrying out their duties in a safe environment to minimise any risks that working alone involves. Included in this contract is training for all new users of these services.The aim is to provide maximum flexibility for SCC and any other organisations who may choose to use the Framework, in ensuring the personal safety of its employees. We require a range of devices/solutions that can be used by individuals who have differing risk levels in the delivery of their duties.We require devices/solutions that are easy to use and have proportionate escalation methods/routes. Devices/Solutions should be provided for a wide range of needs, roles and risk profiles.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £6,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

27 November 2021

End date

26 November 2025

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Any future requirement will be advertised once the scope and requirement are known.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:

N/A

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

27 August 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

27 August 2021

Local time

12:00pm

Place

Electronically via www.suffolksourcing.uk


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

Suffolk County Council wishes to procure a single vendor framework for Personal Safety Devices.The Framework will be available for use by Suffolk County Council and other contracting authorities within the UK, including but not limited to Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education, Devolved Administrations, Ambulance Services, Probation Service; Voluntary and Community Sector. The Framework will also be available to any trading organisations wholly owned by Suffolk County Council (or wholly owned by any other Local Authority) or arm’s length bodies established by Suffolk County Council (or by any other Local Authority), provided that those trading organisations or arm’s length bodies are themselves a contracting authority.The contract is for the provision of a monitored Lone Worker and Personal Safety solution with devices that allow actuations with appropriate intervention as required and assist staff in carrying out their duties in a safe environment to minimise any risks that working alone involves. Included in this contract is training for all new users of these services.The aim is to provide maximum flexibility for SCC and any other organisations who may choose to use the Framework, in ensuring the personal safety of its employees. We require a range of devices/solutions that can be used by individuals who have differing risk levels in the delivery of their duties.We require devices/solutions that are easy to use and have proportionate escalation methods/routes. Devices/Solutions should be provided for a wide range of needs, roles and risk profiles.Estimated value excluding VAT: up to 6 000 000 GBPSuffolk County Council reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without a further call for competition pursuant to Regulation 32 of the public contracts Regulations 2015.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Suffolk County Council

Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road

Ipswich

IP1 2BX

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly.)