Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Lisnasharragh, 42 Montgomery Road
BELFAST
BT6 9HL
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
DoJ PSNI - ANPR Managed Services
Reference number
3878341
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The objective of this procurement is to outsource a well-defined support service, which will ensure that the ANPR system continues to meet its performance targets in terms of reliability and availability through; • Support of Fixed ANPR sites • Support of Mobile ANPR installations • Installation, moves and changes to fixed and mobile ANPR installations • Management of spares • Decommissioning of fixed and mobile ANPR installations • Support for emergent ANPR technologies as adopted by the service • Preventative maintenance for Fixed ANPR sites • NASPLE testing of fixed camera using in-built software
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £9,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72240000 - Systems analysis and programming services
- 48960000 - Drivers and system software package
- 48730000 - Security software package
- 30230000 - Computer-related equipment
- 30236200 - Data-processing equipment
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The objective of this procurement is to outsource a well-defined support service, which will ensure that the ANPR system continues to meet its performance targets in terms of reliability and availability through; • Support of Fixed ANPR sites • Support of Mobile ANPR installations • Installation, moves and changes to fixed and mobile ANPR installations • Management of spares • Decommissioning of fixed and mobile ANPR installations • Support for emergent ANPR technologies as adopted by the service • Preventative maintenance for Fixed ANPR sites • NASPLE testing of fixed camera using in-built software
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: £9,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract may be extended after the initial contract period for a further 2 periods of 24 months each and a
final extension period of up to 12 months.
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
During the tender process additional information will be made available to tenderers via a secure online document sharing platform. If you wish to view this information please provide an email address and a completed Non-Disclosure Agreement (which can be downloaded from the CfT documents) for one representative from your organisation. This information must be provided via the messaging function within e-tenders NI. Once received details on how to the access the additional information will be provided.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
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.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-016164
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
13 January 2023
Local time
3:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 13 April 2023
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
13 January 2023
Local time
3:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
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 their place on the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will 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 for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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.