Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the supply and install of intelligent ANPR enabled sensors
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract for intelligent ANPR enabled sensors provides real time classified data on how vehicles use a road space. This technology makes use of recent advances in Machine Learning and embedded computing technology.
CPV: Traffic-monitoring equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A contract was awarded in July 2020 to supply and install intelligent ANPR enabled…Awarded
A contract was awarded in July 2020 to supply and install intelligent ANPR enabled sensors to monitor vehicle usage of road space, and to provide 5 years of data collection and system support. Additional cameras were required to widen the network where the data is captured in order to create a better and stronger digital twin of the business park that includes all incoming and outgoing movements.
The additional purchase brings the total value of both orders to £256,350 which surpasses the Public Contract Regulations 2015 threshold, and therefore legislative exemption under Reg 32 (5)(b) of EU procurement regulations is being relied upon. This contract is for an extension of existing supplies where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.
Please see Annex D1 for further details.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 May 2021, 14:09 BST
- Last source update
- 18 May 2021, 14:09 BST
- Authority reference
HCC2012103- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-010948- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b235Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
HCC is relying on regulation 32(5)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in making this award without prior publication.
This contract is for an extension of existing supplies where a change of supplier would oblige the Contracting Authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.
Technical difficulties would arise when using sensors from two or more different manufacturers as it wouldn't be possible to capture the Origin - Destination route and duration (the 'Journey Time' metrics).
On an operational level, HCC would have to use more than one supplier dashboard that each display the data captured. Not being able to visualise the data in one place is counterproductive and would affect the quality of the assessments.
From a maintenance perspective, using different suppliers would likely have resulted in at least more than one unit at each location in order to obtain the same data therefore increasing the costs of repair or replacement in case of a failure.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivacity Labs LimitedSME | £256,350 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract for the supply and install of intelligent ANPR enabled sensors · Vivacity Labs LimitedSME
- Signed
- 7 May 2021
- Value
- £256,350
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Chief Legal OfficerReview contact point
- High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Vivacity Labs LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.