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Published 22 Dec 2022, 09:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NIPB 4619896 Water Treatment Services - PSNI Estate

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Policing Board (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT13.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Feb 2023awarded 11 Sept 2023
Awarded to Withheld for security reasons

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Employer Is Looking To Appoint A Single Economic Operator (Contractor) For The Provision Of Water Treatment (Legionella Control) Planned Preventive Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance Across The PSNI Estate Utilising An Nec4 Term Service Contract.

CPV: Tank and reservoir cleaning services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland
Second stage: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 40%
  • Financial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 40
  • Financial: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    List and brief description of conditions: In order for a Economic Operator to be eligible to participate in this . competition they must hold licenses, accreditation or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out in the Contract documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Dec 2022, 09:23 GMT
Last source update
1 Feb 2024, 09:36 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003300
Classification (CPV)
Tank and reservoir cleaning services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039395 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
Performance terms

The Economic Operators performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will issue the Protocol fo Managing Poor Supplier Performance contained on Annex K of the Construction Procurement Toolkit Construction Toolkit (pdf version 30 Sept 22 (1).PDF).PDF (finance-ni.gov.uk). If an Economic Actor has received more than on current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPPP), for a minimum of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to NIPPP can be viewed at: List of public bodies to which NI public procurement policy applies | Department of Finance (finance-ni.gov.uk)

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: . This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who . have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in . accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the . point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide . information on the award decision. . The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may . extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so)..

Publisher note: The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by. publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in. no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as. a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction. of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition.. The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so,. the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice.. No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the. right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify. any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public. interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides information or confirmations which later. prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation. to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during the process. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be. registered on the Contracting Authorities eprocurement portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/. home.do . All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation document. held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗

Submission deadline
1 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Feb 2023 → 1 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Jun 2023, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Feb 2024, 09:36 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Feb 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Feb 2024, 09:36 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    1 Feb 2024, 09:36 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £867,2431 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Withheld for security reasonsSMEContract£867,243 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract · Withheld for security reasonsSME

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £867,243
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Contracting authorityPublic bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety 31 Clarendon Road, BELFAST, UK, BT1 3BGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Central Procurement Directorate Procurement Operations BranchReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Withheld for Security ReasonsAwarded supplier Belfast, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.