Official UK procurement notice
ID 4628196 - DoJ - FSNI - Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of a Photographic Workstation (Incorporating UV and IR Capability)
Authority: Forensic Science Northern Ireland (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionForensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) is seeking to establish a contract for the supply, delivery, installation and maintenance of a Photographic Workstation for the Specialist Fingerprint Unit (SFU) within FSNI. Please refer to the Specification for further information.
CPV: Clinical forensics equipment and supplies · Detection and analysis apparatus · Installation services of laboratory equipment · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Installation Engineer Experience: 15%
- Contract Management and Training: 35%
- price: 50%
Published award criteria (3)
- Installation Engineer Experience: 15
- Contract Management and Training: 35
- Price: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 18 May 2023, 11:44 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2023, 11:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Jun 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-030412- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cd6fFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/ mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
Publisher note: The estimated contract values are broad estimates only, include additional quantum for unforeseen. demand and to future proof for additional potential users. The estimates are not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. Contract monitoring: the successful Contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance, and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. The authority expressly reserves the rights: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; (iii) to award a contracts in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice and (iv) to award contract(s) in stages. And under no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by Candidates.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
19 Jun 2023 → 16 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline19 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Jun 2023, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until17 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published16 Oct 2023, 11:14 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Oct 2023- Status changed to complete16 Oct 2023, 11:14 BST
- Buyer details updated16 Oct 2023, 11:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information withheld for security reasonsSMEContract | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Information withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 11 Oct 2023
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Department of Justice - Forensic Science Northern IrelandContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/ mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Regulations.Review body
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitionsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Information withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.