Official UK procurement notice
ID 4859781 - DoJ - NIPS - Provision of a Transport Shuttle Service for HMP Maghaberry for the Northern Ireland Prison Service
Authority: Northern Ireland Prison Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) wishes to establish a contract to transport passengers on return journeys between Moira Train Station and the Visitors’ Welcome Centre at Maghaberry Prison at times to accommodate visiting sessions or to deliver/collect items each day from Tuesday to Saturday. This is a single journey distance of approximately 3 miles. The Contractor will pick up passengers at Moira Train Station at 10.05 and 13.35 each day, Tuesday to Saturday, to transport them to the Visitors’ Welcome Centre, Maghaberry Prison. The Contractor will also collect passengers from the Visitors’ Welcome Centre at 12.45 and 16.45 each day, Tuesday to Saturday, and deliver them back to Moira Train Station. The shuttle service must be sufficiently flexible to allow for any operational change/delay within the prison. It is anticipated that this Contract will commence on 29 August 2023 for a duration of five (5) years with no options to extend beyond this term. Please refer to the specification document for full details of the requirement.
CPV: Road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Taxi services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
What 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)
- Methodology and Contingency Arrangements: 19.5%
- price: 70%
- Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Methodology and Contingency Arrangements: 19.5
- Social Value: 10.5
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- 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 Jun 2023, 14:08 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Aug 2023, 14:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jul 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023902- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dbafFind 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: Please note that information relating to contractors engaged by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, and associated bodies is not published in any publicly accessible forum or publication. This is to protect such contractors, whose security and safety could be threatened by dissident terrorist organisations still active in Northern Ireland if their details became known. This is consistent with Regulation 50(6)(a). Since this is a demand-led requirement, neither CPD nor Northern Ireland Prison Service can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
Timeline
24 Jul 2023 → 22 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline24 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
- Notice published15 Aug 2023, 14:23 BST
- Bids must remain valid until22 Oct 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Aug 2023, 14:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsContract | £200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasons
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2023
- Value
- £200,000
- 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview 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- Withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.