Official UK procurement notice
ID 5228342 - DoJ - Provision of Secure Courier Services
Authority: DoJ - Department of Justice·Consortium: 12 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Justice (DoJ) (the Buyer) wishes to establish a contract for the Provision of Secure Courier Services to the DoJ, its agencies and NDPBs. Please refer to the Specification for full details of the requirement.
CPV: Courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£300,000
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 (5)
- AC1 Service Delivery: 24%
- AC2 Security Arrangements: 16.8%
- AC3 Contract Management, KPI Monitoring and Contingency Planning: 9%
- price: 40%
- AC4 Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 Service Delivery: 24
- AC2 Security Arrangements: 16.8
- AC3 Contract Management, KPI Monitoring and Contingency Planning: 9
- AC4 Social Value: 10.2
- Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
as per Tender documentation.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- 4 Sept 2024, 15:27 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2025, 15:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5228342- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002064- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049810Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating. that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the. Authority. Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored..
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and incorporated a standstill period (i.e a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the awards of the contracts was communicated to tenderers. Those notifications provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contracts were entered into.
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).. . The contract value listed is a broad estimate only and includes additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof for additional potential. There is no guarantee of any level of business under this. contract. The estimate is 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 contractors' performance on this contract will be managed as per specification and 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 Construction and Procurement Delivery 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
- 4 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
4 Oct 2024 → 2 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline4 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published21 Jan 2025, 15:51 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until2 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jan 2025- Status changed to complete21 Jan 2025, 15:51 GMT
- Buyer details updated21 Jan 2025, 15:51 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information withheld for security reasonsSMEDoJ - Provision of Secure Courier Services | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
DoJ - Provision of Secure Courier Services · Information withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 21 Jan 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
11 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Legal Services Agency Northern IrelandContracting authority
- NIPB - Northern Ireland Policing BoardContracting authority
- NIPF - Northern Ireland Police FundContracting authority
- Northern Ireland Police FundContracting authority
- Northern Ireland Policing BoardContracting authority
- PBNI - Probation Board for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- PRRT - Police Retraining and Rehabilitation TrustContracting authority
- Police Ombudsman Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Police Retraining and Rehabilitation TrustContracting authority
- Probation Board for Northern IrelandContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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.Review 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.