Official UK procurement notice
ID 5263589 - PSNI - Provision of National Driver Offender Re-Training Schemes
Authority: PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland (Police & fire)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seek a Contractor to facilitate the Delivery of Driver Educational Course Programmes on behalf of PSNI across Northern Ireland. The Contractor will be required to deliver the following Educational Courses, presently: National Safe and Considerate Driving Course (SCD); National Speed Awareness Courses (NSAC); National What’s Driving us (WDU); and National Rider Risk Assessment Course (NRRAC) will be considered. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements for further information.
CPV: Driving lessons · Driving-school services · Education and training services · Safety education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£640,000
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 (2)
- As per tender documents: 60%
- As per tender documents: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- As per tender documents: 60
- As per tender documents: 40
- Suitability
As detailed in the 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
- 28 Oct 2024, 13:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2025, 12:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Dec 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036385- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b1d3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
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. The contract includes Social Value Performance clauses which the Contractor which the contractor will be required to deliver.
- 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 award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. 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 Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can 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 three years from the date of issue. 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) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) to award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Dec 2024
Timeline
9 Dec 2024 → 1 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Bids opened9 Dec 2024
- Submission deadline9 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published1 Jul 2025, 12:31 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Nov 2024- Deadline moved to 9 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT25 Nov 2024, 11:43 GMT+11 days · was 28 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete1 Jul 2025, 12:31 BST
- Buyer details updated1 Jul 2025, 12:31 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Deadlinetime limit for receipt of tenders Date is changed from 28 November 2024 to 9 December 2024 · IV.2.2) | 28 Nov 2024 | 9 Dec 2024 | +11 d |
The closing date for this competition has been extended from 28-11-24 to 9-12-24.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsSMEContract | £640,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasonsSME
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2025
- Value
- £640,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNIContracting authorityBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety
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 bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria