Official UK procurement notice
ID 5265951 DAERA - Portal Imports and Controls - Provision of Search Dog for Detection of Illegal Products at Airports
Authority: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has a requirement for a Supplier to provide a detector dog and handler, on a full-time basis to assist Veterinary Service, a specific business area within DAERA, in the targeting of products of animal and plant origin at Northern Ireland (NI) airports and ports and parcel handling locations.
CPV: Dog training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£728,000
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2024, 12:01 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2024, 10:27 BST
- Authority reference
5265951- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028064- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047265Find a Tender
- 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: 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; not to award any contract as a. result of the procurement. process commenced by publication of this notice; to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and. structure of the tendering. Competition; to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and 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
- 29 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Jul 2024 → 3 Sept 2024 · 2 dates- Submission deadline29 Jul 2024, 15:00 BST
- Notice published3 Sept 2024, 10:27 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete3 Sept 2024, 10:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE K9 SOLUTIONS LTDSMEContract | £728,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · EXECUTIVE K9 SOLUTIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 3 Sept 2024
- Value
- £728,000
- 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
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- EXECUTIVE K9 SOLUTIONS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.