Official UK procurement notice
PSNI - COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND CARE OF ANIMALS SEIZED IN THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Authority: 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 to appoint up to two Supplier(s) to manage the collection, transportation, care, and disposal of animals at the request of the Investigating officer PSNI wildlife department. The animals will be formally seized by PSNI in the course of investigations and related activities or taken in to care for the purposes of safeguarding in line with statutory responsibilities. This contract does not require the provision of an advisory role. The PSNI wildlife liaison department will advise officers and manage the budget overseen by the lead for Rural and Wildlife Crime Unit Superintendent in consultation with PSNI legal services. The Supplier(s) have no statutory powers to make seizures and/or prosecute offenders. They must rely upon PSNI to perform this role. Further information on the services required are detailed in the Specification document.
CPV: Dog kennel services · Goats · Horses · Small animals
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£600,000
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)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70%
- Qualitative Criteria: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 70
- Qualitative Criteria: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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- 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
- 25 Jul 2024, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2025, 11:27 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5258624- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011500- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0484b5Find a Tender
- Performance terms
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." This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 27 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 27 Aug 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
27 Aug 2024 → 27 Mar 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline27 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Aug 2024, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until25 Dec 2024, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published27 Mar 2025, 11:27 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2025- Status changed to complete27 Mar 2025, 11:27 GMT
- Buyer details updated27 Mar 2025, 11:27 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsContract | £600,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasons
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2025
- Value
- £600,000
- 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
- Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNIContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody 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 body
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