Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle

Official notice

Authority: Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (Police & fire)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35) Delivery: South East (UKJ2)

Awarded value£920,0902 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 12 Apr 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Ricardo UK Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle

CPV: Armoured personnel carriers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East · Lewes

35412200 Armoured personnel carriers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 Mar 2023, 14:09 GMT
Last source update: 27 Apr 2023, 14:54 BST
Authority reference: JPS1291
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-012159
Classification (CPV): Armoured personnel carriers
Delivery area: South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ada9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Following market evaluation around taking into consideration Protection, maneuverability, maintainability, and support; Sussex Police has concluded that only the Plasan Sandcat, which would be provided by Ricardo as the sole UK supplier, Meets the operational requirements for the 1 vehicle required by the force. This is due to the following requirements:
Armor Certification: the manufacturer must be able to provide an audit trail for the testing of the armour supplied with the vehicle and for any replacement panels.
Visibility: the purchased vehicle must be right hand drive and be capable to being driven by one person without a vehicle commander or driver aids to cover blind spots to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users.
The vehicle mush also be fitted with driver aids which enable the driver to have full sight of any blind spots and incorporating a reversing camera.
Size: the vehicle to ensure the vehicle is able to be used in urban areas the vehicle must not exceed the following size hight of 2500mm, length of 6000mm and a width of 2000mm.
Maintainability and Support: to ensure that the vehicle is serviceable with the availability of replacement parts for the duration of its anticipated 20 year life span the protected vehicle must be constructed on a commercially available base vehicle which is then converted. The vehicle must be supplied capable to carrying out OEM recalls on the base vehicle and remedying production faults and build modifications in the UK.
Noise Levels: The noise level within the vehicle shall not exceed the lower exposure action value as stipulated in the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. (Current levels are 80dB(A) to 85dB(A) & 135dB(C) to 137dB(C) Peak Sound Pressure)

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Contact Review Body

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £920,0902 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 12 Apr 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Ricardo UK LimitedSubcontracting: declared	£500,000 †	—	Awarded
Ricardo UK LimitedSubcontracting: declared	£420,090 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle · Ricardo UK Limited
Signed
12 Apr 2023
Value
£420,090
Status
active
Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle · Ricardo UK Limited
Signed
28 Feb 2023
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety N/A Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, East Sussex, Lewes, South East, BN7 2FZContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The Office of the Police and Crime commissioner for SussexReview body Lewes

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

RICARDO UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier02815682 Shoreham Technical Centre, Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea, South East, BN43 5FG
Ricardo UK LimitedAwarded supplier Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham by Sea, South East, BN43 5FG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.