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Official procurement procedure
Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle
Armoured personnel carriers
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner: "Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
2.6Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 26 active published awards; 25 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOffice of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published27 Apr 2023, 14:54 BST | Last source update27 Apr 2023, 14:54 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationArmoured personnel carriers | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03ada9 | ||
What is being bought
Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
27 Apr 2023, 14:54 BST - Status changed to complete
2 Mar 2023, 14:09 GMT - Official notice release published
2 Mar 2023, 14:09 GMT - Buyer information updated
2 Mar 2023, 14:09 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedSussex Police Protected Response VehicleContract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
27 Apr 2023, 14:54 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 12 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST · £420,090
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Ricardo UK Limited Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Sussex Police Protected Response Vehicle £420,090 · signed 12 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) electronicBids: 1 (lot 1) foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1) foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1) smeBids: 0 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner
Contracting authority GB-FTS-28612Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleFollowing 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) |