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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-032815/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The Police Service of Northern Ireland
Postal address: c/o CPD, 303 Airport Road West
Town: BELFAST
Postal code: BT3 9ED
Country: United Kingdom
Email: Justice.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Public order and saftey

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: ID 3740237 – PSNI – The Provision of a Substance Misuse and Alcohol Testing Programme
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 75241100
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has an ongoing requirement for the provision of substance and alcohol testing programme. This programme applies to potential new police officers and police staff and current police officers, student officers, probationer constables, police staff as well as non-police personnel undertaking security or safety critical roles on behalf of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Please see the specification for full details of the requirement.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 550000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71632000, 90743100

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has an ongoing requirement for the provision of substance and alcohol testing programme. This programme applies to potential new police officers and police staff and current police officers, student officers, probationer constables, police staff as well as non-police personnel undertaking security or safety critical roles on behalf of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Please see the specification for full details of the requirement.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 550000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: The contract will be awarded for an initial period of two (2) years with two (2) further options to extend. The first optional extension will be for a period of two (2) years. The second optional extension period will be for a period of up to twelve (12) months.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2022-12-19 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2023-03-19
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2022-12-19 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
Since this is a demand-led requirement, neither CPD nor PSNI can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The estimated contract values are broad estimates only, include additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof for additional potential users. The estimates are not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. Contract monitoring: the successful Contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. 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 written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance, and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance will 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. 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 contracts in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice and (iv) to award contract(s) in stages. And under no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by Candidates.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Town: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Town: The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-11-18