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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-010071/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Email: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

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: DoJ PSNI Modification Terrestrial Digital Microwave Radio Link Equipment (Marlin)
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland Marlin requires access to transport CCTV and Video for Public space video systems covering town centres across Northern Ireland, the PSNI perimeter site security and for special events. The Marlin system allows this.
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:5333903.50
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:yes
Description of options:
This contract commenced on 7/11/2001 for a period of 1- years. A 29 month extension was put in place taking the contract to 04/04/2024. This modification is to extend the contract for a further 5 years to cover the years 2024 – 2029, with a revised contract end date of 31st March 2029.

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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
(please complete point 2 of the Annex D)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2024-03-26
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Sensitive Information
Town: Sensitive Information
Country: United Kingdom
Email: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Nuts code:
Internet address:
The contractor is an SME: no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.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 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 PCR 2015.
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who. have… been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).. The. authority will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum. of 10 calendar days) before this contract is awarded.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2024-03-27

Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition
in the Official Journal of the European Union
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
To ensure continuity of service to the PSNI for their critical business functions, PSNI require an extension of its original contract for an
additional 5 years while the current technology is upgraded. PSNI will seek to rely on Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or
supplies “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable
(for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience / duplication of costs.
This modification is for a total of £1,133,903.50 leading to a revised contract value of £5,333.903.50.