Official UK procurement notice
DOJ NIPS Supply and Delivery of Personal Protection Equipment and Consumables 2021
Authority: Northern Ireland Prison Service (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) wishes to establish a contract(s) for the Supply and Delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Consumables. The NIPS requires PPE ranging from protective clothing and safety equipment such as gloves, goggles and ear defenders to medical masks and sanitising equipment to protect staff from hazards that may otherwise cause them harm. For the purposes of this contract and to meet the varied range of items required by the Client, this Tender will be subdivided into the following Lots/contracts:-
- Lot 1 – PPE Clothing and Equipment
- Lot 2 – PPE Safety Equipment and Consumables NIPS has a common law statutory duty to maintain the health and safety of prisoners, its employees, visitors, contractors and any other person required to enter the prison estate. The following separate, but inter-related, health and safety regulations cover NIPS statutory duties:- 1. The Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; ii. The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993. The NIPS (the Client) wishes to appoint a Contractor(s) to supply and deliver a range of personal protection equipment for distribution within the prison establishments.
CPV: Disposable gloves · Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories · Protective and safety clothing · Protective gear · Protective goggles
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£10,000,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of themLot #1PPE Clothing and EquipmentPublished value£5,000,000
Lot #2PPE Safety Equipment and ConsumablesPublished value£5,000,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 7 Jul 2021, 12:55 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2021, 12:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Aug 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID3384171- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-015686- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c4b8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Since this is a demand-led requirement, neither CPD nor Northern Ireland Prison Service 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) contract(s) 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
7 Jul 2021 → 8 Nov 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published7 Jul 2021, 12:55 BST
- Submission deadline10 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened10 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until8 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 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.Mediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.