Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Handcuffs, Temporary and Alternative Restraint Equipment
Authority: Scottish Police Authority (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Police Authority intends to establish a Framework on behalf of Police Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service for the Supply and Delivery of rigid handcuffs, temporary restraint equipment and alternative type of wrist restraint system to rigid handcuffs, such as straps and soft cuffs.
- Recurrence: 1st March 2025
CPV: Handcuffs
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 3 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotApplies to lots 2, 3.
The Scottish Police Authority intends to establish a framework on behalf of Police Scotland and the Sottish Prison Service for the Supply and Delivery of rigid handcuffs, temporary restraint equipment and alternative type of wrist restraint system to rigid handcuffs, such as straps and soft cuffs.
Lot #1Rigid HandcuffsAwardedRenewal
The Scottish Police Authority intends to establish a framework on behalf of Police Scotland and The Sottish Prison Service for the Supply and Delivery of rigid handcuffs, temporary restraint equipment and alternative type of wrist restraint system to rigid handcuffs, such as straps and soft cuffs.
Lot #2StrapsAwardedRenewal
Lot #3SoftcuffsCancelledRenewal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Environmental | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Rigid Handcuffs | 57 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2 · Straps | 57 | 40 | 3 | |
| 3 · Softcuffs | 54 | 40 | 3 |
- Economic & financial standing
It is a requirement of this Contract that Tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded
Contract, indicated below:
SPD Question 4B5 Insurances
Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims. Tenderers
may be required to provide their current Employers Liability Insurance certificate which should include name of the insurers, policy
numbers, expiry date and limits for any one incident and annual aggregate caps and the excesses under the policies.
Public Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims. Tenderers may be required to
provide a copy of their current Public Liability Insurance certificate.
Product Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims. Tenderers may be required to
provide a copy of their current Professional Indemnity Insurance certificate.
SPD Question 4B6 Financial Standing
The Authority will access a Credit safe report for a Tenderers organisation and use the information contained within to assist with the
assessment of the Tenderer’s economic and financial standing. Tenders are asked to provide their company number within the SPD to
allow the Authority to access a Credit Safe Report.
Within such reports, the risk of business failure is expressed as a score of 30 or below (high risk of business failure). In the event that a
company is …
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers are required to provide three examples of providing similar products to other police authorities in the last 3
years. The examples provided must be relating to comparable tenders in value and type to the contract being procured.
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Handcuffs,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 1st March 2025
- First published
- 15 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
PROC21-1144- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004925- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ec66Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:682954)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Nov 2021, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
19 Nov 2021 → 22 Feb 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened19 Nov 2021, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Rigid Handcuffs
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2022
- Value
- £125,000
- Status
- active
Straps
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2022
- Value
- £55,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Rigid Handcuffs | 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 2 · Straps | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Scottish Prison ServiceContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- DSTO Ltd T/A Head2Toe WorkwearFramework contractor
- TCH (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.