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Published 13 Feb 2025, 17:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 5823353 - PSNI DAC 18/24 -CiFEx IBIS - Integrated Ballistic Identification System DAC

Official notice

Authority: Police Service of Northern Ireland (Police & fire)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£1,569,6512 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Sensitive Information, Information withheld for security reasons2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

PSNI DAC 18/24 - CiFEx IBIS - Integrated Ballistic Identification System

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Feb 2025, 17:07 GMT
Last source update
26 Mar 2025, 17:38 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011412
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
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Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

To ensure continuity of service to the PSNI for their critical business functions, PSNI require a hardware refresh of their Integrated Ballistic Identification System. PSNI have relied on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) to enable PSNI to maintain its integration and accreditation with NABIS that no other organisation can provide.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was. communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: 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 construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this. occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for. termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice. of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of. Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public. procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    26 Mar 2025, 17:38 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,569,6512 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 26 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sensitive Information£800,000 †—Awarded
Information withheld for security reasonsContract£769,651 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract · Information withheld for security reasons

    Signed
    26 Mar 2025
    Value
    £769,651
    Status
    active
  • Contract 005020-2025-1 · Sensitive Information

    Signed
    13 Feb 2025
    Value
    £800,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawGeneral public servicesPublic order and safety BELFAST, Northern Ireland, BT3 9EDContact email

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 regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015.Review body Belfast
  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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 as amended.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Information withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier Information withheld for security reasons, IEContact email
  • Sensitive InformationAwarded supplier Sensitive Information, Northern IrelandContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.