Official UK procurement notice
K280020732 Supply of Motorcycle Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is for transparency purposes only.
The DVSA have awarded a contract for the supply of motorcycle personal protective equipment via a negotiated procedure prior to publication in compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulation 32(2).
CPV: Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The DVSA conducts 60,000 motorcycle riding tests a year for candidates wanting to…Awarded
The DVSA conducts 60,000 motorcycle riding tests a year for candidates wanting to obtain entitlement on their driving license to enable them to ride motorcycles on the public highway. DVSA staff will spend up to 8 hours a day on a motorbike to conduct the riding tests and require Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to enable them to perform the job safely.
DVSA is tendering to award a contract with a supplier that can supply a wide range of motorcycle clothing and Conformité Européene (CE) approved PPE, to include (but not limited to) jackets, trousers, boots, gloves, under-garments, motorcycle helmets, helmet accessories and branded hi-vis jackets, throughout Great Britain.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 May 2021, 22:55 BST
- Last source update
- 11 May 2021, 22:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-010345- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02afdaFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
Following a review of all bid submissions it was identified that there were issues with the proposals of all bidders that resulted in no compliant bid submissions. The issues were that all bidders failed to propose products that met the safety requirements outlined within the specification. The specification identified that all PPE must be supplied to CE and EN standards where applicable to meet the new E.U. regulations. As the PPE regulation 2016/425 impacts garments manufactured after 21 April 2019, many products were proposed that were manufactured against the regulations that were in place prior and therefore did not meet the required standards. There were also issues with the protective trousers and jacket, and the high-vis garments not meeting the required safety standards.
Therefore the Authority entered in to a negotiation without prior publication with the now contractor.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevis Marketing LimitedSMESupply of Motorcycle Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | £496,737 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Motorcycle Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) · Nevis Marketing LimitedSME
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2021
- Value
- £496,737
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department for TransportReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nevis Marketing LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.