DOJ NIPS Supply and Delivery of Personal Protection Equipment and Consumables 2021

Concepts

• protective gear
• supply and delivery of personal protective equipment
• belfast
• northern ireland prison service
• safety equipment
• delivery of personal protection equipment
• protective and safety clothing
• delivery of personal protective equipment
• protective clothing
• personal protective equipment

Location

Northern Ireland: HMP Maghaberry (Lisburn, Co Antrim). HMP Magilligan (Limavady, Co Londonderry). Hydebank Wood College (Belfast, Co Antrim)

Description

The 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.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 18143000 - Protective gear
• 35113400 - Protective and safety clothing
• 18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
• 33735100 - Protective goggles
• 18424300 - Disposable gloves

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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.