Provide Auction Services to Merseyside Police

Merseyside Police — Procurement Department
N/A
Police Headquarters, Canning Place
For the attention of: Andrew Street
L1 8JX Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1517771928
E-mail: andrew.m.street@merseyside.pnn.police.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.merseyside.police.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/32215

Electronic access to information: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=15269&B=BLUELIGHT

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=15269&B=BLUELIGHT

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Body governed by public law

Public order and safety

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Cumbria Constabulary

Lancashire Constabulary

Greater Manchester Police

Cheshire Constabulary

North Wales Police

Framework for an Asset Realisation Service.

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Liverpool.

NUTS code UKD

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 GBP

The purpose of this Invitation to Tender (ITT) is to provide tenderers with an opportunity to put forward a proposal for an Asset Realisation Service, in accordance with the conditions within this document. The proposed contract period is for 3 years with the option to extend by a further 12-month period if all parties are agreeable. At this stage it is envisaged that the Contract will commence during May 2016.
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC) wishes to put in place an agreement for a Contractor to sell items that have formed part of a Confiscation Order of the Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), 2002 and Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and Criminal Justice Act 1988 (as amended). The Agreement will be open to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU), known as ‘Titan’ and other Police and Crime Commissioner/Police Forces in the North West Region (listed below).
All items offered for sale under the agreement will be legitimate pre-purchased goods, only the method of the original purchase was corrupt. No stolen or found property will knowingly be offered for sale under this agreement. The proceeds from confiscation orders go back into the public purse to fund future prosecutions and benefit the community. The PCC is keen to ensure that the successful contractor maximises the return on the items sold.

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The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Property that will be offered for sale includes;
Jewellery, watches and personal property. Other miscellaneous property such as costume jewellery, clothing, designer clothing and accessories, electronic equipment, televisions, music systems, games, computers, sports equipment, antiques and fine art
Cars, motorcycles, personal registrations (vehicle number plates), miscellaneous vehicles, (including yellow plant and machinery, boats and yachts). Houses and other permanent structures including land and commercial property.
The successful contractor may also be asked to sell any other property that the Police have permission to sell.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 GBP

Options: yes
Description of these options: The initial agreement will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further year.

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 048 (from the award of the contract)

The right is reserved to require a parent company guarantee and/or suitable performance bond or bank guarantees as felt appropriate.

Terms concerning financing and payment will be sent out with the invitation to tender.

Joint and several liability.

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See ITT.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See ITT.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
See ITT.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See ITT.

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Open

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

An electronic auction will be used: no

PCC/PD/083

Notice on a buyer profile

Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 037-063549 of 21.2.2015

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 24.3.2016 – 00:00
Payable documents: no

8.4.2016 – 16:00

English.

Duration in months: 006 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

This tender process is being carried out using EU-Supply, a third party e-tendering system. In order to express an interest and potentially tender for this opportunity you must first register your company details on the following website: https://uk.eu-supply.com

There is no fee to register and no subscription charge. Tender documentation will only be made available via EU-Supply. You are not required to contact the Procurement Department at Merseyside Police directly to express interest in this tender opportunity.
Supplier contact with Merseyside Police about any matter relating to this procurement must be made via the message section within EU-Supply. No other methods of communication will receive a response. No requests should be directed to any other officer or employee of the Commissioner, or its advisors or any other statutory body without the Commissioners prior written agreement.
This applies during the whole period of the restricted tender process.

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, that will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

9.3.2016