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Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Greater Manchester Police

Maintenance of Firearms Ranges

Environment & WasteCPV 90000000 90500000 90520000 90523000 90600000 90900000 90910000 90911000
Value£2.5m
Awarded23 Jun 2019
Published6 Mar 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.5mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This is a large award for Environment & Waste — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, as the contracting authority for Greater Manchester Police (GMP), sought to create a framework agreement for delivery of a service to maintain police firearms ranges, including the deleading, annual deep cleans and repair or replacement of materials.

The Authority is awarding framework status to a single supplier, and for police forces are able to direct award a call-off contract to that supplier for delivery of services which mets their own specification.

This tender exercise has been conducted on behalf of GMP and forces in the North West Region (as outlined below) but the resulting framework agreement is also available for other police forces in the UK (as listed at https://www.police.uk/forces/) to access: 1) Cheshire Constabulary 2) Cumbria Constabulary 3) Greater Manchester Police 4) Lancashire Constabulary 5) Merseyside Police 6) North Wales Police The maximum value assigned to this framework is £2,500,000 though the expected value for the 6 police forces in the North West Region falls between £200k and £350k over the 5 year maximum contract term.

No volumes or values are guaranteed.

The terms of the framework require the successful provider to deliver the cleaning services to the standards defined in the "Handbook of Police Range Safety, Volume 2".

The service provider is also to ensure full compliance with current Control of Lead at Work (CLAW) Regulations for all work undertaken within the ranges and the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, regarding all waste disposals from the ranges.

The full specification was included as part of the Invitation to Tender, which is available free of charge on the Bluelight portal - https://bluelight.eu-supply.com .

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, as the contracting

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, as the contracting authority for Greater Manchester Police (GMP), sought to create a framework agreement for delivery of a service to maintain police firearms ranges, including the deleading, annual deep cleans and repair or replacement of materials.

02

The Authority is awarding framework status

The Authority is awarding framework status to a single supplier, and for police forces are able to direct award a call-off contract to that supplier for delivery of services which mets their own specification.

03

The terms of the framework require

The terms of the framework require the successful provider to deliver the cleaning services to the standards defined in the "Handbook of Police Range Safety, Volume 2".

04

The service provider is also to ensure

The service provider is also to ensure full compliance with current Control of Lead at Work (CLAW) Regulations for all work undertaken within the ranges and the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, regarding all waste disposals from the ranges.

05

Https://bluelight.eu-supply.com

https://bluelight.eu-supply.com.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Greater Manchester Combined Authority, as the contracting authority for Greater Manchester Police (GMP), sought to create a framework agreement for delivery of a service to maintain police firearms ranges, including the deleading, annual deep cleans and repair or replacement of materials.

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OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
20200306122319-35572
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