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ID 5263589 - PSNI - Provision of National Driver Offender Re-Training Schemes

PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 20:02.

Opportunity overview

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seek a Contractor to facilitate the Delivery of Driver Educational Course Programmes on behalf of PSNI across Northern Ireland. The Contractor will be required to deliver the following Educational Courses, presently: National Safe and Considerate Driving Course (SCD); National Speed Awareness Courses (NSAC); National What’s Driving us (WDU); and National Rider Risk Assessment Course (NRRAC) will be considered. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements for further information.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£640k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Jun 2025
Award ID
036385-2025-1-1
Status
active
Location
N/A, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV80411000 — Driving-school services
  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services
  • CPV80330000 — Safety education services
  • CPV80411200 — Driving lessons

Lots

  • The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seek a Contractor to facilitate the Delivery of Driver Educational Course Programmes on behalf of PSNI across Northern Ireland. The Contractor will be required to deliver the following Educational Courses, presently: National Safe and Considerate Driving Course (SCD); National Speed Awareness Courses (NSAC); National What’s Driving us (WDU); and National Rider Risk Assessment Course (NRRAC) will be considered. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements for further information. Additional information: Contract Value. The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 is an estimated contract value and represents the costs to deliver the scheme but does not include fees payable to NDORS or Road Safety Partnership. All fees are payable by the course participant. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.£640k

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04b1d3
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Review Details
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
The closing date for this competition has been extended from 28-11-24 to 9-12-24.

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label
time limit for receipt of tenders Date is changed from 28 November 2024 to 9 December 2024
Section
IV.2.2)

New Value

Date
9 Dec 2024, 15:00

Old Value

Date
28 Nov 2024, 15:00

Bid Opening

Date
9 Dec 2024, 00:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
9 Dec 2024, 00:00

Tender Period

Ends
28 Nov 2024, 15:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms
Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. The contract includes Social Value Performance clauses which the Contractor which the contractor will be required to deliver.
Has Electronic Payment
Yes
Has Electronic Ordering
Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy
allowed

Classification

Id
80411000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Driving-school services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Ends
28 Mar 2025, 23:59

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
As detailed in the tender documentation.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
No
Description
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seek a Contractor to facilitate the Delivery of Driver Educational Course Programmes on behalf of PSNI across Northern Ireland. The Contractor will be required to deliver the following Educational Courses, presently: National Safe and Considerate Driving Course (SCD); National Speed Awareness Courses (NSAC); National What’s Driving us (WDU); and National Rider Risk Assessment Course (NRRAC) will be considered. Please refer to the Specification of Requirements for further information. Additional information: Contract Value. The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 is an estimated contract value and represents the costs to deliver the scheme but does not include fees payable to NDORS or Road Safety Partnership. All fees are payable by the course participant. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.

Value

Amount
640,000
Currency
GBP

Options

Description
An initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
As per tender documents
Type
quality
Description
60
Criterion 2
Name
As per tender documents
Type
cost
Description
40

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Northern Ireland

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Entry 2
Region
UKN

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80411200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Driving lessons
Entry 2
Id
80000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Education and training services
Entry 3
Id
80330000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Safety education services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-128468
Name
Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT5 6LD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Police Headquarters, 65 Knock Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
03
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Public order and safety

Identifier

Legal Name
Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI

Contact

Name
Justice Sector Procurement - PSNI
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-20217
Name
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.

Roles

reviewBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
Belfast
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
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.
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-132138
Name
PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT5 6LD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Brooklyn, 65 Knock road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
03
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Public order and safety

Identifier

Legal Name
PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland

Contact

Name
Justice.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-132139
Name
Withheld for security reasons

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
N/A
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
Withheld for security reasons

Contact

Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-22455
Name
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.

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
N/A
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
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.

Award information

Award 1
Id
036385-2025-1-1
Title
Contract
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-132139
Name
Withheld for security reasons

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
036385-2025-1-1
Title
Contract
Status
active
Award ID
036385-2025-1-1
Date Signed
30 Jun 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
640,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · BELFAST · UK · BT5 6LD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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